Gene Watson’s Peers within the country music industry believe in the sheer talent of this unassuming man from east Texas, so much so that Gene is regarded by many of them as ‘the singer’s singer’ – and rightly so!
All of Gene Watson’s Peers, who were contacted by The Gene Watson Fan Site, during 2007, were most gracious with their time and words.
It is here, within this special part of the Gene Watson Fan Site, that you have an opportunity to read a quote from Lee Ann Womack, which she submitted to this site on Wednesday 18 July 2007.
Sean Brady would like to take this opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to Lee Ann Womack who has made a special contribution to a unique part of this online ‘celebration of a Lone Star Hero’.
Sean Brady would also like to express a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to Sarah Brosmer at Lytle Management in Brentwood, TN, without whose assistance this quote would not have been possible.
Lee Ann Womack
This quote was submitted on Wednesday 18 July 2007.
‘In my Dad’s eyes, I hadn’t really made it in the music business until now.
I’ve sung with Gene Watson’
Thank you, Lee Ann Womack, for your support of Gene Watson.
About Lee Ann Womack…
Lee Ann Womack was born on Friday 19 August 1966 in Jacksonville, Texas and is best-known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs.
From an early age, Lee Ann Womack was interested in country music; her father, who was a radio disc jockey, often took his daughter to work with him to help choose records to play on the air.
Lee Ann Womack was the second of two daughters, born to Anne and Aubrey Womack; her mother was a schoolteacher and her father was also a high school principal. As a child, Lee Ann Womack studied the piano and later graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1984.
After graduating, Lee Ann Womack attended South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas. The college was one of the first in the United States to offer country music degrees and soon Lee Ann Womack became a member of the college band, Country Caravan.
In 1985, Lee Ann Womack left the college and, after an agreement with her parents, she enrolled at Belmont University in Nashville, where she studied the commercial ways of the music business.
In Nashville, Lee Ann Womack interned at the A&R department of MCA Records.
Lee Ann Womack studied at the college until 1990, leaving the school a year before graduation.
It was while Lee Ann Womack was attending Belmont University that she met fellow musician / singer / song-writer, Jason Sellers.
In 1990, Lee Ann Womack and Jason Sellers; together they had one daughter; Aubrie Lee Sellers, who was born in 1991.
Lee Ann Womack spent a few years raising her daughter before re-entering the country music business in the mid-1990s.
In 1995, Lee Ann Womack began performing her music in song-writing demos and at showcase concerts.
At one of these showcase concerts, Lee Ann Womack was spotted by Tree Publishing, who signed her after listening to one of her original demo recordings.
In 1996, Lee Ann Womack and Jason Sellers divorced.
Ricky Skaggs recorded Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Don’t Remember Forgetting’ (co-written with Billy Foster and Jason Sellers) and included the track on ‘Life Is A Journey’ (Atlantic Records, 1997); the track featured background vocals from Lee Ann Womack.
Lee Ann Womack then decided to pursue a career as a country music artist and auditioned for MCA Records chairman, Bruce Hinton, who praised her talents.
Shortly afterwards, Lee Ann Womack accepted a contract from MCA Records’ sister record company, Decca Nashville, in 1996.
On Tuesday 13 May 1997, Lee Ann Womack saw the release, on Decca Records, of ‘Lee Ann Womack’ (Decca Records, 1997), her self-titled debut album, which was produced by Mark Wright, and included four tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart:
‘Never Again, Again’ (written by Monty Holmes and Barbie Isham) (No.23, 1997)
‘The Fool’ (written by Marla Cannon-Goodman, Gene Ellsworth and Charlie Stefl) (No.2, 1997)
‘You’ve Got To Talk To Me’, which was written by Jamie O’Hara (Friday 18 August 1950 – Thursday 7 January 2021) (No.2, 1998)
‘Buckaroo’ (written by Mark D. Sanders and Ed Hill) (No.27, 1998)
Lee Ann Womack’s self-titled debut album, ‘Lee Ann Womack’ (Decca Records, 1997), also included the following tracks:
‘A Man With 18 Wheels’ (written by Bobby Carmichael and Leslie Satcher) / this track was also recorded by Erin Enderlin, who included it on ‘Chapter Two: I Can Be Your Whiskey’ (Black Crow Productions / Blaster Records, 2019); the track was subsequently included on Erin Enderlin‘s ‘Faulkner County’ (Black Crow Productions, 2019)
‘Am I The Only Thing That You’ve Done Wrong’ (written by Billy Joe Foster, Lee Ann Womack and Jason Sellers)
‘Make Memories With Me’ (written by Leslie Satcher and Danny Stegall) / this track was a duet with Mark Chesnutt
‘Trouble’s Here’ (written by Jann Browne and Matt Barnes)
‘Do You Feel For Me’, which was written by Tim Johnson (Friday 29 January 1960 – Sunday 21 October 2012)
‘Montgomery To Memphis’ (written by Billy Montana and Anne Reeves)
‘Get Up in Jesus’ Name’ (written by Mike Curtis and Marty Raybon)
Personnel involved in the recording of Lee Ann Womack’s self-titled debut album, ‘Lee Ann Womack’ (Decca Records, 1997), included the following:
Mike Brignardello (bass guitar)
Tony Brown (piano on ‘You’ve Got To Talk To Me’)
Larry Byrom (acoustic guitar; electric guitar on ‘Make Memories With Me’)
Pat Flynn and Biff Watson (acoustic guitar)
Larry Franklin (fiddle)
Paul Franklin (steel guitar)
Abe Manuel (accordion)
Brent Mason (electric guitar)
Steve Nathan (piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B-3 organ)
Tom Roady (percussion)
Gary W. Smith (piano on ‘Get Up in Jesus’ Name’)
Lonnie Wilson (drums)
Lee Ann Womack (vocals)
Liana Manis, Gene Miller, John Wesley Ryles, Leslie Satcher, Lisa Silver, Ricky Skaggs, Sharon White Skaggs, Bergen White and Curtis Young (background vocals)
Nashville String Machine (strings, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Bergen White)
Lee Ann Womack’s self-titled debut album, ‘Lee Ann Womack’ (Decca Records, 1997), reached No.9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1997, No.106 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 1997, and No.1 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart in 1997.
