In Search

Personnel: Chance (vocals, guitar, flute, wind chime, music box); S.W. Hutchinson (vocals, guitar, wind); D.W. Mooney (guitar); Chip Woody (12-string guitar); Scinta (harp); Mark "Smiley" Shenkel (saxophone); John Bosaw, Billy A. Anderson, Smokey League (keyboards); J.R. Rogers (drums, tubular bells); Jaime Nichols (congas).Liner Note Authors: Brendan Greaves; Christopher Smith .Arrangers: Chance ; S.W. Hutchinson.Since the dawn of the CD era, a cottage industry has emerged around "holy grail" or "lost" recordings. More often than not, the music doesn't live up to the hype. But In Search, the privately pressed album by songwriter, conceptualist, trickster, and genuine Nashville character Chance Martin, is not only the authentic article, it is virtually unlike any record ever made. Its back-story is as wild as the recording itself --space doesn't permit it being completely retold here (though it's recounted by Martin in the long, captivating liner essay in the booklet). The proprietors