The Bradley Barn Sessions
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| The Bradley Barn Sessions | ||||
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| Released | October 11, 1994 | |||
| Studio | Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Brian Ahern | |||
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| Singles from The Bradley Barn Sessions | ||||
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The Bradley Barn Sessions is a duet album released in 1994 by American country music artist George Jones.
Several unreleased tracks recorded during this album's sessions were later included on Jones' 2008 duets album Burn Your Playhouse Down.
Reception
[edit]Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic calls The Bradley Barn Sessions "a stilted, nearly lifeless album. The production is too clean and polished, lacking any of the grit of true honky tonk records. Furthermore, songs like "A Good Year for the Roses" suffer from the stringless, stripped-down arrangements.[1]
Track listing
[edit]| 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 Van Hoy | Tammy Wynette | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Say It's Not You" | Dallas Frazier | Keith Richards | 2:59 |
| 6. | "The 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 |
| Total length: | 34:25 | |||
Personnel
[edit]- Brian Ahern – rhythm guitar (track 1), bass (track 10), acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 5 – 7, 9, 11)
- Eddie Bayers – drums (tracks 1 – 3, 5, 7 – 10)
- Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6, and 11)
- James Burton – electric guitar (tracks 5 and 11)
- Jerry Douglas – resonator guitar (tracks 1 – 4, 8, and 9)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar (tracks 5, 7, and 10)
- Vince Gill – guitar (tracks 4, 6, 7, and 10)
- Glen D. Hardin – piano (tracks 2, 3, 7 – 9)
- Emmylou Harris – acoustic guitar (track 5)
- Randy Howard – mandolin (track 11)
- John Hughey – steel guitar (tracks 4 and 6)
- David Hungate – bass (tracks 4, 6, and 11)
- John Jennings – electric guitar (tracks 3 and 9)
- Mark Knopfler – electric guitar (track 10)
- Mac McAnally – acoustic slide guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7 – 10)
- Keith Richards – electric guitar (track 5)
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano (tracks 1 and 10)
- Brent Rowan – electric guitar (tracks 2 and 8)
- Leon Russell – piano (tracks 4 – 6, 11)
- Ricky Skaggs – harmony vocals (tracks 4 and 8), fiddle (tracks 1, 2, 5 – 11), acoustic guitar (tracks 3 and 4)
- Tommy Spurlock – steel guitar (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9, and 11), resonator guitar (track 7)
- Harry Stinson – drums (tracks 4, 6, and 11)
- Marty Stuart – electric slide guitar (track 1), mandolin (tracks: 2 – 10)
- Glenn Worf – acoustic guitar (track 3), acoustic bass (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7–10)
Special Thanks
[edit]- Nancy Jones
- Tony Brown
- Renee White
- Owen Bradley
- Michael Sales
- Bob Bradley
- Glen D. Hardin
- Ricky Scaggs
- Tommy Waco Spurlock
- Greg Humphrey
- Joyce Write
- Julie Ballweg
- Marsha Southerland
- Pee Wee Johnson
- John Spencer
- Scott Dorsey
Photographer Fritz Hoffman
