Mark Heard (album)
# Mark Heard (album)

Mark Heard is the first solo album by Mark Heard, originally released in 1975, and re-released as On Turning to Dust on both AB Records and Solid Rock Records in 1978.

A limited edition CDR reissue of the original Mark Heard album was released to fans in 1998 through Fingerprint Records.

## Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Cabin in Gloryland" by O. A. Parris, writer /Cpl. Curtis Stewart. "Greensleeves interlude" is a 16th-century English melody. "There is a Fountain" is an early American melody, words by William Cowper, 1771. "Passion Chorale" is by Hans Leo Hassler, 1601; harmony by J. S. Bach, 1729, words by Bernard of Clairvaux, 11th century. "Dinner at Grandma's" - by Mark Heard, Pat Terry, Jeff Vansant, Wayne King.

Side one

* "On Turning to Dust"
* "Dinner at Grandma's"
* "Cabin in Gloryland"
* "A Friend"
* "Lullabye"

Side two

* "Solid Rock"
* "To Diane"
* "Interlude (traditional: Greensleeves & There Is a Fountain)"
* "The Road"
* "Interlude (Traditional: Passion Chorale)"
* "All"

## The band

* Mark Heard – guitars, vocals, piano, synthesizer and hambone
* Earl Grigsby – bass guitar
* Frank Godby – banjo
* John Heinrich – pedal steel guitar
* Chuck Long – sandblocks
* Jim Pennington – percussion
* Dave Aldrich – string arrangement
* Lamay String Quartet – string section

Production notes

* Cecil Jones – engineer
* Mark and Janet Sue Heard – photography and cover design
* Lemco Studios, Lexington, Kentucky – recording location