It was also in 1997 when Lee Ann Womack won major awards from the country music community; ‘Top New Female Vocalist’ Award from the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and ‘Top Artist of The Year’ from Billboard Magazine.
In 1997, Lee Ann Womack was also nominated for the ‘Horizon Award’ by the Country Music Association (CMA).
In 1998, Decca Records Nashville decided to close its doors and, as a consequence, Lee Ann Womack moved to MCA Nashville Records the same year.
On Tuesday 22 September 1998, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of ‘Some Things I Know’ (MCA Records Nashville, 1998), which was produced by Mark Wright, and included four tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart:
‘A Little Past Little Rock’ (written by Brett Jones, Tony Lane and Jess Brown) (No.2, 1998) / this track featured guest vocals from Jason Sellers
‘I’ll Think of A Reason Later’ (written by Tony Martin and Tim Nichols) (No.2, 1998)
‘(Now You See Me) Now You Don’t’ (written by Tony Lane, Brett Brown and David Lee) (No.12, 1999)
‘Don’t Tell Me’ (written by Buddy Miller and Julie Miller) (No.56, 1999) / this track featured guest vocals from Buddy Miller and Julie Miller
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Some Things I Know’ (MCA Records Nashville, 1998) also included the following tracks:
‘Some Things I Know’ (written by Burton Collins and Sally Barris) / this track was a duet with Vince Gill
‘I’d Rather Have What We Had’ (written by Bobby Braddock) / this track was a duet with Joe Diffie (Sunday 28 December 1958 – Sunday 29 March 2020)
‘The Man Who Made My Mama Cry’ (written by Billy Lawson, Lee Ann Womack and Dale Dodson) / this track featured guest vocals from Buddy Miller and Julie Miller
‘I Keep Forgetting’, which was written by Jamie O’Hara (Friday 18 August 1950 – Thursday 7 January 2021) / this track was a duet with Vince Gill
‘If You’re Ever Down in Dallas’ (written by Lee Ann Womack and Jason Sellers)
‘When The Wheels Are Coming Off’, which was written by Wynn Varble, Randy Hardison (Saturday 11 March 1961 – Tuesday 4 June 2002) and Leslie Satcher / this track featured guest vocals from Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White
‘The Preacher Won’t Have To Lie’ (written by Billy Montana and Steve Dean)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Some Things I Know’ (MCA Records Nashville, 1998) reached No.20 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1998, No.136 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 1998, and No.5 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart in 1998.
In January 1999, Lee Ann Womack’s daughter, Anna Lise Liddell, was born.
It was also in 1999 when Lee Ann Womack won ‘Favourite New Country Artist’ from the American Music Awards.
In November 1999, Lee Ann Womack married record producer, Frank Liddell.
On Tuesday 23 May 2000, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), which was produced by Mark Wright and Frank Liddell, and had a totally different sound to her previous releases, using pop music elements, instead of traditional country music.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000) included four tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart:
‘I Hope You Dance’ (written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers) (No.1 for five weeks in July / August 2000) / this track, which featured guest vocals from Sons of The Desert, also reached No.14 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 2000
‘Ashes By Now’ (written by Rodney Crowell) (No.4, 2000)
‘Why They Call It Falling’ (written by Don Schlitz and Roxie Dean) (No.13, 2001)
‘Does My Ring Burn Your Finger’ (written by Julie Miller and Buddy Miller) (No.23, 2001)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000) also included the following tracks:
‘The Healing Kind’ (written by Ronnie Bowman and Greg Luck)
‘After I Fall’ (written by Mark Wright, Bill Kenner and Ronnie Rogers)
‘Stronger Than I Am’ (written by Bobbie Cryner)
‘I Know Why The River Runs’ (written by Julie Miller)
‘Thinkin’ With My Heart Again’, which was written by Sanger D. ‘Whitey’ Shafer (Wednesday 24 October 1934 – Saturday 12 January 2019), Dean Dillon and Donny Kees
‘I Feel Like I’m Forgetting Something’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Wynn Varble and Jason Sellers)
‘Lonely Too’ (written by Bruce Robison)
‘Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good’ (written by Dave Hanner)
The Japanese release of Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), with the serial number UICC-1029, included two bonus tracks, ‘I Hope You Dance (The Rawling Mix)’ and ‘The Man Who Made My Mama Cry’.
Personnel involved in the recording of Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000) included the following:
Sam Bacco (percussion)
Brett Beavers, Mark Fain, Michael Rhodes (Wednesday 16 September 1953 – Saturday 4 March 2023) and Glenn Worf (bass guitar)
Richard Bennett (electric guitar, bouzouki)
Ronnie Bowman, Bekka Bramlett, Lisa Cochran, Tabitha Fair, Marabeth Jordan, Liana Manis, Buddy Miller, Gene Miller, Julie Miller, Kevin Montgomery, Jon Randall, Jason Sellers, Lisa Silver, Ricky Skaggs and Bergen White (background vocals)
Mark Casstevens (gut string guitar)
Chad Cromwell, Dave Dunsearth and Lonnie Wilson (drums)
Rusty Danmyer (Dobro)
Eric Darken (percussion)
Pat Flynn, Joe Manual and Dan Tyminski (acoustic guitar)
Larry Franklin (fiddle, mandolin)
Paul Franklin (steel guitar, Dobro, slide guitar)
Kenny Greenberg and Brent Mason (electric guitar)
Aubrey Haynie (fiddle)
John Johnson (mandolin)
Steve Nathan (keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer)
Michael Omartian (accordion)
Jeff Roach (synthesizer, Wurlitzer electric piano)
Nashville String Machine (strings conducted and arranged by David Campbell)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000) sold 76,000 copies during its first week of release, reached No.1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2000, No.16 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 2000, and No.4 on the Canadian RPM Country Albums Chart in 2000.
