The Tractors (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Tractors
Type = studio
Artist = The Tractors


Released = 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Arista
Producer = Steve Ripley, Walt Richmond
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "The Tractors"
(1994)
Next album = "Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas"
(1995)

"The Tractors" is the eponymous debut album of American country music band The Tractors. Released in late 1994 on Arista Records, it set a record for becoming the fastest-selling debut album by a group to achieve RIAA platinum certification in the United States; by the end of the year, it was certified 2× multi-platinum, and became the highest-selling country album of 1994.cite web |url=http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_tractors_fresh_breeze/ |title=The Tractors: A Fresh Breeze from Tulsa |accessdate=2008-01-01 |last=Flans |first=Robyn |date=1999-03-01 |work=MIX: Professional Audio & Music Production] The tracks "Baby Likes to Rock It" and "Tryin' to Get to New Orleans" were both released as singles.

Recording the album

Steve Ripley, The Tractors' lead vocalist and guitarist, co-produced the album along with keyboardist/bass vocalist Walt Richmond.Album's liner notes] According to Ripley, several techniques were used to make the album sound as if it had been recorded in one take - most notably, the use of Pro Tools to cut and paste the individual parts of the song:

Track listing

#"The Tulsa Shuffle" (Steve Ripley) – 3:54
#*J. J. Cale – guitar
#*Joe Davis – saxophones
#*Jim Keltner – drums
#*Glen Mitchell – Hammond B–3 organ
#*Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar
#*Leon Russell – synthesizer
#"Fallin' Apart" (Ripley, Ron Getman) – 3:47
#*Ed Richmond – fiddle
#"Thirty Days" (Chuck Berry) – 2:45
#*John Crowder – background vocals
#*Debbie Campbell – background vocals
#*Joe Davis – saxophones
#*Ron Morgan – upright bass on intro
#*Jim Sweney – background vocals
#"I've Had Enough" (Ripley) – 3:10
#*Steve Collier – second steel guitar solo
#*Gene Crownaver – third steel guitar solo
#*Curly Lewis – fiddle
#*Waddy Pass – first steel guitar solo
#"The Little Man" (Jim Pulte, Ripley, Tim DuBois) – 5:46
#*Rick Morton – fiddle
#*Jim Pulte – bass vocals
#*Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar (recorded at Sun Studio)
#*Angelene Ripley – Hammond B–3 organ
#*Elvis Ripley – tremolo guitar
#"Baby Likes to Rock It" (Ripley, Walt Richmond) – 3:56
#*James Burton – "master of the Telecaster"
#"Badly Bent" (Martha Ellis, Ripley, Richmond) – 3:02
#*Steve Bagsby – steel guitar
#*Curly Lewis – fiddle
#"The Blue Collar Rock" (Ripley) – 4:34
#*Ry Cooder – slide guitar
#*Jim Keltner – extra drums
#"Doreen" (Ripley) – 2:29
#*Eldon Shamblin – guitar
#"Settin' the Woods on Fire" (Fred Rose, Ed G. Nelson) – 2:55
#"Tryin' to Get to New Orleans" (Ripley, Richmond, DuBois) – 4:40
#*Joe Davis – extra horns
#"The Tulsa Shuffle (Revisited)" (Ripley) – 6:11
#*Steve Allen – guitar
#*Rick Belke – guitar
#*Bill Belknap – drums
#*Larry Bell – Hammond B–3 organ
#*Rich Brown – drums
#*Mike Bruce – guitar
#*Mark Bruner – guitar
#*Jim Byfield – guitar
#*J. J. Cale – guitar
#*Robert Coggins – guitar
#*John Crowder – guitar
#*Gary Cundiff – guitar
#*Chuck DeWalt – drums
#*Jim Edwards – guitar
#*Richard Feldman – guitar
#*Huey Flannery – guitar
#*Ron Flynt – guitar
#*Michael Garrett – guitar
#*Gary Gilmore – guitar
#*Stacey Grant – trombone
#*Doc James – guitar
#*Jim Keltner – drums
#*Roger Linn – guitar
#*Steve Pryor – guitar
#*Dan Mayo – "life observations and noises"
#*Glen Mitchell – Hammond B–3 organ
#*Ron Morgan – bass guitar licks
#*Rick Morton – fiddle
#*Carl Pickhardt – Hammond B–3 organ
#*Steve Pryor – guitar
#*Jim Pulte – guitar
#*Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar
#*Ed Richmond – fiddle
#*Ed Robinson – Hammond B–3 organ
#*Angelene Ripley – Hammond B–3 organ
#*Charlene Ripley – trumpet
#*Elvis Ripley – tremolo guitar, dive bomb guitar
#*Leon Russell – MIDI programming
#*Pat "Taco" Ryan – saxophone
#*Emily Smith – tambourine
#*Dick Sims – Hammond B–3 organ
#*Gordon Shryock – guitar
#*"Skee" – guitar
#*Jim Strader – bass guitar licks
#*Spencer Sutton – piano
#*Roger Tillison – guitar
#*Don White – guitar
#*Junior Markham & the Tulsa All Stars:
#:*Chuck Blackwell – drums
#:*Chuck Browning – drums
#:*Steve Hickerson – guitar
#:*Jimmy Karstein – drums
#:*Jimmy "Junior" Markham – harmonica
#:*David Teegarden – drums
#:*Tommy Tripplehorn – guitar

Personnel (all tracks)

The Tractors

*Ron Getman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, Dobro, mandolin, tenor vocals, engineer
*Jamie Oldaker – drums, "groove snares", tambourine, percussion
*Walt Richmond – piano, Hammond B–3 organ, accordion, Wurlitzer, clavinet, drums, horns, bass vocals, producer, engineer, photography
*Steve Ripley – electric guitar, drums, lead vocals, producer, engineer, design, original art
*Casey van Beek – bass guitar, baritone vocals

Additional production and engineering

*Allen Brown - management
*Don Cobb - digital editing
*Maude Gilman - art direction
*Carlos Grier - digital editing
*Señor McGuire - photography
*Denny Purcell - mastering
*Angelene Ripley - engineer
*Elvis Ripley - engineer

References

External links

* [http://wm07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifuxqwhldhe The Tractors] at Allmusic