A Crash Course in Roses

A Crash Course in Roses is Catie Curtis' fifth album. It came out on August 3, 1999.

The album has many songs about love. "Magnolia Street" is about understanding that one is in love. This song played on the radio. Although the album was not on the Billboard Music Charts, it was Catie Curtis' most successful album up until that time.

A Crash Course in Roses also has two songs that are not about love: "What's the Matter" is about her hometown, Saco, Maine for rejecting her when she came out as a lesbian, and "Roses" is the story of a soldier who fought in World War I.

Several other singer-songwriters like Mary Chapin Carpenter and Melissa Ferrick also helped on the album.

 Track listing 
Source: Official site, Last.fm

 Personnel 

 Catie Curtis – Vocals, producer, Wurlitzer, acoustic guitar, piano
 Michael Maxwell – gut string guitar
 Hugh McCracken – harmonica
 Sammy Merendino – tambourine, drum programming
 Catherine Russell – gut string guitar
 Ben Wisch – producer, engineer, mixing, Wurlitzer
 Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – accordion, sound effects, bass
 Jim Ryan – gut string guitar, mandolin
 Mark Spencer – electric guitar, slide guitar, National steel guitar, acoustic guitar
 Kenny White – gut string guitar, organ, piano
 Akira Satake – banjo
 Todd Reynolds – violin
 Dawn Buckholz – cello, string arrangements
 Liz Marshall – gut string guitar
 Duke Levine – electric guitar, mandola, omnichord, e-bow, acoustic guitar
 Manolo Badrena – conga, percussion
 Paul Bryan – djembe, shaker, bass pedals, organ, bass, percussion
 Mary Chapin Carpenter – gut string guitar
 Billy Conway – drums, snare drums, percussion
 Melissa Ferrick – gut string guitar
 Jennifer Kimball – gut string guitar
 Jim Robeson – engineer
 Jana Leon – photography
 Steven Jurgensmeyer – design
 Bruce MacFarlane – assistant engineer
 Crit Harmon – engineer
 Kevin Pickering – assistant engineer
 Ted Jensen – mastering

 References 

Category:1999 albums