How appropriate for a greatest-hits album to begin with a song that was such a huge hit that it made the band a household name. In this case, "Goodbye Says It All," Blackhawk's very first release, lands at the top spot. This Greatest Hits album plays like a career retrospective and tribute to co-founder, collaborator, and friend, Van Stephenson who not only fought but won a battle against melanoma and decided to leave the road in favor of spending time with his family. Fans will go nuts for all the oldies but goodies on this fine compilation: "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No," "Every Once in a While," "Almost a Memory Now," and eight memorable others. Greatest Hits introduces three new songs, including the very last song on the album, "Ships of Heaven," written by Stephenson while he was facing his continually declining health. Those songs represent more than just new music; they represent the future of Blackhawk without Stephenson. And the future looks pretty bright. ~ Maria Konicki Dinoia, All Music Guide
Greatest Hits
05/16/2000 | Rca
All Music Guide Review
Greatest Hits Track Listing
Credits of Greatest Hits
- David Robbins
- Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Producer
- Kenny Malone
- Percussion
- Carl Marsh
- String Arrangements, Keyboard Programming, String Conductor
- Brent Mason
- Strings, Accordion, Guitar (Electric)
- Terry McMillan
- Harmonica, String Arrangements, Percussion
- Glenn Meadows
- Compilation, Mastering
- Dale Oliver
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Choir, Chorus, Vocals
- David Paich
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Danny Parks
- Guitar (Electric)
- Csaba Petocz
- Recorder
- Denny Purcell
- Mastering
- Kip Raines
- Drums
- Chris Rowe
- Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Eric Silver
- Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Fiddle, Banjo
- Joe Spivey
- Fiddle
- Brian Tankersley
- Mixing
- Mark Tucker
- Photography
- Biff Watson
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Kristin Wilkinson
- Violin, Transcription
- Marty Williams
- Recorder, Overdubs
- John Willis
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
- Lonnie Wilson
- Drums
- Julie Wood
- Project Coordinator
- Glenn Worf
- Guitar (Bass)
- Jonathan Yudkin
- Mandolin, Violin
- Aubrey Haynie
- Fiddle
- Mark Bright
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Producer
- David Johnson
- Photography
- Kerry Marx
- Guitar (Electric)
- Herb Tassin
- Recorder, Engineer
- Brian David Willis
- Recorder
- Tim Akers
- Strings, Accordion
- Ronnie Beard
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Louis Williams
- Keyboard Technician
- Bob Farrell
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Mike Chapman
- Guitar (Bass)
- Maude Gilman
- Art Direction
- S. Wade Hunt
- Artwork, Cover Art
- Bobby Huff
- Percussion, String Arrangements, Keyboards, Recorder, Vocals (Background), Producer, Programming, Drums
- Randy Howard
- Fiddle
- Mike Demus
- Digital Editing, Synthesizer Programming
- Kelly King
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Vocal Ad-Libs
- Pete Miskinis
- Assistant Engineer
- Pasquale Delvillaggio
- Production Assistant
- Matt Svobodny
- Assistant Engineer
- Hank Williams
- Mastering
- Cathy White
- Coordination
- Jayne Farrell
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Art Gillespie
- Assistant Engineer
- Missy McKeand
- Design
- Shawn Simpson
- Engineer
- Mat5t
- Engineer
- Doug DeLong
- Mixing Assistant
- Mike "Frog" Griffith
- Production Coordination
- Eric Bickel
- Mixing Assistant
- Susan Sherrill
- Production Coordination
- Sam Hewitt
- Mixing Assistant
- Rachael Halfhill
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Lori D. Hall
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- David Johnson
- Photography
- Maude Gilman Clapham
- Art Direction
- Larry Beard
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Rachel Goldstein
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Henry Gross
- Vocals
- Henry Paul
- Mandolin, Vocals, Producer, Choir, Chorus
- Van Stephenson
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Howard Finster
- Illustrations
- BlackHawk
- Main Performer
- Dennis Belfield
- Guitar (Bass)
- Mike Clute
- Percussion, Producer
- David Davidson
- Viola
- Tim DuBois
- Producer, Executive Producer
- Dan Dugmore
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Paul Franklin
- Guitar (Steel)
- John Guess
- Mixing
- David Hall
- Recorder, Engineer
- Dann Huff
- Guitar (Electric)
- Greg Jennings
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
- Mary Ann Kennedy
- Mandolin, Synthesizer Programming
- Wayne Killius
- Percussion, Drums
- David Leonard
- Mastering
- B. James Lowry
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- John Jorgenson
- Producer
















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