On August 2, 1994, “Arista” label released the self-titled, debut Tractors album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, and was produced by Steve Ripley and Walt Richmond. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Steve Ripley– lead vocals, electric guitar, drums, engineer, original art, design
- Ron Getman – acoustic and slide guitar, steel guitar, Dobro, mandolin, high harmony vocals
- Walt Richmond – Steinway piano, Hammond Bnd electric –a3 organ, accordion, Wurlitzer, clavinet, drums, horns, bassvocals
- Casey van Beek – bass guitar, low harmony vocals
- Jamie Oldaker– drums, “groove snares”, tambourine, percussion
- Jim Keltner– drums
- Ry Cooder– slide guitar
- Eldon Shamblin– guitar
- J. J. Cale– guitar
- Waddy Pass – steel guitar
- Steve Collier – steel guitar
- Steve Bagsby – steel guitar
- Gene Crownaver – steel guitar
- Bonnie Raitt– slide guitar
- Steve Hickerson – guitar
- Tommy Tripplehorn – guitar
- Elvis Ripley – tremolo guitar, engineer
- Steve Allen, Rick Beilke, Mike Bruce, Mark Bruner, Jim Byfield, Robert Coggins, Jon Crowder, Gary Cundiff, Jim Edwards, Richard Feldman, Huey Flannery, Ron Flynt, Michael Garrett, Gary Gilmore, Doc James, Roger Linn, Steve Pryor, Jim Pulte, Gordon Shryock, “Skee”, Roger Tillison, Don White – guitar
- Spencer Sutton – piano
- Glen Mitchell – Hammond B-3 organ
- Angelene Ripley – Hammond B-3 organ
- Glen Mitchell, Larry Bell, Carl Bickhardt, Dick Sims, Angelene Ripley, Ed Robinson – Hammond B-3 organs
- Angelene Ripley – Hammond B-3 organ
- Leon Russell– synthesizer, MIDI
- Jimmy “Junior” Markham – harmonica
- Ron Morgan – upright bass
- Ron Morgan – bass guitar riffs
- Jim Strader – bass guitar licks
- Jimmy Karstein – drums
- Chuck Blackwell – drums
- Chuck Browning – drums
- David Teegarden – drums
- Chuck DeWalt, Bill Belknap, Rich Brown, Jim Keltner – additional drums
- Joe Davis – saxophones
- Pat “Taco” Ryan – saxophone
- Charlene Ripley – trumpet
- Stacey Grant – trombone
- Joe Davis – horns
- Ed Richmond – fiddle
- Curly Lewis – fiddles
- Curly Lewis – fiddle
- Rick Morton – fiddle
- James Burton– “Master of the Telecaster”
- Junior Markham & the Tulsa All-Stars
- Jim Pulte – bass vocals
- Debbie Campbell – backing vocal
- John Crowder – backing vocals
- Jim Sweney – backing vocals
- Danny Mayo– life observations and noises
- Ron Getman – engineer
- Walt Richmond – engineer, photography
- Angelene Ripley – engineer
- Denny Purcell – mastering
- Maude Gilman – art direction
- Señor McGuire – photography
Track listing:
- The Tulsa Shuffle – Steve Ripley
- Fallin’ Apart – Steve Ripley, Ron Getman
- Thirty Days – Chuck Berry
- I’ve Had Enough – Steve Ripley
- The Little Man — Jim Pulte, Ripley, Tim DuBois
- Baby Likes to Rock It – Steve Ripley, Walt Richmond
- Badly Bent – Steve Ripley, Richmond, Martha Ellis
- The Blue Collar Rock – Steve Ripley
- Doreen – Steve Ripley
- Settin’ the Woods on Fire – Fred Rose, Ed G. Nelson
- Tryin’ to Get to New Orleans – Steve Ripley, Richmond, DuBois
- The Tulsa Shuffle (revisited) – Steve Ripley
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