Shine by Sara Hickman

released June 14, 2013

Produced, engineered & mixed by Jim Jacobsen @ Tracktown
Mastered by Dave McNair Mastering

JIM: Acoustic/electric 6 & 12-string guitars, mandolin,
electric mandola, electric basses, found and junk percussion,
programming, guitar case thumping, kalimba, horn arrangements,
clarinets, accordion, keyboards and backing vocals on
Human Wish & Shine

SARA: Acoustic/electric guitars, backing vocals,
pencil tapping, kalimba

MATT CORY: Upright Bass on Two Winters, Selfish Freak, Rapture
MICHAEL BIMBRYER: Saxophones on Selfish Freak
JOSH AGUIAR: Trumpet on Selfish Freak, Rapture
ADDITIONAL VOX on Shine: io hickman-schriner, Lance Schriner,
Andrea Perry
Additional tracks on Tasty Sweet recorded
by Colin Boyd @ his home (Dallas)

All photography by io hickman
Design by StingrayDesign.net

Tasty Sweet by Sara Hickman & Colin Boyd
(Le Petite Bonheur/BMI & White Headed Fly/BMI)

Primitive Stuff, Rapture, Two Winters, A Human Wish,
Cocky Friend by Sara Hickman & Jim Jacobsen
(Le Petite Bonheur/BMI & Callipygian Music/ASCAP)

Shine, Trouble With Boxes & You Are Not Alone by Sara Hickman
(Le Petite Bonheur/BMI)

Thank you: To God. We’ll keep it between us :)
To Jim, for patiently letting me surf along on your creative
brainwave juices, for being a fantastic co-writer, for your comfy,
yummy orange space, for being a tasty Thai food chef: I’m very
grateful to you & psyched we’re friends!
In awe of and with deepest respect/love to my
beautiful daughters, io & Lili. You make every day the best day yet!
To my husband, Lance. You make life effortless and funny.
Meetcha @ the red couch in 9 minutes
All my moms (Anita, Gert, Beth, Gaye): You’ve loved me,
good times & bad. Thanks for sharing your holiness

Love you’s to: Tom the Monk, Bill Kelly & Laura, Julie Campbell
(4evah), Renata Anderson, Gray Parsons & Colin Boyd for star
sized co-writing & genuine bro-ness, Dave Little for inspiration,
Sharon Peurrung: PIE! Greg & Kim Kolanowski, Marty: no matter
how nutty the fruit loops, yer there, Gene Cowan: you kick ass,
Mike & Ginger Blair, my sweet sister Amiti Perry, Gretchen Phillips:
a wise, witty friend, Andrea Perry: a genius flower, the Carr Family,
Neil & Teresa Ferguson, Craig & Laura Lock, Natalia @ CW,
Alan Luecke, Cat Reynolds, Elizabeth Wills.

To all in New Ulm on behalf of my father: thank you. The nice lady @ the Regency Inn motel (L.A.), Frederick, Renu, Gabrielle, Chris, Alex, Shannon & Ian, Sistah Cindy Light, Whiteaker-Lewis Fam, Victoria Cannon, Brad
Buchholz, Robert Peters, Brian Rumbaugh, Leah Tuffly, Alice
French, Alice Loper, Rusty & Teresa Andrews, David Card, Turk &
Christy Pipkin, Swannanoa Gathering, Leadership Austin, David
Bruce, Salim Nourallah, Doug Bryan, Eric Wilken, Mollie Cleveland,
Bubba, Gumby, Charlie Richards.

To Pat Bonner: win that Grammy for best music educator! And Holly Barry for naming the album!
Thank you to Wofford Denius for standing staunchly by my side
Thank you to Dale Brock & Tami Thomsen (Sonar Management),
John Kirtland, Nancy Fly Agency (booking)

HEY!
Play Takamine Guitars and use Elixir Strings.
I do! They make me happy! Try them: you’ll agree!

Thanks to: Mandy Gordon for the Hot Goddess Headlocks!
RamonsterWear.com for the one-of-a-kind handmade clothing
JessicaDesignsJewelry.com for the awesome jewelry
Tony makes the UltimateCupcake.com

This album is dedicated to David Tatge for 25 years of steadfast
friendship. I owe you more than lasagna. “Shine” was written for
Arvind Hathaway.

In loving memory of Nate Arnold ♥
If I didn’t thank you here, I’ll thank you in person.
Because you deserve it.