Towards the end of 2000, ‘I Hope You Dance’ won the Country Music Association (CMA) ‘Song of The Year’ and ‘Single of The Year’ Awards. With the pop music success of ‘I Hope You Dance’, Lee Ann Womack drew the attention of magazines, ‘People’ and ‘Time’, both of which praised ‘I Hope You Dance’.
In 2001, ‘I Hope You Dance’ won awards from the Grammy and Academy of Country Music Awards.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000) went on to sell three million copies in the United States of America.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), along with Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002), was released in 2008, in the United Kingdom, by Hump Head Country / Wrasse Records, as a special ‘2-on-1’ CD set.
In January 2002, Willie Nelson saw the release of ‘The Great Divide’ (Lost Highway Records, 2002); one of the included tracks was ‘Mendocino County Line’ (written by Matt Serletic and Bernie Taupin), which was a duet with Lee Ann Womack. The track, which reached No.22 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 2002, won a Grammy Award and a Country Music Association (CMA) Award in 2002, and was subsequently included on Willie Nelson’s ‘Songs’ (Lost Highway Records, 2005).
On Tuesday 20 August 2002, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002), which was produced by Frank Liddell, Mike McCarthy, Matt Serletic, Lee Ann Womack and Mark Wright, and included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart:
‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (written by Brett Beavers and Tom Douglas) (No.20, 2002)
‘Forever Everyday’ (written by Devon O’Day and Kim Patton-Johnston) (No.37, 2002)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002) also included the following tracks:
‘I Saw Your Light’ (written by Gretchen Peters)
‘When You Gonna Run To Me’ (written by Monty Powell, Jimmie Lee Sloas and Anna Wilson)
‘Talk To Me’ (written by David Grissom and Kevin Hunter)
‘Orphan Train’ (written by Julie Miller)
‘I Need You’ (written by Julie Miller)
‘You Should’ve Lied’ (written by Angelo Petraglia and Matraca Berg)
‘He’ll Be Back’, which was written by Hank Cochran (Friday 2 August 1935 – Thursday 15 July 2010), Red Lane (Thursday 2 February 1939 – Wednesday 1 July 2015) and Dale Dodson
‘Surrender’ (written by Sally Barris and Karyn Rochelle)
‘Blame It On Me’ (written by Bruce Robison)
‘Closing This Memory Down’, which was written by Dave Loggins (Monday 10 November 1947 – Wednesday 10 July 2024) and John Bettis
‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (written by Brett Beavers and Tom Douglas) / this track was listed as ‘the international version of the track’
Personnel involved in the recording of Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002) included the following:
Lee Ann Womack (vocals)
Maxi Anderson, Lisa Cochran, Dan Colehour, Kim Fleming, Vicki Hampton, Bobby Huff, Marcus Hummon, Marabeth Jordan, Fleming McWilliams, Gene & Julie Miller, Bruce Robison, Chris Rodriguez, John Wesley Ryles, Keith Sewell, Lisa Silver, Harry Stinson, Oren Waters and Maxine Willard Waters (vocal backing)
Kenny Greenberg, David Grissom, Colin Linden, B. James Lowry, Heitor Teixera Pereira, Tim Pierce and Randy Lynn Scruggs (Monday 3 August 1953 – Tuesday 17 April 2018) (guitars)
Jay Joyce (guitars, programming)
Brent Rowan (guitars, Tiple)
Paul Franklin (steel guitar)
Greg Leisz (Dobro, steel guitar, pedal steel guitar)
Aubrey Haynie and Gabe Witcher (fiddle)
Bryan Sutton (banjo, mandolin)
Mickey Raphael (harmonica)
Jim Cox, John Gilutin and Jeffrey Roach (keyboards)
Chuck Leavell (piano)
Steve Nathan (piano, organ, synthesizers)
Matt Rollings (piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer)
Spencer Campbell, Michael Rhodes (Wednesday 16 September 1953 – Saturday 4 March 2023) and Leland Sklar (bass)
Kenny Aronoff, Shannon Forrest and Chris McHugh (drums)
Eric Darken and Brad Dutz (percussion)
Jeff Coffin, Jim Horn and Denis Solee (horns)
David Campbell, Kristin Wilkinson and Bergen White (string arrangements)
String Section (The Nashville String Machine): David & Monisa Angell, Janet Askey, Carl Gorodetsky, Connie Heard, Anthony LaMarchina, Lee Larrison, Robert Mason, Cate Myer, Lynn Peithmann, Pamela Sixfin, Elisabeth K. Small, Christian Teal, Alan Catherine Olmstead, Mary Katheryn & Gary VanOsdale, and Kristin Wilkinson
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002) reached No.2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2002, and No.16 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 2002.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002), along with Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), was released in 2008, in the United Kingdom, by Hump Head Country / Wrasse Records, as a special ‘2-on-1’ CD set.
On Tuesday 29 October 2002, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of ‘The Season For Romance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002), a Christmas album, which included the following tracks:
‘The Season For Romance’ (written by Phil Swann and Greg Barnhill)
‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’, which was written by Frank Henry Loesser (29 June 1910 – 28 July 1969) / this track was a duet with Harry Connick Jr.
