The Bradley Barn Sessions
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| Studio album by George Jones | ||||
| Released | October 11, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 32:76 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Brian Ahern | |||
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The Bradley Barn Sessions is an album released in 1994 by American country music artist George Jones. It is a duet album, comprising eleven of Jones's songs re-recorded as duets with various singers, primarily country music artists. The only release from this album was the re-recording of "A Good Year for the Roses", a collaboration with Alan Jackson which peaked at #56 on the Billboard country charts. Several unreleased tracks recorded during this album's sessions were later included on Jones' 2008 duets album Burn Your Playhouse Down - The Unreleased Duets.
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Duet partner(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "One Woman Man" | Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton | Marty Stuart | 2:50 |
| 2. | "A Good Year for the Roses" | Jerry Chesnut | Alan Jackson | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Why Baby Why" | George Jones, Darrell Edwards | Ricky Skaggs | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Golden Ring" | Bobby Braddock, Rafe VanHoy | Tammy Wynette | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Say It's Not You" | Dallas Frazier | Keith Richards | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Love Bug" | Wayne Kemp, Curtis Wayne | Vince Gill | 2:27 |
| 7. | "Where Grass Won't Grow" | Earl Montgomery | Trisha Yearwood, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton | 3:52 |
| 8. | "The Race Is On" | Jones, Don Rollins | Travis Tritt | 2:29 |
| 9. | "Bartender Blues" | James Taylor | Trisha Yearwood | 3:54 |
| 10. | "White Lightnin'" | J.P. Richardson | Mark Knopfler | 3:31 |
| 11. | "Good Ones and Bad Ones" | Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins | Mark Chesnutt | 3:08 |
[edit] Promotion
An hour-long documentary-style special was filmed in late 1994 to promote this duet album. It aired in 1995 on The Nashville Network. Among the guests were the duet partners on this project; the record's two producers, Tony Brown and Brian Ahern; plus Owen Bradley, the owner of Bradley's Barn where the duet album was recorded.
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 142 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 11 |
