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2005 studio album by George Strait
Somewhere Down in Texas is the twenty-third studio album by American country music singer George Strait . This album was released on June 28, 2005 on the MCA Nashville Records label. This album was certified platinum and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 . Singles released from it were, in order: "You'll Be There", which peaked at #4 on Hot Country Songs ; "She Let Herself Go", which became Strait's 40th Billboard Number One hit on the country charts; and a cover of Merle Haggard 's "The Seashores of Old Mexico ", which peaked at #11. "Texas" also charted at #35 on Hot Country Songs from unsolicited airplay.
The album's titled track was played in a video retrospective to former professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin that appeared as the last chapter of the same name in the DVD, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time .
In 2005, the Country Music Association named "Good News, Bad News" the musical event of the year.[ 11]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "If the Whole World Was a Honky Tonk" Bryan Simpson , Ashley Gorley , Wade Kirby4:07 2. "Somewhere Down in Texas" Dana Hunt Black, Tim Ryan Rouillier , Charlie Black 3:55 3. "The Seashores of Old Mexico " Merle Haggard 4:11 4. "You'll Be There " Cory Mayo 4:18 5. "High Tone Woman" Leslie Satcher , Rouillier2:52 6. "Good News, Bad News" (with Lee Ann Womack ) Dean Dillon , Dale Dodson, Lee Ann Womack 3:22 7. "Oh, What a Perfect Day" Monty Holmes , Buddy Brock , Jeff Silvey3:29 8. "Texas" Steven Dale Jones, Phillip White 3:04 9. "Ready for the End of the World" Clint Daniels , Tony Martin 3:51 10. "She Let Herself Go " Dillon, Kerry Kurt Phillips 3:18 11. "By the Light of a Burning Bridge" Walt Aldridge , Michael White 3:17
Personnel
George Strait – lead vocals, backing vocals (3)
Steve Nathan – Hammond B3 organ (1, 2, 5, 8-11), Wurlitzer electric piano (3), acoustic piano (7)
Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (1-6, 8, 10, 11), synthesizers (7)
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar (1, 8, 10, 11), electric guitar (2-9)
Brent Mason – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), nylon string guitar (3), acoustic guitar (6)
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (1-5, 7-11), gut-string guitar (6)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Stuart Duncan – fiddle (1, 2, 3, 5-11), mandolin (3, 4)
Glenn Worf – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 6-11), upright bass (5)
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (3)
Eddie Bayers – drums
Casey Wood – percussion (4)
The Nashville String Machine – strings (2, 3, 4, 6)
Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor (2, 3, 4, 6)
Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (2, 3, 4, 6)
Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7-11)
Marty Slayton – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7-11)
Jaime Babbitt – backing vocals (4)
Bob Bailey – backing vocals (4)
Lisa Cochran – backing vocals (4)
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (4)
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (4)
Lee Ann Womack – lead vocals (6)
Production
Tony Brown – producer
George Strait – producer, additional recording (3)
Chuck Ainlay – recording, additional recording (2)
Kyle Lehning – mixing, additional recording (3, 4, 6)
Leslie Richter – recording assistant
Steve Marcantonio – additional recording
Rich Hanson – additional recording (1), mix assistant
Bob Bullock – additional recording (4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
Richie Biggs – additional recording (7, 8)
Casey Wood – additional recording assistant (3, 6), additional recording (4), mix assistant
Todd Tidwell – additional recording assistant (4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
Robert Hadley – mastering
Doug Sax – mastering
The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
Amy Russell – production coordinator
Craig Allen – art direction, design
Tony Baker – photography
Terry Calonge – photography
Peter Nash – photography
Mark Tucker – photography
Erv Woolsey – management
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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