Kicking out the Footlights... Again

Infobox Album |
Name = Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again
Type = Studio album
Artist = George Jones and Merle Haggard


Released = October 24, 2006
Recorded = Summer 2006
Genre = Country
Length = 41:79
Label = Bandit
Producer = Merle Haggard
Lou Bradley
Keith Stegall
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1sd2vwpea9qk]
* Amazon Rating|5|5 [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HIVQ7Q]
* AOL Music Rating|5|5 [http://music.aol.com/artist/george-jones/1669/album/jones-sings-haggard-haggard-sings-jones-kickin-out-the-footlightsagain/856848#m_songsvids]
Chronology = George Jones
Last album = ""
(2006)
This album = "Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again"
(2006)
Next album = "Burn Your Playhouse Down - The Unreleased Duets"
(2008)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Merle Haggard
Type = Studio album
Last album = "Chicago Wind"
(2005)
This album = "Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again"
(2006)
Next album = "Last of the Breed"
(2007)

"Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again" is an album by American country music artists George Jones and Merle Haggard. It was recorded during the summer of 2006 and released on October 24, 2006 on the Bandit Records label. The first song on the album exeplifies the duo's years of touring. The lyrics, "There's still no place to go to when it's over" explains how the drug induced alcoholic duo have felt about the hours after the show in the combined 80 plus years of touring. "Born with the Blues", an original cut on this album, describes how the youth of the two lead to the lifestyles they chose on tour. Specifically, George Jones's words "despite of the cocaine, despite of it all, god gave me a woman to cushion the fall" exposes his reliance on his current wife for releasing his previous addictions. Alcoholics and addicts all over can relate to the truth in this album.

Track listing

# Footlights (Haggard) – 3:39
# The Race Is On (Rollings) – 2:11
# The Way I Am (Throckmorton) – 3:05
# She Thinks I Still Care (Lee) – 2:38
# All My Friends Are Strangers (Anderson) – 2:36
# Things Have Gone to Pieces (Payne) – 3:01
# I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink (Haggard) – 4:33
# Born with the Blues (Haggard) – 4:46
# Sick, Sober & Sorry (Atchison, Hazelwood) – 3:05
# I Always Get Lucky with You (Church, Powers, Whitson) – 3:21
# Sing Me Back Home (Haggard, Owens) – 2:58
# The Window Up Above (Jones) – 2:38
# You Take Me for Granted (Williams) – 2:48
# Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Keith, Kennedy) – 3:00

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Credits

* Eddie Bayers – Drums
* Lou Bradley – Producer, Engineer
* Jason Campbell – Production Coordination
* Michael Campbell – Project Manager
* Doug Colosio – Piano
* Hargus "Pig" Robbins – Piano
* Nathan Dickinson – Assistant Engineer
* Stuart Duncan – Fiddle, Mandolin
* Larry Frankin – Fiddle
* Paul Franklin – Guitar (steel)
* David Gulliver – Assistant Engineer
* Merle Haggard – Guitar, Producer
* Norm Hamlet – Pedal Steel
* Nancy Jones – Photography
* Jerry Jordan – Photography
* Scott Joss – Guitar
* John Kelton – Engineer, Mixing
* Matt Lumpkin – Photography
* Liana Manis – Vocals (background)
* Brent Mason – Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric)
* Susan Nadler – Executive Producer
* Matt Rovey – Engineer, Assistant Engineer
* John Wesley Ryles – Vocals (background)
* Evelyn Shriver – Executive Producer
* Marty Slayton – Vocals (background)
* Keith Stegall – Producer
* Norman Stevens – Guitar
* Todd Tilwell – Assistant Engineer
* Rhonda Vincent – Vocals (background)
* Bruce Watkins – Guitar (acoustic)
* Hank Williams – Mastering
* Kevin Williams – Bass
* Glenn Worf – Bass