Breakfast in the Field is the debut recording by guitarist Michael Hedges

Michael Hedges

Michael Alden Hedges was an American composer, Acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter.-Background:...

 released on the Windham Hill

Windham Hill Records

Windham Hill Records is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment specializing in Acoustic, New Age and Folk music. Originally founded in 1976 as an Independent record label by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife Anne Robinson, Windham Hill was a successful and well-respected...

 label in 1981. It was recorded live to 2-track, with no overdubs.

Hedges recorded Eleven Small Roaches, Baby Toes and Two Days Old on a six-string guitar built in 1978 by Ken DuBourg of Arbutus, Maryland. The remaining tracks were recorded using a guitar made by Ervin Somogyi.

Track listing

All compositions by Michael Hedges.

1. "Layover" – 2:32
2. "The Happy Couple" – 3:23
3. "Eleven Small Roaches" – 3:01
4. "The Funky Avocado" – 2:05
5. "Baby Toes" – 2:12
6. "Breakfast in the Field" – 2:23
7. "Two Days Old" – 4:44
8. "Peg Leg Speed King" – 3:20
9. "The Unexpected Visitor" – 2:49
10. "Silent Anticipations" – 3:19
11. "Lenono" – 3:55

Personnel

• Michael Hedges – acoustic guitar
• Michael Manring
  Michael Manring
  Michael Manring is an American electric bassist from the San Francisco Bay Area, .-Biography:...
  
   – fretless bass
• George Winston
  George Winston
  George Winston is an American pianist who was born in Michigan, and grew up mainly in Miles City, Montana as well as Mississippi and Florida. He attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida and lives in Santa Cruz, California.-Background:...
  
  – piano