‘Let It Snow’ / ‘Winter Wonderland’ (written by Dick Smith, Felix Bernard, Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne)
‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’ (written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane)
‘Silent Night’ (written by Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr)
‘White Christmas’ (written by Irving Berlin)
‘Forever Christmas Eve’ (written by Phil Swann and Greg Barnhill)
‘The Man With The Bag’ (written by Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley and Irving Taylor)
‘The Christmas Song’ (written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells)
‘What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?’, which was written by Frank Henry Loesser (29 June 1910 – 28 July 1969)
Lee Ann Womack’s Christmas album, ‘The Season for Romance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002) reached No.19 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2002, and No.19 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 2002.
In early 2003, Lee Ann Womack gained a small recurring role on ‘The District’, a popular television police drama which aired on CBS, in the United States, the first episode aired on Saturday 7 October 2000 and the last episode aired on Saturday 1 May 2004.
On Tuesday 4 May 2004, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of ‘Greatest Hits’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2004), which included the following tracks:
‘Never Again, Again’ (written by Monty Holmes and Barbie Isham) (No.23, 1997)
‘You’ve Got To Talk To Me’, which was written by Jamie O’Hara (Friday 18 August 1950 – Thursday 7 January 2021) (No.2, 1998)
‘The Fool’ (written by Marla Cannon-Goodman, Gene Ellsworth and Charlie Stefl) (No.2, 1997)
‘A Little Past Little Rock’ (written by Brett Jones, Tony Lane and Jess Brown) (No.2, 1998) / this track featured guest vocals from Jason Sellers
‘(Now You See Me) Now You Don’t’ (written by Tony Lane, Brett Brown and David Lee) (No.12, 1999)
‘I’ll Think of A Reason Later’ (written by Tony Martin and Tim Nichols) (No.2, 1998)
‘I Hope You Dance’ (written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers) (No.1 for five weeks in July / August 2000) / this track, which featured guest vocals from Sons of The Desert, also reached No.14 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 2000
‘Ashes By Now’ (written by Rodney Crowell) (No.4, 2000)
‘Why They Call It Falling’ (written by Don Schlitz and Roxie Dean) (No.13, 2001)
‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (written by Brett Beavers and Tom Douglas) (No.20, 2002)
‘Mendocino County Line’ (written by Matt Serletic and Bernie Taupin) (No.22, 2002) / this track was a duet with Willie Nelson
‘Does My Ring Burn Your Finger’ (written by Julie Miller and Buddy Miller) (No.23, 2001)
‘The Wrong Girl’ (written by Liz Rose and Pat McLaughlin) (No.24, 2004) / this track was one of two new tracks included on this collection
‘Time For Me To Go’ (written by Lee Ann Womack and Tommy Lee James) / this track was one of two new tracks included on this collection
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Greatest Hits’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2004) reached No.2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2004, and No.28 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 2004.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Greatest Hits’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2004) was re-issued, in 2005, as a dual disc, featuring a bonus DVD, and as a hybrid SACD.
On Tuesday 8 February 2005, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005), which was produced by Greg Droman and Byron Gallimore, and included three tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart:
‘I May Hate Myself In The Morning’ (written by Odie Blackmon) (No.10, 2004) / this track, which featured Lee Ann Womack’s ex-husband, Jason Sellers, on background vocals, won ‘Single of The Year’ at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards in 2004
‘He Oughta Know That By Now’ (written by Clint Ingersoll and Jeremy Spillman) (No.22, 2005)
‘Twenty Years & Two Husbands Ago’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dean Dillon and Dale Dodson) (No.32, 2005)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005) also included the following tracks:
‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (written by Chris Stapleton and Chris DuBois)
‘One’s a Couple’ (written by Billy Lawson, Dale Dodson and John Northrup)
‘The Last Time’ (written by David Lee, Tony Lane and Chris DuBois)
‘Happiness’ (written by Kostas)
‘When You Get To Me’ (written by Bill Luther and Marv Green)
‘Painless’ (written by Bill Luther, Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird)
‘What I Miss About Heaven’ (written by Marcus Hummon and Annie Roboff)
‘Waiting For The Sun To Shine’ (written by Sonny Throckmorton)
‘Stubborn (Psalm 151)’ (written by Don Schlitz and Brett James)
‘Just Someone I Used To Know’, which was written by ‘Cowboy’ Jack Clement (Sunday 5 April 1931 – Thursday 8 August 2013)
Personnel involved in the recording of Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005) included the following:
Shannon Forrest and Lonnie Wilson (drums, percussion)
Michael Rhodes (Wednesday 16 September 1953 – Saturday 4 March 2023) and Glenn Worf (bass)
Steve Nathan and Jimmy Nichols (piano, Wurlitzer, organ)
Paul Franklin and Robby Turner (steel guitar)
Tom Bukovac, Mark Casstevens, Rusty Dannmeyer, David Grissom, Troy Lancaster, B. James Lowry, Brent Mason, Randy Lynn Scruggs (Monday 3 August 1953 – Tuesday 17 April 2018) and Bryan Sutton (guitars)
Kirk ‘Jelly Roll’ Johnson (harmonica)
Aubrey Haynie (fiddle)
Stuart Duncan and Aubrey Haynie (mandolin)
Lisa Cochran, Wes Hightower, Luke Laird, Bill Luther, Chris Rodriguez, Jason Sellers, Harry Stinson, Lee Ann Womack and Andrea Zonn (backing vocals)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005) reached No.3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2005, and No.12 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 2005.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Nashville, 2005) was hailed by many within the country music industry as ‘a return to tradition’ as it featured songs about drinking and cheating with a distinctive older country twang. The album won the Country Music Association (CMA) Award for ‘Album of the Year’ in 2005.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005) was released, in the United Kingdom, by Hump Head Country / Wrasse Records in 2005.
George Strait recorded Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Good News, Bad News’ (co-written with Dean Dillon and Dale Dodson) and included the track on ‘Somewhere Down In Texas’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005); the track featured guest vocals from Lee Ann Womack.
In 2006, Lee Ann Womack announced plans for the release of her sixth album for MCA Records Nashville.
The lead single, ‘Finding My Way Back Home’ (written by Craig Wiseman and Chris Stapleton) was released in the late summer of 2006 and debuted at No.46 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart; the single later peaked at No.37.
As a consequence, the album release date for Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Finding My Way Back Home’ on MCA Records Nashville was pushed back to 2007 as Lee Ann Womack had found more songs which she wanted to record.
On Tuesday 17 October 2006, Vince Gill saw the release of ‘These Days’ (MCA Records, 2006), a groundbreaking, four-CD set, featuring forty-three new recordings of diverse musical styles. Each album in the set explored a different musical mood: traditional country music, ballads, contemporary, up-tempo music and acoustic / bluegrass music.
Vince Gill‘s ‘These Days’ (MCA Records, 2006) was released as a four-CD set as follows:
‘Workin’ On A Big Chill’ (The Rockin’ Record)
‘Workin’ On A Big Chill’ (written by Vince Gill, Al Anderson and Leslie Satcher)
‘Love’s Standing’, which was written by Vince Gill, Joe Henry and John A. Hobbs (Saturday 11 February 1928 – Wednesday 12 June 2019)
‘Cowboy Up’ (written by Vince Gill and Pete Wasner) / this track featured guest vocals from Gretchen Wilson
‘Sweet Thing’ (written by Vince Gill and Gary Nicholson)
‘Bet It All On You’ (written by Vince Gill and Al Anderson)
‘Nothin’ For A Broken Heart’ (written by Vince Gill and Al Anderson) / this track was a duet with Rodney Crowell
‘Son of A Ramblin’ Man’ (written by Vince Gill and Al Anderson) / the track featured guest vocals from The Del McCoury Band
‘Smilin’ Song’ (written by Vince Gill) / this track featured guest vocals from Michael McDonald
‘The Rhythm of The Pourin’ Rain’ (written by Vince Gill and Pete Wasner) / this track featured guest vocals from Bekka Bramlett
‘Nothin’ Left To Say’ (written by Vince Gill and Billy Thomas)
‘The Reason Why’ (The Groovy Record)
‘What You Don’t Say’, which was written by Vince Gill, John A. Hobbs (Saturday 11 February 1928 – Wednesday 12 June 2019) and Reed Nielsen (1950 – Saturday 15 November 2014) / this track featured guest vocals from LeAnn Rimes
‘The Reason Why’ (written by Vince Gill and Gary Nicholson) / this track, which featured guest vocals from Alison Krauss, reached No.28 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2005
‘The Rock of Your Love’ (written by Vince Gill, Al Anderson and Leslie Satcher) / this track featured guest vocals from Bonnie Raitt
‘What You Give Away’ (written by Vince Gill and Al Anderson) / this track, which featured guest vocals from Sheryl Crow, reached No.43 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2005
‘Faint of Heart’ (written by Vince Gill and Al Anderson) / this track featured guest vocals from Diana Krall
‘Time To Carry On’ (written by Vince Gill and Pete Wasner) / this track featured guest vocals from Jenny Gill
‘No Easy Way’, which was written by Vince Gill and Reed Nielsen (1950 – Saturday 15 November 2014)
‘This Memory of You’, which was written by Vince Gill, Al Anderson and John A. Hobbs (Saturday 11 February 1928 – Wednesday 12 June 2019) / this track featured guest vocals from Trisha Yearwood
‘How Lonely Looks’ (written by Vince Gill and Beverly W. Darnell) / this track was released as a single in 2005, but it did not chart
‘Tell Me One More Time About Jesus’ (written by Vince Gill and Amy Grant) / this track featured guest vocals from Amy Grant
‘Everything & Nothing’ (written by Vince Gill, Beverly W. Darnell and Kyle D. Matthews) / this track featured guest vocals from Katrina Elam
‘Which Way Will You Go’, which was written by Vince Gill, John A. Hobbs (Saturday 11 February 1928 – Wednesday 12 June 2019) and Gary Nicholson
‘These Days’(written by Vince Gill)
‘Some Things Never Get Old’ (The Country & Western Record)
‘This New Heartache’ (written by Vince Gill)
‘The Only Love’, which was written by Vince Gill and Reed Nielsen (1950 – Saturday 15 November 2014)
‘Out of My Mind’ (written by Vince Gill, Al Anderson and Leslie Satcher) / this track featured guest vocals from Patty Loveless
‘The Sight of Me Without You’, which was written by Vince Gill, Al Anderson and John A. Hobbs (Saturday 11 February 1928 – Wednesday 12 June 2019)
‘I Can’t Let Go’ (written by Vince Gill) / this track featured guest vocals from Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski
‘Don’t Pretend With Me’ (written by Vince Gill, Al Anderson and Leslie Satcher)
‘Some Things Never Get Old’ (written by Vince Gill, Al Anderson and Tia Sillers) / this track featured guest vocals from Emmylou Harris
‘Sweet Little Corrina’ (written by Vince Gill and Al Anderson) / this track featured guest vocals from Phil Everly (Thursday 19 January 1939 – Friday 3 January 2014)
‘If I Can Make Mississippi’ (written by Vince Gill) / this track featured guest vocals from Lee Ann Womack
‘Take This Country Back’ (written by Vince Gill) / this track was a duet with John Anderson
‘Little Brother’ (The Acoustic Record)
‘All Prayed Up’ (written by Vince Gill)
‘Cold Gray Light of Gone’ (written by Vince Gill, Bill Anderson and Otto Kitsinger) / this track featured guest vocals from The Del McCoury Band
‘A River Like You’ (written by Vince Gill, Randy Albright and Mark D. Sanders) / this track featured guest vocals from Jenny Gill
‘Ace Up Your Pretty Sleeve’, which was written by Vince Gill and Mark Germino (Saturday 12 August 1950 – Wednesday 3 July 2024)
‘Molly Brown’ (written by Vince Gill and Jim Waggoner)
‘Girl’ (written by Vince Gill) / this track featured guest vocals from Rebecca Lynn Howard
‘Give Me The Highway’ (written by Vince Gill) / this track featured guest vocals from The Del McCoury Band
‘Sweet Augusta Darling’ (written by Vince Gill)
‘Little Brother’ (written by Vince Gill)
‘Almost Home’ (written by Vince Gill) / this track was a duet with Guy Clark (Thursday 6 November 1941 – Tuesday 17 May 2016)
On Tuesday 21 August 2007, Joe Nichols saw the release of ‘Real Things’ (Universal South Records, 2007); one of the included tracks was ‘If I Could Only Fly’, which was written by Blaze Foley (Sunday 18 December 1949 – Wednesday 1 February 1989), and featured guest vocals from Lee Ann Womack.
On Tuesday 25 September 2007, Gene Watson saw the release of ‘In a Perfect World‘ (Shanachie Records, 2007), an album considered to be one of the more important traditional country music album releases of 2007; one of the included tracks was ‘Today I Started Loving You Again’, which was written by Merle Haggard (Tuesday 6 April 1937 – Wednesday 6 April 2016) and Bonnie Owens (Tuesday 1 October 1929 – Monday 24 April 2006), and featured harmony vocals from Lee Ann Womack.
In 2008, Lee Ann Womack announced plans for a new single, for the first time in three years, once again on MCA Records Nashville.
‘Last Call’ (written by Erin Enderlin and Shane McAnally) was released on Monday 30 June 2008 and served as the lead-off single from Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), an album which was released on Tuesday 21 October 2008.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008) was issued as a vinyl LP at the time of its release, as well as on CD.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), which was produced by Tony Brown, included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart:
‘Last Call’ (written by Erin Enderlin and Shane McAnally) (No.14, 2008)
‘Solitary Thinkin’ (written by Waylon Payne) (No.39, June 2009)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008) also included the following tracks:
‘Either Way’ (written by Chris Stapleton, Kendall Marvel and Tim James)
‘New Again’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dale Dodson and Casey Beathard)
‘I Found It In You’ (written by Nash, Michael T. Post and Whitney Duncan)
‘Have You Seen That Girl’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dale Dodson and Dean Dillon)
‘The Bees’ (written by Natalie Hemby and Daniel Tashian) / this track featured background vocals from Keith Urban
‘I Think I Know’ (written by Tom Shapiro, Mark Nesler and Tony Martin)
‘If These Walls Could Talk’ (written by Lee Ann Womack and Dale Dodson)
‘Everything But Quits’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dale Dodson and Dean Dillon) / this track was a duet with George Strait
‘The King of Broken Hearts’ (written by Jim Lauderdale) / this track was originally included on the soundtrack of ‘Pure Country’ (MCA Records Nashville, 1993), a film in which George Strait had a leading role
‘The Story of My Life’ (written by Hillary Lindsey, Brett James and Angelo Petraglia)
Personnel involved in the recording of Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008) included the following:
Perry Coleman, Melissa Hayes, Morgane Hayes, Wes Hightower, Kim Keyes, Aubrey Sellers, Jason Sellers, Judson Spence, Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban and Curtis Young (background vocals)
Eric Darken (percussion)
Larry Franklin (fiddle)
Paul Franklin (steel guitar)
Aubrey Haynie (fiddle, mandolin)
John Barlow Jarvis (piano, Hammond B-3 organ)
Brent Mason (electric guitar, gut string guitar)
Greg Morrow (drums, bongos)
Steve Nathan (piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, keyboards, synthesizer, synthesizer accordion)
Michael Rhodes (Wednesday 16 September 1953 – Saturday 4 March 2023) (bass guitar, upright bass)
Randy Lynn Scruggs (Monday 3 August 1953 – Tuesday 17 April 2018) and Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar)
Ilya Toshinsky (electric guitar)
Lee Ann Womack (lead and background vocals)
Bergen White (string arrangements)
On Monday 20 October 2008, in order to promote ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), Lee Ann Womack previewed the album in Nashville, at Nashville’s War Auditorium, where she sang nearly all of the songs on the album; Lee Ann Womack also previewed the album at The Jazz Lincoln Centre in New York City in September 2008.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008) reached No.4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2008, and No.23 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 2008.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008) was nominated for a Grammy Award for ‘Best Country Album’ in December 2009.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008) was released, in the United Kingdom, by Hump Head Country / Wrasse Records in 2008.
In November 2009, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of a non-album single, ‘There Is A God’ (written by Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley); the track reached No.32 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2009.
On Tuesday 15 November 2011, David Nail saw the release of ‘The Sound of A Million Dreams’ (MCA Records, 2011); one of the included tracks was ‘Songs For Sale’ (written by Scooter Carusoe and Billy Montana), which featured harmony vocals from Lee Ann Womack.
It was also in 2011 when Lee Ann Womack provided guest vocals on ‘Travelin’ Kind’, a track which was included on Stoney LaRue’s ‘Velvet’ (B Side Music Group, 2011); the album was produced by Lee Ann Womack’s husband, Frank Liddell, and Mike McCarthy.
In August 2012, Lee Ann Womack parted ways with MCA Records Nashville.
