Song in a Seashell

Studio album by Tom T. Hall

Released

1985

Tom T. Hall chronology

Natural Dreams
(1984)

Song in a Seashell
(1985)

Country Songs for Kids
(1989)

Song in a Seashell is an album by now retired American country music singer Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936, in Olive Hill, Kentucky) released in 1985 on the Mercury label which reached #63 in the country music chart. Three singles from the album charted, “A Bar With No Beer” at #40,^[1] “Down in the Florida Keys” at #42 and “Love Letters in the Sand” at #79.

Track listing

Side 1

"That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie/Beasley Smith) – 2:16
"A Bar with No Beer" (Tom T. Hall) – 2:52
"I Have Friends (Tom T. Hall) – 2:39
"A Song in a Seashell" (Tom T. Hall) – 2:05
"Red Sails in the Sunset" (Jimmy Kennedy/Hugh Williams) – 2:50

Side 2

"Down in the Florida Keys" (Tom T. Hall) – 2:46
"Love Letters in the Sand" (Fred Coots/Charles Kenny/Nick Kenny) – 2:13
"This Ain’t Exactly What I Had in Mind" (Tom T. Hall) – 3:36
"Gone Fishin’" (Nick Kenny/Charles Kenny) – 2:31
"We’re All Through Dancing" (Tom T. Hall) – 2:51^[2]

Musicians

Keyboards: David Briggs, Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Percussion: Jerry Carrigan, Ron Gannaway
Guitar: Ray Edenton, Jerry Kennedy, Pete Wade, Chip Young
Steel Guitar: Weldon Myrick
Bass: Mike Leech
Nashville String Machine: George Binkley, John Borg, Roy Christensen, Virginia Christensen, Connie Callopy, Charles Everett, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Lee LarrisonDennis Molchan, Pamela Sixfin, Mark Tanner, Gary Vanosdale, Stephanie Woolf.
String Arrangements: Bergen White
Background Vocals on “Down in the Florida Keys: The Beach Bunch^[2]

Production

Produced by: Jerry Kennedy
Recorded and Mixed at: Young ‘Un Sound, Nashville, TN
Engineers: Ron “Snake” Reynolds assisted by Barry Foy
Mastered at: Master Mix, Nashville, TN by Hank Williams
Album Design: Bill Brunt (Private Eye Studio)
Photography: Scott Bonner & Ron Keith^[2]

References

↑ "Album Search for "song in a seashell"". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
1 2 3 Original album sleeve notes

Tom T. Hall

Studio albums	In Search of a Song (1971) Places I've Done Time (1978) Song in a Seashell (1985)

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1975)

Singles	"Ballad of Forty Dollars" "A Week in a Country Jail" "Shoeshine Man" "Salute to a Switchblade" "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" "The Monkey That Became President" "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" "Ravishing Ruby" "I Love" "That Song Is Driving Me Crazy" "Country Is" "I Care" "Deal" "I Like Beer" "Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)" "Fox on the Run" "Your Man Loves You Honey" "It's All in the Game" "May the Force Be with You Always" "What Have You Got to Lose" "The Old Side of Town" "Song of the South" "A Bar with No Beer"

Related	Discography

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