Personnel includes: Jason Ringenberg (vocals, acoustic guitar); Kristi Rose, Steve Earle, Todd Snider (vocals); George Bradfute (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, cello, trumpet, organ, keyboards, upright bass, tambourine, percussion); Paul Burch (acoustic & electric guitars, piano, bass, drums, background vocals); Tommy Womack (acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Fats Kaplin (acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, fiddle); Hamell On Trail (acoustic guitar); Fenner Castner (drums); Lambchop, BR549, The Wildhearts, Swan Dive.

Producers include: George Bradfute, Fats Kaplin, Tommy Womack, The Wildhearts, Keith Thompson.

Principally recorded at Blackwing, London, England; Hyland Studios, Albany, New York. Includes liner notes by Jason Ringenberg.

Personnel: Jason Ringenberg (vocals, acoustic guitar, sound effects); Kristi Rose, Molly Felder, Todd Snider (vocals); Paul Burch (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, drums); Tommy Womack (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Fats Kaplin (acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle); Gary Bennett, Hamell on Trial, Roba Stanley (acoustic guitar); Don Herron (steel guitar, fiddle); Kurt Wagner (vibraphone); Jack McDowell (upright bass); Mickey Grimm (drums, tambourine); Fenner Castner, Shaw Wilson (drums).

Audio Mixers: Keith G. Thompson; Mark Nevers; Paul Burch.

Liner Note Author: Jason Ringenberg.

Recording information: Beechhouse; Blackwig Studio, London, England; Hyland Recording Studios, Albany, NY; Paul Burch's Attic; The Tone Chaparral II.

In his liner notes to All Over Creation, Jason Ringenberg writes that touring as a solo act behind A Pocketful of Soul caused him to spend a lot more time jamming with other musicians in his off hours than he ever had before, which led to this album, which finds him sharing each track with a different act (except for Kristi Rose and Fats Kaplin, who pop up twice). While A Pocketful of Soul focused on the traditional country side of Ringenberg's musical personality, All Over Creation is, well, all over the place, spinning between frantic rockabilly ("Honky Tonk Maniac From Mars" with Hamell on Trial), old-school country (a gender-reversed "Don't Come Home a Drinkin' [With Lovin' on Your Mind]" cut with BR5-49), balls-out rock & roll (the Wildhearts sit in on "One Less Heartache"), and subtle acoustic ballads ("I Dreamed My Baby Came Home," with Rose and Kaplan). If All Over Creation lacks the tighter focus of A Pocketful of Soul, its eclecticism certainly mirrors the embrace of country and rock in all their forms that fueled Ringenberg's music with Jason & the Scorchers, and there are more than a few truly stellar tracks here: a new version of "Bible and a Gun" featuring superb vocals from Steve Earle, a masterful tune about the Irish emigration; "Erin's Seed," recorded with Lambchop; a striking bluegrass version of the Gun Club's "Mother of Earth"; and a beautiful lament for the changing south and the ravages of time, "Last Train to Memphis." Despite the many talented guest stars on hand, this is Jason Ringenberg's show, and All Over Creation proves once again as both a singer and a tunesmith, he's a talent to be reckoned with. Great stuff. ~ Mark Deming

Q (6/02, p.123) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Whether cranked up or displaying his more sensitive side, ALL OVER CREATION! marks a sizeable return to form..."

Mojo (Publisher) (6/02, p.106) - "...Accompanied by a number of notable musicians, he is on even better form [than previosu album] on a mix of country-bluegrass and ballads..."