On Monday 27 May 2013, England’s Hump Head Country / Wrasse Records released Lee Ann Womack’s ‘The Definitive Collection’ (Hump Head Country / Wrasse Records, 2013), a 2-CD set, which included the following tracks:
CD 1
‘I Hope You Dance’ (written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers) / this track, which featured guest vocals from Sons of The Desert, was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), and was No.1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart for five weeks in July / August 2000; the track also reached No.14 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 2000
‘I’ll Think of A Reason Later’ (written by Tony Martin and Tim Nichols) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Some Things I Know’ (MCA Records Nashville, 1998), and reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 1998
‘I May Hate Myself In The Morning’ (written by Odie Blackmon) / this track, which featured Lee Ann Womack’s ex-husband, Jason Sellers, on background vocals, was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005), and reached No.10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2004; the track won ‘Single of The Year’ at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards in 2004
‘Does My Ring Burn Your Finger’ (written by Julie Miller and Buddy Miller) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), and reached No.23 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2001
‘The Fool’ (written by Marla Cannon-Goodman, Gene Ellsworth and Charlie Stefl) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s self-titled debut album, ‘Lee Ann Womack’ (Decca Records, 1997), and reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 1997
‘After I Fall’ (written by Mark Wright, Bill Kenner and Ronnie Rogers) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), and was not released as a single
‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (written by Chris Stapleton and Chris DuBois) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005), and was not released as a single
‘A Man With 18 Wheels’ (written by Bobby Carmichael and Leslie Satcher) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s self-titled debut album, ‘Lee Ann Womack’ (Decca Records, 1997), and was not released as a single
‘Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good’ (written by Dave Hanner) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), and was not released as a single
‘There Is A God’ (written by Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley) / this track was exclusive to this collection, and reached No.32 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in March 2010
‘Finding My Way Back Home’ / this track was exclusive to this collection, and reached No.37 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2006
‘A Little Past Little Rock’ (written by Brett Jones, Tony Lane and Jess Brown) / this track, which featured guest vocals from Jason Sellers, was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Some Things I Know’ (MCA Records Nashville, 1998), and reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 1998
‘I Need You’ (written by Julie Miller) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002), and was not released as a single
‘The Wrong Girl’ (written by Liz Rose and Pat McLaughlin) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Greatest Hits’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2004), and reached No.24 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2004
‘Why They Call It Falling’ (written by Don Schlitz and Roxie Dean) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), and reached No.13 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2001
‘Ashes By Now’ (written by Rodney Crowell) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), and reached No.4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2000
‘I’ll Never Be Free’ / this track was exclusive to this collection, and featured guest vocals from Willie Nelson
CD 2
‘Solitary Thinkin’ (written by Waylon Payne) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), and reached No.39 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in June 2009
‘He Oughta Know That By Now’ (written by Clint Ingersoll and Jeremy Spillman) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005), and reached No.22 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2005
‘Last Call’ (written by Erin Enderlin and Shane McAnally) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), and reached No.14 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2008
‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (written by Brett Beavers and Tom Douglas) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002), and reached No.20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 2002
‘I Think I Know’ (written by Tom Shapiro, Mark Nesler and Tony Martin) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), and was not released as a single
‘You’ve Got To Talk To Me’, which was written by Jamie O’Hara (Friday 18 August 1950 – Thursday 7 January 2021) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s self-titled debut album, ‘Lee Ann Womack’ (Decca Records, 1997), and reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 1998
‘(Now You See Me) Now You Don’t’ (written by Tony Lane, Brett Brown and David Lee) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Some Things I Know’ (MCA Records Nashville, 1998), and reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 1999
‘Twenty Years & Two Husbands Ago’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dean Dillon and Dale Dodson) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘There’s More Where That Came From’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2005), and reached No.32 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2005
‘The Healing Kind’ (written by Ronnie Bowman and Greg Luck) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘I Hope You Dance’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2000), and was not released as a single
‘I Found It in You’ (written by Nash, Michael T. Post and Whitney Duncan) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), and was not released as a single
‘I Saw Your Light’ (written by Gretchen Peters) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Something Worth Leaving Behind’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2002), and was not released as a single
‘Time For Me To Go’ (written by Lee Ann Womack and Tommy Lee James) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Greatest Hits’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2004), and was not released as a single
‘Have You Seen That Girl’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dale Dodson and Dean Dillon) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), and was not released as a single
‘She’s Got You’, which was written by Hank Cochran (Friday 2 August 1935 – Thursday 15 July 2010) / this track was included on ‘Remembering Patsy’ (MCA Records, 2003), a various artists tribute album to Patsy Cline (Thursday 8 September 1932 – Tuesday 5 March 1963), which reached No.1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums Chart in 2003, No.8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2003, and No.71 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 2003.
The original version of Hank Cochran‘s ‘She’s Got You’ was recorded by Patsy Cline (Thursday 8 September 1932 – Tuesday 5 March 1963), who included the track on ‘Sentimentally Yours’ (Decca Records, 1962); the track reached No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1962, No.14 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 1962, No.3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in 1962, and No.43 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart in 1962
‘New Again’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dale Dodson and Casey Beathard) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2008), and was not released as a single
‘Never Again, Again’ (written by Monty Holmes and Barbie Isham) / this track was originally included on Lee Ann Womack’s self-titled debut album, ‘Lee Ann Womack’ (Decca Records, 1997), and reached No.23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 1997
‘Mendocino County Line’ (written by Matt Serletic and Bernie Taupin) / this track was originally included on Willie Nelson’s ‘The Great Divide’ (Lost Highway Records, 2002); the track, which was a duet with Lee Ann Womack, reached No.22 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 2002, won a Grammy Award and a Country Music Association (CMA) Award in 2002, and was subsequently included on Willie Nelson’s ‘Songs’ (Lost Highway Records, 2005) and Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Greatest Hits’ (MCA Records Nashville, 2004).
