▁CD ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁Sign ature ▁S ounds ▁label ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁Produ ced ▁by ▁Lor ne ▁En tr ess , ▁E rel li ▁was ▁back ed ▁by ▁mus icians ▁Duke ▁Lev ine , ▁Kevin ▁Barry , ▁Jim ▁Lam ond , ▁Dave ▁Dick , ▁Joe ▁Barb ato , ▁Roger ▁Williams , ▁and ▁Mike ▁D inal lo ▁and ▁guest ▁vocal ists , ▁R ani ▁Ar bo , ▁Louise ▁Taylor , ▁and ▁Ben ▁Dem er ath . ▁He ▁later ▁won ▁the ▁K err ville ▁Fol k ▁Festival ' s ▁New ▁Fol k ▁Award ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁E rel li ' s ▁s oph om ore ▁recording ▁for ▁Sign ature ▁S ounds , ▁Com pass ▁& ▁Comp an ion ▁was ▁released . ▁Again ▁produced ▁by ▁En tr ess , ▁it ▁features ▁a ▁title - song ▁du et ▁with ▁country ▁artist ▁Kelly ▁Will is . ▁Duke ▁Lev ine ▁and ▁Kevin ▁Barry ▁once ▁again ▁l ent ▁support ▁on ▁guitar ▁along ▁with ▁Dave ▁Dick ▁on ▁ban jo ▁and ▁En tr ess ▁on ▁the ▁j aw ▁har p ▁and ▁per cussion . ▁The ▁album ▁chart ed ▁for ▁ten ▁weeks ▁in ▁the ▁Top ▁Ten ▁of ▁the ▁Amer icana ▁Music ▁Chart . ▁ ▁Later ▁that ▁year ▁E rel li ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁two ▁Boston ▁Music ▁Awards . ▁ ▁E rel li ' s ▁next ▁project ▁was ▁to ▁for ego ▁the ▁traditional ▁studio ▁and ▁instead ▁gather ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁mus icians ▁to ▁play ▁within ▁the ▁walls ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁era