Ruby's Torch is a 2006 Nanci Griffith album on Rounder Records. It is a collection of torch songs penned by Griffith and various other artists, including Tom Waits, Jimmy Webb and Donal MacDonagh Long. All the songs are produced with lush backing arrangements from a string orchestra.[6]

Ruby's Torch
Studio album by
Released14 November 2006
RecordedApril – August 2006
GenreFolk, country
Length41:54
LabelRounder
ProducerPeter Collins
Nanci Griffith chronology
Hearts in Mind
(2004)
Ruby's Torch
(2006)
The Loving Kind
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Austin Chronicle [2]
Manchester Evening News [3]
No Depression(average) [4]
Q [5]

Track listing

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  1. "When I Dream" (Sandy Mason) 3:29
  2. "If These Walls Could Speak" (Jimmy Webb) 3:40
  3. "Ruby's Arms" (Tom Waits) 5:28
  4. "Never Be The Sun" (Donal MacDonagh Long) 3:57
  5. "Bluer Than Blue" (Charles Goodrum) 3:18
  6. "Brave Companion of the Road" (Nanci Griffith) 3:29
  7. "Grapefruit Moon" (Tom Waits) 4:20
  8. "Please Call Me, Baby" (Tom Waits) 4:11
  9. "Late Night Grand Hotel" (Nanci Griffith) 2:53
  10. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) 2:51
  11. "Drops From The Faucet" (Frank Christian) 4:07

Personnel

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  • Larry Paxton - acoustic bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Michael Johnson - acoustic guitar
  • Anthony La Marchina - cello
  • John Catchings - cello
  • Sari Reist - cello
  • Kristin Wilkinson - conductor, violin
  • Pat McInerney - drums, percussion
  • Roger Weismeyer - oboe
  • James Hooker - piano, organ
  • Neil Rosengarden - trumpet
  • Larry Paxton - tuba [sousaphone]
  • David Davidson - viola
  • Gary Vanosdale - viola
  • Jim Grosjean - viola
  • Conni Ellisor - violin
  • David Angell - violin
  • Mary Kathryn Vanosdale - violin
  • Monisa Angell - violin
  • Pamela Sixfin - violin

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