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PS You can find more about Chris Whitley on his website. From there:

Chris Whitley has a special connection to Rockingham and Bellows Falls; he spent his teenage years with his mother, brother Daniel and sister Bridget in a cabin on a dirt road in the back hills of Rockingham. It's where he first picked up a guitar. And it is where he returned in the late nineties to record one of his most enduring cds, the gorgeously stark and somber DIRT FLOOR.

Check out Chris Whitley's album Dislocation Blues.
It is a collaboration with Jeff Lang, who is another another guitarist from Austrailia.
It is a great album.
Glen
On the subject of Daniel Lanois, Black Dub is awesome and I think Acadie is one of the great records of all time.
It has a mood.
You can really here is production style and see how he influenced so many artists.
Glen

I swear he was channeling the ghost of Hendrix and had no idea he was that much of a guitar virtuoso.

Another guitar great, Kelly Joe Phelps, dedicated a tune on his last album, Tunesmith Retrofit, to Whitley.

Richard - good call on, Shadows and Light - one of the great live performance albums Joni did. But I thought Don Alias was on drums for that performance? I'm sure I've listened to that album fifty times or more and could swear she introduces Don Alias on drums and congos. Was it different on the vids?

Marco you are correct. It's Painting With Words and Music that I have. I always get the titles mixed up. It's an intimate performance in the round thing. Great version of Amelia and Hejira which are 2 personal favorites. Thanks for keeping me straight!

Others have mentioned following Daniel Lanois work and discovering other artists. When I heard the album "Real Book Stories," I was immediately attracted and then discovered Brian Blade was part of this too.

Searching for LP of this work lead me to AAA in Germany who sells legal issues of half track, 15 IPS master dubs of this album.

After hearing it I gave AAA product of the year award at Positive Feedback. That same year Myles Astor gave The Tape Project the same honor.

Real Book Stories is Jazz, a natural for Brian Blade who has recorded with Joshua Redman, Wayne Shorter and Joni MItchell as already mentioned.

This work was released on LP in Europe on Quinton label. Here's a link to Quinton Austria that offer a few sound samples.

The master tape dub of "Real Book Stories" is one of my quality standards for listening. Real music and superb quality.

http://www.quintonrecords.com/index.php?id=16&tx_quintonrecordlist[release]=1