- 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 bandThe Tractors . Released in late 1994 onArista Records , it set a record for becoming the fastest-selling debut album by a group to achieveRIAA 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 ofPro 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 – guitarPersonnel (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 vocalsAdditional 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 - engineerReferences
External links
* [http://wm07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifuxqwhldhe The Tractors] at
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