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Album cover. Tulip (TUP017CD) (1998).
Margo O'Donnell
The Highway of My Life: Shade of the Family Tree
Tulip (TUP017CD​)
November 27, 1998
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  1. ​Better Part of Life (Dolly Parton) 3:00
  2. Bet Your Sweet Love (Dolly Parton) 3:10
  3. Silver Sandals (featuring Bill Owens) (Dolly Parton) 2:48
  4. Highway of My Life (Isla Grant) 3:11
  5. Letter to Heaven (Dolly Parton) 3:06
  6. Mine (Dolly Parton) 2:06
  7. Nobody's Home (Liz Anderson) 4:26
  8. Mama Say a Special Prayer for Me (featuring Dorothy Jo Owens) (Dolly Parton) 2:51
  9. Wrong Direction Home (featuring Maura O'Connell and Dolly Parton) (Dolly Parton) 3:12
  10. It Ain't Fair (Dolly Parton) 2:09
  11. Let Me Give Her the Flowers (Gordon Terry) 2:31
  12. Shade of the Family Tree (featuring Louis Owens) (Alan Joyce, Dave Craft) 3:27
  13. The Third Man (Loretta Lynn) 4:11
  14. God's Coloring Book (featuring Dolly Parton) (Dolly Parton) 2:45

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Performance
  • Mark Brooks – bass
  • Gary Davis – acoustic guitars, banjo
  • Johnny Lauffer – piano, keyboards, background vocals
  • Gary Mackey – mandolin
  • Maura O'Connell – featured vocals
  • Margo O'Donnell – lead vocals
  • Bill Owens – featured vocals, background vocals
  • Dorothy Jo Owens – featured vocals, background vocals
  • Louis Owens – featured vocals, background vocals
  • Richie Owens – background vocals
  • Dolly Parton – featured vocals, background vocals
  • Al Perkins – steel guitar
  • Dale Puckett – background vocals
  • Dwight Puckett – drums, background vocals
Production
  • Louis Owens – executive producer
  • Richie Owens – producer
  • J. Allen Williams Jr. – engineering, mixing
Other personnel
  • Liz Anderson – liner notes
  • Shay Kennedy – design
  • ​Margo O'Donnel – liner notes
  • Dolly Parton – liner notes

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Reissue cover from the 2000s.
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