Thousand Roads

 ( 1993 Albums ) 

Thousand Roads is the third solo studio album by the rock music artist David Crosby, a founding member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was released on May, 4 1993 on Atlantic Records. It was the last solo studio album from Crosby until Croz in 2014.

• David Crosby – lead and backing vocals
• Phil Collins – keyboards (1), drums (1), percussion (1), backing vocals (1)
• Benmont Tench – keyboards (2)
• Jimmy Webb – acoustic piano (2)
• Marc Cohn – acoustic piano (3)
• Craig Doerge – keyboards (4, 8, 9), arrangements (9)
• C.J. Vanston – keyboards (4, 5, 8, 10)
• Paul Wickens – keyboards (7), accordion (7)
• Bonnie Hayes – keyboards (9)
• Jeff Pevar – guitars (1)
• Michael Landau – electric guitar (2)
• Bernie Leadon – electric guitar (2, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 6–8)
• John Leventhal – guitars (3)
• Dean Parks – guitars (5, 10), flute (5)
• Andy Fairweather Low – electric guitar (6, 7)
• Ethan Johns – additional electric guitar (6), drums (6, 7), percussion (6, 7)
• Pino Palladino – bass (1)
• Leland Sklar – bass (2–5, 8–10)
• David Watkins Clarke – bass (6, 7)
• Jim Keltner – drums (2)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (4, 8)
• Russ Kunkel – drums (9, 10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 8)
• Luis Conte – percussion (5)
• Jackson Browne – harmony vocals (2)
• Graham Nash – harmony vocals (2, 3), harmonica (3)
• Kipp Lennon – harmony vocals (4, 8, 9, 10)
• Stephen Bishop – harmony vocals (10)

Strings on "Helpless Heart"

• David Campbell – arrangements
• Armen Garabedian – concertmaster
• Suzie Katayama – contractor
• David Young – string bass
• Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama and Daniel Smith – cello
• Scott Haupert, Maria Newman and Evan Wilson – viola
• Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Ruth Johnson and Dimitrie Levici – violin

• Executive Producer – Jan Crosby
• Producers – Phil Collins (Track 1); Don Was (Tracks 2, 4 & 8); David Crosby (Tracks 3, 5 & 9); John Leventhal (Track 3); Dean Parks (Track 5); Glyn Johns (Tracks 6 & 7); Phil Ramone (Track 10).
• Co-Producers – Nick Davis (Track 1); Stephen Barncard (Track 9).
• Engineers – Nick Davis (Track 1); Rob Eaton (guitar overdub, Track 1); Rik Pekkonen (Tracks 2, 4 & 8); Paul Dieter (Tracks 3, 5 & 10); Glyn Johns (Tracks 6 & 7); Stephen Barncard and Ed Goodreau (Track 9).
• Assistant Engineers – Simon Metcalfe (Track 1); Dan Bosworth (Tracks 2, 4 & 8); Steve Onsuka (Track 5); Bob Salcedo (Tracks 5 & 10); Mike Kloster (Track 9).
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Graham Nash
• Cover Art – R. Mac Holbert
• Photography – Guido Harari