Room to Breathe (Delbert McClinton album)

Room to Breathe
Studio album by Delbert McClinton
Released	2002
Genre	Americana, blues rock, blues, roots rock, country
Length	42:22
Label	New West Records
Producer	Gary Nicholson Delbert McClinton
Delbert McClinton chronology
Nothing Personal (2001) Room to Breathe (2002) Live (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Austin Chronicle
Uncut	3/10

Room to Breathe is a studio album by American musician Delbert McClinton, released in 2002 on New West Records. It was recorded at Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee with additional recording at Bismeaux Studio, Austin, Texas, and was produced by Gary Nicholson and Delbert McClinton.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Same Kind of Crazy"	Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson	3:47
2.	"Smooth Talk"	McClinton, Nicholson	3:49
3.	"Jungle Room"	McClinton, J. Fred Knobloch	3:41
4.	"Everything I Know About the Blues"	McClinton, Nicholson, Benmont Tench	3:33
5.	"Blues About You Baby"	McClinton, Al Anderson	2:58
6.	"Lone Star Blues"	McClinton, Nicholson	3:57
7.	"The Rub"	McClinton	3:08
8.	"Won't Be Me"	McClinton, Nicholson, Anderson	3:58
9.	"Don't Want to Love You"	McClinton, Billy Lawson	3:00
10.	"Ain't Lost Nothin'"	McClinton, Nicholson, Kim Wilson	2:44
11.	"Money Honey"	McClinton, Nicholson	3:35
12.	"New York City"	McClinton, Tom Faulkner	3:35

Personnel

• Delbert McClinton - vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Todd Sharp - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, background vocals
• Bill Campbell - rhythm guitar
• Gary Nicholson - acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Kevin McKendree - organ, electric piano, piano
• Mark Jordan - organ, piano
• George Hawkins - bass, background vocals
• Glenn Worf - upright bass
• Lynn Williams - drums, percussion, background vocals
• Terry Townson - trumpet
• Billy Huber - trombone
• Jim Horn - baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Bowland - tenor saxophone
• Don Wise - tenor saxophone
• James Pennebaker - fiddle, steel guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals
• Carl Gorodetzky - violin
• Pam Sixfin - violin
• Jim Grosjean - viola
• John Catchings - cello
• The Nashville String Machine - strings
• Jessi Alexander - background vocals
• Marcia Ball - background vocals
• Ray Benson - background vocals
• Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
• Guy Clark - background vocals
• Rodney Crowell - background vocals
• Dee Dee Day - background vocals
• Steve Earle - background vocals
• Joe Ely - background vocals
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore - background vocals
• Emmylou Harris - background vocals
• Butch Hancock - background vocals
• Kimmie Rhodes - background vocals
• Billy Joe Shaver - background vocals
• Heather Waters - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (2002)	Peak positions
U.S. Billboard Top Blues Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	12
U.S. Billboard 200	84
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	3