A Thousand Winding Roads

Infobox Album
Name = A Thousand Winding Roads
Type = studio
Artist = Joe Diffie


Released = 1990
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Epic
Producer = Bob Montgomery
Johnny Slate
Reviews = Allmusic - Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfoxqq5ldhe link]
This album = "A Thousand Winding Roads"
(1990)
Next album = "Regular Joe"
(1992)

"A Thousand Winding Roads" is the debut album of American country music artist Joe Diffie. The album's title is derived from a line in its lead-off single "Home", which reached Number One on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in late 1990. Other singles from this album include "If You Want Me To" (#2) "If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets" (#1), and "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" (#2).

Track listing

#"Home" (Fred Lehner, Andy Spooner) – 3:20
#"If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" (Ken Spooner, Kim Williams) – 2:45
#"If You Want Me To" (Joe Diffie, Larry Williams) – 3:42
#"New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" (Joe Diffie, Lonnie Wilson) – 2:42
#"There Goes the Neighborhood" (Bill C. Graham, Alan Laney, Tommy Dodson) – 3:14
#"Almost Home" (Larry Williams, Johnny Slate) – 3:17
#"I Ain't Leavin' 'Til She's Gone" (Diffie, Wilson, Wayne Perry) – 3:04
#"Coolest Fool in Town" (Randy Boudreaux) – 3:25
#"Liquid Heartache "(Diffie, Red Lane) – 2:59
#"Stranger in Your Eyes" (Joe Chambers, Max D. Barnes, Larry Jenkins) – 2:45

Personnel

*Mike Chapman – bass guitar
*Walt Cunningham – synthesizer
*Joe Diffie – lead vocals, background vocals
*Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
*Rob Hajacos – fiddle
*Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar
*Brent Mason – electric guitar
*Tim Mensy – electric guitar
*Johnny Neel – background vocals
*Ron Oates – keyboards
*Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
*Matt Rollings – keyboards
*Mike Severs – mandolin, acoustic guitar
*Lonnie Wilson – drums, background vocals

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfoxqq5ldhe "A Thousand Winding Roads"] at Allmusic
*Liner notes to "A Thousand Winding Roads", Epic Records, 1990