In April 2014, Lee Ann Womack signed a recording contract with Sugar Hill Records.
On Tuesday 23 September 2014, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of ‘The Way I’m Livin’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2014), which was produced by Frank Liddell, and included two tracks, which were released as singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart:
‘The Way I’m Livin’ (written by Adam Wright) / this track was released as a single in 2014, but it did not chart
‘Send It On Down’ (written by Chris Knight and David Leone) / this track was released as a single in 2015, but it did not chart
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘The Way I’m Livin’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2014) also included the following tracks:
‘Prelude: Fly’ (written by Brent Cobb and Reed Foehl)
‘All His Saints’ (written by Mindy Smith)
‘Chances Are’ (written by Hayes Carll)
‘Don’t Listen To The Wind’ (written by Julie Miller)
‘Same Kind of Different’ (written by Natalie Hemby and Adam Hood)
‘Out On The Weekend’ (written by Neil Young)
‘Nightwind’ (written by Bruce Robison)
‘Sleeping With The Devil’ (written by Brennen Leigh)
‘Not Forgotten You’ (written by Bruce Robison)
‘Tomorrow Night in Baltimore’ (written by Kenny Price)
‘When I Come Around’ (written by Mando Saenz)
Personnel involved in the recording of Lee Ann Womack’s ‘The Way I’m Livin’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2014) included the following:
Lee Ann Womack (vocals)
Matt Chamberlain (drums)
Duke Levine (electric guitar, acoustic guitar)
Mac McAnally (acoustic guitar, piano, B-3, Rhodes, keyboards, mandocello)
Glenn Worf (bass, upright bass)
Paul Franklin (steel guitar)
Hank Singer (fiddle, mandolin)
Aubrey Haynie (fiddle)
Kenny Greenberg (additional electric guitars)
Mike Rojas (accordion)
Tom Hambridge (bass drum)
Chris Carmichael (strings)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘The Way I’m Livin’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2014) reached No.18 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2014, No.99 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in 2014, and No.22 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart in 2014.
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘The Way I’m Livin’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2014) was recorded and mixed by Chuck Ainlay at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville.
Additional recording on Lee Ann Womack’s ‘The Way I’m Livin’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2014) was undertaken by Brandon Schexnayder and Christian Best at Dogtown Studios in Nashville, and Monique Studios in Cork, Ireland.
On Tuesday 4 March 2014, David Nail saw the release of ‘I’m A Fire’ (MCA Records, 2014); one of the included tracks was ‘Galveston’ (written by Jimmy Layne Webb), which was a duet with Lee Ann Womack.
The original version of ‘Galveston’ (written by Jimmy Layne Webb) was recorded by Glen Campbell (Wednesday 22 April 1936 – Tuesday 8 August 2017), who included it on ‘Galveston’ (Capitol Records, 1969); Glen Campbell’s version of the track was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for three weeks in April / May 1969, No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 1969, and No.1 on the Billboard Easy Listening Chart in 1969.
On Friday 16 September 2016, John Prine (Thursday 10 October 1946 – Tuesday 7 April 2020) saw the release of ‘For Better, Or Worse’ (Oh Boy Records, 2016); one of the included tracks was ‘Storms Never Last’ (written by Jessi Colter), which featured guest vocals from Lee Ann Womack.
On Friday 16 September 2016, John Prine (Thursday 10 October 1946 – Tuesday 7 April 2020) saw the release of ‘For Better, Or Worse’ (Oh Boy Records, 2016); one of the included tracks was ‘Fifteen Years Ago’ (written by Raymond Smith), which featured guest vocals from Lee Ann Womack.
On Friday 20 October 2017, Lee Ann Womack saw the release of ‘The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone’ (ATO Records, 2017), which was produced by Frank Liddell, and included the following tracks:
‘All The Trouble’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Waylon Payne and Adam Wright)
‘The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone’ (written by Adam Wright and Jay Knowles)
‘He Called Me Baby’, which was written by Harlan Howard (Thursday 8 September 1927 – Sunday 3 March 2002)
‘Hollywood’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Waylon Payne and Adam Wright)
‘End of The End of The World’ (written by Adam Wright)
‘Bottom of The Barrel’ (written by Brent Cobb and Mando Saenz)
‘Shine On Rainy Day’ (written by Brent Cobb and Andrew Combs)
‘Mama Lost Her Smile’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Waylon Payne and Adam Wright)
‘Wicked’ (written by Lee Ann Womack and Adam Wright)
‘Long Black Veil’, which was written by Marijohn Wilkin (Wednesday 14 July 1920 – Saturday 28 October 2006) and Danny Dill (Friday 19 September 1924 – Thursday 23 October 2008)
‘Someone Else’s Heartache’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dale Dodson and Dani Flowers)
‘Sunday’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Waylon Payne and Adam Wright)
‘Talking Behind Your Back’ (written by Lee Ann Womack, Dale Dodson and Dean Dillon)
‘Take The Devil Out of Me’, which was written by George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 – Friday 26 April 2013)
Personnel involved in the recording of Lee Ann Womack’s ‘The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone’ (ATO Records, 2017) included the following:
Ethan Ballinger (guitar, kayagum, vocals)
Shawn Camp (backing vocals)
Christina Courtin (strings)
Glen Duncan (fiddle)
Paul Franklin (steel guitar)
Annalise Liddell (guitar, backing vocals)
Frank Liddell (guitar, vocals)
Waylon Payne (guitar)
Jerry Roe and Glenn Worf (bass, drums)
Adam Wright (keyboards, tremolo guitar)
Lee Ann Womack’s ‘The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone’ (ATO Records, 2017) reached No.37 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 2017, and No.8 on the Billboard Folk Albums Chart in 2017.
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