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Chris Stapleton: Traveller

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On May 5, 2015, “Mercury Nashville” label released “Traveller”, the debut Chris Stapleton studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Historic RCA Studio A” and “Blckbird” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton.

Personnel:

  • Chris Stapleton – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Webb – Mellotron, organ, piano
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Derek Mixon – drums, percussion
  • Morgane Stapleton – backing vocals
  • Vance Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Drew Long – assistant
  • Ed Spear – assistant
  • Steve Blackmon – assistant
  • Sorrel Brigman – assistant
  • Mary Hooper – design
  • Becky Fluke – photography
  • Shane Stern – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton, except where noted.

  1. Traveller – Chris Stapleton
  2. Fire Away – Danny Green, Chris Stepleton
  3. Tennessee Whiskey – Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove
  4. Parachute – Chris Stapleton, Jim Beavers
  5. Whiskey and You – Chris Stapleton, Lee Thomas Miller
  6. Nobody to Blame – Chris Stapleton, Barry Bales, Ronnie Bowman
  7. More of You – Chris Stapleton, Ronnie Bowman
  8. When the Stars Come Out – Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
  9. Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore – Chris Stapleton
  10. Might as Well Get Stoned – Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Alan Stewart, Justin McGhee
  11. Was It 26 – Don Sampson
  12. The Devil Named Music – Chris Stapleton
  13. Outlaw State of Mind – Chris Stapleton, Jerry Salley, Ronnie Bowman
  14. Sometimes I Cry – Clint Ingersoll, Chris Stapleton

Willie Nelson: First Rose of Spring

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On July 3, 2020, “Legacy Recordings” label released “First Rose of Spring”, the seventieth Willie Nelson studio album. It was recorded in 2019 at “The Tracking Room”, UMG Studios”, “Blackbird Studios” and “The Tone Dock” Nashville, “Pedernales Studios” in Austin, and was produced by Buddy Cannon.

Personnel:

  • Willie Nelson – Trigger, vocals
  • Buddy Cannon – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Terry – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Mike Johnson – steel guitar
  • Catherine Marx – piano, B3 organ, Wurlitzer, Rhodes
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Kevin “Swine” Grantt – upright bass
  • Larry Paxton – upright bass
  • Chad Cromwell – drums
  • Lonnie Wilson – drums
  • Sari Reist – strings
  • Kristin Wilkinson – strings
  • David Davidson – strings
  • Connie Ellisor – strings
  • Alicia Enstrom – strings
  • Anthony La Marchina – strings
  • Dave Angell – strings
  • Monisa Angell – strings
  • Jerry Bifano – strings
  • Karen Winkelmann – strings
  • Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
  • Melodie Cannon – backing vocals
  • Ward Davis – backing vocals
  • Tony Castle – recording, mixing
  • Steve Chadie – recording
  • Kevin Boettger – engineer assistant
  • Michelle Freetley – engineer assistant
  • Matt Leigh – assistant engineer
  • Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
  • Nick Molino – engineer assistant
  • Bryce Roberts – engineer assistant
  • Bobby Terry – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Luke Armentrout – mastering assistant
  • Bobbi Giel – mastering assistant
  • Andrew Darby – mastering assistant
  • Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
  • Steven Lamb – copyist
  • Micah Nelson – artwork
  • Alexandra Dascalu Nelson – back cover photo

Track listing:

  1. First Rose of Spring – Randy Houser, Allen Shamblin, Mark Beeson
  2. Blue Star – Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon
  3. I’ll Break Out Again – Sanger D. Shafer, A. L. “Doodle” Owens
  4. Don’t let the Old Man In – Toby Keith
  5. Just Burnin’ Around – Pete Graves
  6. Our Song – Chris Stapleton
  7. We Are the Cowboys – Billy Joe Shaver
  8. Stealing Home – Maria Cannon-Goodman, Casey Beathard, Don Sampson
  9. I’m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised – Wayne Kemp, Bobby Borchers, Mack Vickery
  10. Love Just Laughed – Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon
  11. Yesterday When I Was Young – Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer