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My Honky Tonk History Studio album by Travis Tritt Released August 17, 2004 Recorded 2003 Genre Country Length 40:58 Label Columbia Producer Travis Tritt
Billy Joe Walker, Jr.Travis Tritt chronology Strong Enough
(2002)My Honky Tonk History
(2004)The Very Best of Travis Tritt
(2007)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] My Honky Tonk History is the American artist Travis Tritt's ninth album, released on Columbia Records in 2004. It features the singles "The Girl's Gone Wild", "What Say You" (feat. John Mellencamp), and "I See Me", which peaked at #28, #21 and #32 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. The duet was Mellencamp's first Top 40 entry on the country charts.
The track "Circus Leaving Town" was previously recorded by its writer, Philip Claypool, on his 1995 debut album A Circus Leaving Town. Claypool's version of the song peaked at #70 on the country charts that year.
Contents
Track listing
- "Honky-Tonk History" (Luke Bryan, Patrick Jason Matthews) – 3:35
- "Too Far to Turn Around" (Cory Mayo, Jon McElroy, Gretchen Wilson) – 3:25
- "The Girl's Gone Wild" (Bob DiPiero, Rivers Rutherford) – 2:49
- "What Say You" (Michael Bradford, Frank J. Myers) – 3:54
- duet with John Mellencamp
- "Circus Leaving Town" (Philip Claypool) – 4:08
- "Monkey Around" (Delbert McClinton, Benmont Tench, Gary Nicholson) – 3:13
- "I See Me" (Casey Beathard, Chris Mohr) – 3:48
- "When Good Ol' Boys Go Bad" (Kendall Marvel, Philip O'Donnell) – 2:58
- "We've Had It All" (Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart) – 3:19
- "It's All About the Money" (Jody Harris, Donny Kees) – 3:28
- "Small Doses" (Jerry Salley, Chris Stapleton) – 5:18
- "When in Rome" (Marvel, Rutherford, Boyd Houston Robert) – 6:23
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Lisa Cochran – background vocals
- Tammy Cochran – background vocals
- John Cowan – background vocals
- Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
- Eric Darken – percussion, cowbell, vibraphone
- Amber Dotson – background vocals
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar, Dobro
- Béla Fleck – banjo on "What Say You"
- Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Jim Hoke – harmonica
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
- Eddie Kilgallon – background vocals
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Greg Morrow – drums, percussion, tambourine
- Richard Richardson – background vocals
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Neil Thrasher – background vocals
- Travis Tritt – lead and background vocals
- Robbie Turner – steel guitar, Dobro
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Joy Lynn White – background vocals
- Hurshel Wiginton – background vocals
- Gretchen Wilson – background vocals
- Reggie Young – electric guitar, electric sitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – banjo
Strings on "I See Me" performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by D. Bergen White.
Chart performance
Chart (2004) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 7 U.S. Billboard 200 50 References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ (2004) Album notes for My Honky Tonk History by Travis Tritt. Columbia Records Nashville (CK 92084).
Studio albums Country Club · It's All About to Change · T-R-O-U-B-L-E · A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year · Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof · The Restless Kind · No More Looking over My Shoulder · Down the Road I Go · Strong Enough · My Honky Tonk History · The StormCompilation albums Greatest Hits: From the Beginning · Super Hits · The Rockin' Side · The Lovin' Side · Essentials · The Very Best of Travis TrittRelated articles Categories:- 2004 albums
- Columbia Records albums
- Travis Tritt albums
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