Pickin' on Nashville

Infobox Album
Name = Pickin' on Nashville
Type = studio
Artist = The Kentucky Headhunters


Released = 1989
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Country rock
Length =
Label = Mercury
Producer = The Kentucky Headhunters, Jim "Z" Zumpano, Jim Zumwalt
Reviews =
This album = "Pickin' on Nashville"
(1989)
Next album = "Electric Barnyard"
(1991)

"Pickin' on Nashville" is the debut album of American country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. It features the singles "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine", "Oh Lonesome Me", "Dumas Walker", and "Rock & Roll Angel", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Oh Lonesome Me" was also the highest charting, at #8. The album won a Grammy Award for the band in 1991.

"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" is a cover of a Bill Monroe song, "Skip a Rope" a cover of a Henson Cargill song, and "Oh Lonesome Me" a cover of a Don Gibson song. After brothers Ricky Lee and Doug Phelps left the band in 1992 to form the duo Brother Phelps, they recorded "Ragtop" on their second album (1994's "Any Way the Wind Blows"). Doug rejoined the band in 1997.

Track listing

#"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" (Bill Monroe) – 3:44
#"Dumas Walker" (Greg Martin, Doug Phelps, Ricky Lee Phelps, Fred Young, Richard Young) – 2:50
#"Ragtop" (D. Phelps, R. L. Phelps) – 3:11
#"Rock & Roll Angel" (R. Young) – 3:51
#"Smooth" (Samuel Edward Crowe, R. L. Phelps) – 4:27
#"High Steppin' Daddy" (Martin) – 2:57
#"Skip a Rope" (Jack Moran, Glenn Tubb) – 2:31
#"Some Folks Like to Steal" (Martin, F. Young, R. Young) – 2:51
#"Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 3:09
#"My Daddy Was a Milkman" (Martin, D. Phelps, R. L. Phelps, F. Young, R. Young) – 4:28

Personnel

*Greg Martin - electric guitar, slide guitar
*Doug Phelps - background vocals, bass guitar
*Ricky Lee Phelps - lead vocals
*Richard Ripani - organ ("Rock & Roll Angel", "Oh Lonesome Me")
*Fred Young - drums, percussion
*Richard Young - rhythm guitar