roduced by the singer-songwriter-producer, the album was recorded between tours and other producing jobs on analog tape. It includes Andy Cabic and Otto Hauser of Vetiver; Chris Robinson and Adam McDougall of the Black Crowes; and Brian Geltner, Barry Goldberg, Josh Grange, Gerald Johnson, Gary Louris, and Gary Mallaber as guest musicians.

Not that you notice them individually. Gentle Spirit is one of those group effort records where musicians' edges smudge and no one showboats – except, perhaps, Wilson, who occasionally reels off the kind of distant, contemplative guitar solos so lacking in aggression that they sound like they were recorded the next canyon over.