Long Stretch of Lonesome

Long Stretch of Lonesome is an album released by Patty Loveless in 1997. Three singles charted in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Highlights are "High on Love," "To Have You Back Again" and the George Jones-backed "You Don't Seem to Miss Me," each of which both charted in the top 20. "High on Love" was co-written by Jeff Hanna of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The single "Like Water Into Wine" charted at number 57, the first of Loveless' singles since 1986 to not chart in the country top 40. The album went on to be certified Gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the U.S.

Long Stretch of Lonesome
Studio album by Patty Loveless
Released	September 30, 1997
Genre	Country
Label	Epic
Producer	Emory Gordy, Jr.
Patty Loveless chronology
The Trouble with the Truth (1996) Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997) Classics (1999)
Singles from Long Stretch of Lonesome
"You Don't Seem to Miss Me" Released: September 1997 "To Have You Back Again" Released: January 1998 "High on Love" Released: April 1998 "Like Water Into Wine" Released: October 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Chicago Tribune	link
Entertainment Weekly	A− link

Track listing

1. "The Party Ain't Over Yet" (John David) – 3:32
2. "To Have You Back Again" (Annie Roboff, Arnie Roman) – 4:35
3. "I Don't Want to Feel Like That" (Don Schlitz, Terry Radigan) – 4:19
4. "High on Love" (Kostas, Jeff Hanna) – 3:03
5. "Like Water into Wine" (Gretchen Peters) – 4:46
6. "That's Exactly What I Mean" (Kim Richey, Tia Sillers) – 3:22
7. "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (Jim Lauderdale) – 4:07
   • duet with George Jones
8. "Too Many Memories" (Stephen Bruton) – 3:52
9. "Long Stretch of Lonesome" (Gary Scruggs, Tony Arata) – 3:57
10. "Where I'm Bound" (Daryl Burgess, Tom Britt) – 4:04

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	68
Canadian RPM Country Albums	31

Personnel

musicians

• Deborah Allen – background vocals
• Susan Ashton – background vocals
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Michael Black – background vocals
• Nanette Bohannon-Britt – background vocals
• Tom Britt – slide guitar
• Kathy Burdick – background vocals
• Mary Chapin Carpenter – background vocals
• Vickie Carrico – background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – lap steel guitar
• Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – slide guitar, steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Quatra guitar
• Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar
• Owen Hale – drums
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals
• Mike Henderson – electric guitar
• Tim Hensley – background vocals
• John Hobbs – piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• George Jones – background vocals on "You Don't Seem to Miss Me"
• Kostas – background vocals
• Mike Lawler – keyboards
• Butch Lee – Hammond B-3 organ
• Patty Loveless – lead vocals
• Mac McAnally – background vocals
• Raul Malo – electric guitar
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Kim Richey – background vocals
• Mike Rojas – keyboards
• Harry Stinson – drums, background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Strings on "Long Stretch of Lonesome"

Strings arranged by Emory Gordy, Jr.

• violins – David Davidson, Connie Heard, Clara Olson, Christian Teal
• violas – Kathryn Plummer, Kris Wilkinson
• cello – Anthony LaMarchina