Comin' to Your City

Comin' to Your City
Studio album by Big & Rich
Released	November 17, 2005
Genre	Country
Length	48:42
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Big Kenny John Rich Paul Worley
Big & Rich chronology
Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak (2004) Comin' to Your City (2005) Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace (2007)
Singles from Comin' to Your City
"Comin' to Your City" Released: September 2005 "Never Mind Me" Released: 2006 "8th of November" Released: May 26, 2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C-[2]
Slant	[3]
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Comin' to Your City is the name of the second studio album by the country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in 2005, and has 14 tracks. It features the hit singles "Comin' to Your City", "Never Mind Me", and "8th of November", which respectively reached #21, #34, and #18 on the Hot Country Songs charts. It has become the official theme song of College Gameday with different lyrics that talk about specific college football teams. Cowboy Troy sings in the video and also announces some football terms during instrumental parts of the song.

The track "I Pray for You" was one of the first songs which Big Kenny and John Rich wrote together. Prior to the duo's inception, both singers included it on their respective solo albums (Big Kenny's Live a Little and Rich's Underneath the Same Moon), which were both recorded in 1999 but unreleased until 2005. Rich's solo rendition was also released as a single in 2000, peaking at No. 58 on the country charts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Freak Parade"	Big Kenny, John Rich	1:09
2.	"Comin' to Your City"	Kenny, Rich	3:27
3.	"Soul Shaker"	Kenny, Rich, Rodney Clawson	3:05
4.	"Never Mind Me"	Kenny, Rich, Clawson	3:27
5.	"Caught Up in the Moment"	Kenny, Rich	3:42
6.	"Leap of Faith"	Kenny, Rich	4:58
7.	"I Pray for You"	Kenny, Rich	3:59
8.	"Filthy Rich"	Kenny, Rich, Bill McDavid, Freddy Powers, Sonny Throckmorton	3:09
9.	"Jalapeño"	Rich	2:58
10.	"20 Margaritas"	Kenny	2:48
11.	"Blow My Mind"	Kenny	3:35
12.	"Slow Motion"	Kenny, Rich	3:26
13.	"8th of November" (spoken intro: Kris Kristofferson)	Kenny, Rich	6:17
14.	"Our America" (guest vocals: Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy)	Traditional, arr. by Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Paul Worley	2:42

In later presses of the album, "8th of November" was split into two tracks: one for Kris Kristofferson's opening and another for the song itself.

Personnel

Big & Rich

• Big Kenny – vocals
• John Rich – vocals, acoustic guitar

Additional musicians

• Max Abrams – saxophone
• Sam Bacco – percussion (track 14)
• Brian Barnett – drums (all tracks except 4, 9, 10), percussion (track 3)
• Dennis Burnside – keyboards (track 2), synthesizer (track 5)
• Eric Darken – percussion (track 14)
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar
• Wayne Killius – drums (track 4, 9, 10)
• Howard Laravea – Hammond B-3 organ (track 4), synthesizer (track 4), piano (track 10)
• Carig Nelson – bass guitar (track 14)
• Matt Pierson – bass guitar (track 10)
• Mike Rojas – keyboards (track 1), piano (tracks 6, 8, 13), synthesizer (tracks 6, 11, 13), Hammond B-3 organ (track 11, 12), Wurlitzer (track 12)
• Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar (track 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13)
• Ron Sobro – percussion (track 14)
• Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar (all tracks)
• Justin Tockett – bass guitar (track 2, 4, 5, 9)
• Paul Worley – electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13)
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, banjo, mandolin, Dobro, cello, harp, octofone

Strings on Track 14 performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky, arranged by Dennis Burnside:

• Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, David Davidson, David Angell, Catherine Umstead, Cate Myer, Zeneba Bowers, Erin Hall, Denise Baker, Carolyn Bailey, Gerald Greer, chris teal, Janet Askey, Karen Winkleman – violins
• Gary Vanosdale, Kathryn Plummer, Monisa Angell, Kris Wilkinson – violas
• John Catchings, Felix Wang, Sarighani Reist Acro – cellos

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	7

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country [4]	US [5]	US Pop [6]
2005	"Comin' to Your City"	21	72	62
2006	"Never Mind Me"	34	—	—
	"8th of November"	18	94	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)[7]	Platinum

References

1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Comin' to Your City review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r794441. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
2. ^ Browne, David. "Comin' to Your City review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1128511,00.html. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
3. ^ Keefe, Jonathan. "Big & Rich: Comin' to Your City". Slant. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/big-and-rich-comin-to-your-city/681. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
4. ^ "Big & Rich Album & Song Chart History (Country Songs)". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/big-rich/chart-history/592506?f=357&g=Singles. Retrieved August 14, 2010. 
5. ^ "Big & Rich Album & Song Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/big-rich/chart-history/592506?f=379&g=Singles. Retrieved August 14, 2010. 
6. ^ "allmusic ((( Big & Rich > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p637739/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved August 14, 2010. 
7. ^ "American album certifications – Big & Rich – Comin' to Your City". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Comin%27+to+Your+City%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH