Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof

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Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof is the fourth studio album from the American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1994. The tracks "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof", "Between an Old Memory and Me", "Foolish Pride", and "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" were released as singles, all charting in the Top 40 on the country charts. "Between an Old Memory and Me" was previously recorded by Keith Whitley on his 1989 album I Wonder Do You Think of Me.

Track listing

1. "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" (Travis Tritt) – 3:31
2. "Walkin' All Over My Heart" (Paul Overstreet, Al Gore) – 3:11
3. "Foolish Pride" (Tritt) – 4:19
4. "Outlaws Like Us" (Tritt) – 4:10
   • featuring Hank Williams, Jr. and Waylon Jennings
5. "Hard Times and Misery" (Marty Stuart) – 3:14
6. "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" (Tritt, Bruce Ray Brown) – 6:27
7. "Wishful Thinking" (Tritt, Brown) – 3:08
8. "Between an Old Memory and Me" (Keith Stegall, Charlie Craig) – 4:05
9. "No Vacation from the Blues" (Tritt, Gary Rossington) – 5:00
10. "Southern Justice" (Stewart Harris, Jim McBride) – 5:13

Personnel

The following credits are sourced from liner notes.

Main band

• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, slide guitar
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Travis Tritt – lead vocals
• Steve Turner – drums, percussion
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar, 6-string bass guitar

Additional musicians

"Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof"

• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Wendell Cox – electric guitar
• Terry Crisp – steel guitar
• Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
• Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica

"Walkin' All Over My Heart"

• Sam Bacco – tambourine
• Aaron Braun – tremolo guitar
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• John Cowan – background vocals
• Terry Crisp – steel guitar
• Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano

"Foolish Pride"

• Sam Bacco – percussion, tambourine, timpani
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Billy Livsey – hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, harmonium
• Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
• Dana McVicker – backing vocals

"Outlaws Like Us"

• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Jack Holder – electric and acoustic guitars
• Waylon Jennings – vocals
• Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
• Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica
• Marty Stuart – background vocals
• Hank Williams Jr. – vocals

"Hard Times and Misery"

• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, "The Box"
• Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, Vox Continental
• Dennis Locorriere – background vocals
• Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica
• Marty Stuart – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals

"Tell Me I Was Dreaming"

• Sam Bacco – timpani
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Jack Holder – electric guitar
• Billy Livsey – Hammond organ
• Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
• Dana McVicker – backing vocals

"Wishful Thinking"

• John Cowan – backing vocals
• Jack Holder – electric guitar
• Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, clavinet
• Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
• Dana McVicker – backing vocals
• Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica

"Between an Old Memory and Me"

• John Cowan – background vocals
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Billy Livsey – Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ

"No Vacation from the Blues"

• Jack Holder – electric guitar
• Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, harmonium
• Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
• Dana McVicker – backing vocals
• Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica
• Marty Stuart – electric guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar

"Southern Justice"

• Sam Bacco – timpani, percussion, gong
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, "The Box", baritone steel guitar
• Jack Holder – electric guitars
• Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
• Dana McVicker – backing vocals
• Edgar Meyer – double bass
• Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica
• Matt Rollings – piano

Recording personnel

• Gregg Brown – producer
• Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
• Bob Feaster – recording engineer (except "Southern Justice"), mixing engineer
• Chris Hammond – recording engineer ("Southern Justice" only)

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	20
Canadian RPM Country Albums	3
Canadian RPM Top Albums	64