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1999 studio album by Montgomery Gentry
Tattoos & Scars is the debut studio album by country music duo Montgomery Gentry . It was released in April 1999 via Columbia Records Nashville. Certified platinum in the United States, the album produced five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts: "Hillbilly Shoes ", "Lonely and Gone ", "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm ", "Self Made Man ", and "All Night Long" (a duet with Charlie Daniels ); "Lonely and Gone" was the highest, peaking at number 5. "Didn't Your Mama Tell Ya" and "Trouble Is" features Troy Gentry singing alone as lead vocals.
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Tattoos & Scars produced five singles for the duo upon its 1999 release. Leading off the album's singles was "Hillbilly Shoes", a #13 U.S. country hit. After it came the #5 "Lonely and Gone", co-written by Pirates of the Mississippi member Bill McCorvey, along with Dave Gibson, formerly of the Gibson/Miller Band . "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", co-written by Canadian singer Steve Fox , was the third single, with a #17 peak. It was followed by "Self Made Man" and finally "All Night Long", both at #31. "Trouble Is" was co-written by Little Texas guitarist Porter Howell.
Track listing
"Hillbilly Shoes " (Bobby Taylor, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis) – 3:13
"Trying to Survive" (Stephony Smith, Kevin Brandt) – 3:50
"Lonely and Gone " (Bill McCorvey , Dave Gibson , Greg Crowe) – 3:19
"Self Made Man " (Wynn Varble , Jay Knowles) – 3:35
"Daddy Won't Sell the Farm " (Robin Branda, Steve Fox ) – 4:18
"If a Broken Heart Could Kill" (Rick Ferrell, Steve Clark) – 3:19
"I've Loved a Lot More Than I've Hurt" (Max D. Barnes ) – 3:14
"Didn't Your Mama Tell Ya" (Stewart Harris, Clay Davidson ) – 3:26
"Trouble Is" (Porter Howell , Sam Gay) – 3:09
"Tattoos & Scars" (Tony Lane) – 3:59
"All Night Long" (Charlie Daniels, Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, Jack Gavin, Charlie Hayward, Bruce Ray Brown) – 3:33
Personnel
Jim Cotton – background vocals
Charlie Daniels – vocals on "All Night Long"
Dan Dugmore – dobro , steel guitar
Glen Duncan – fiddle , mandolin
Steve Fox – background vocals
Troy Gentry – lead vocals, background vocals, lead vocals (alone on "Didn't Your Mama Tell Ya" and "Trouble Is" only)
Paul Leim – drums , percussion
Gary Lunn – bass guitar , fretless bass guitar
Anthony Martin – background vocals
Eddie Montgomery – lead vocals (except on "Didn't Your Mama Tell Ya" and "Trouble Is" ) , background vocals
Steve Nathan – organ , piano , synthesizer , Wurlitzer
Brent Rowan – electric guitar
Joe Scaife – background vocals
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Charts and certifications
Album
Chart (1999)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
10
U.S. Billboard 200
131
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers
2
Canadian RPM Country Albums
4
Singles
Certifications
Country
Certifier
Certification
United States
RIAA
Platinum
References
Eddie Montgomery
Troy Gentry
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