Lonestar (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Lonestar
Type = studio
Artist = Lonestar


Released = start date|1995|10|10
Genre = Country
Length = 33:22
Label = BNA
Producer = Don Cook, Wally Wilson
Reviews = Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfrxqwhld0e link]
This album = "Lonestar"
(1995)
Next album = "Crazy Nights"
(1997)

"Lonestar" is the self-titled debut album of American country music group Lonestar. Released in 1995 on BNA Records, it features the singles "Tequila Talkin'", "No News", "Runnin' Away with My Heart", "Heartbroke Every Day", and "When Cowboys Didn't Dance". "Tequila Talkin'" and "Runnin' Away with My Heart" both reached #8 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts, while "No News" was the band's first Number One on that chart. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.

"Heartbroke Every Day" was previously recorded by Pearl River on their 1994 album "Pearl River". It was also the only single of Lonestar's career to feature bass guitarist John Rich (who left in 1998) on lead vocals. Rich also sang lead on "I Love the Way You Do That", "Does Your Daddy Know About Me", "Ragtop Cadillac", and "Paradise Knife and Gun Club". All the other tracks feature Richie McDonald on lead vocals.

Track listing

#"Heartbroke Every Day" (Bill LaBounty, Rick Vincent, Cam King) - 3:07
#"Tequila Talkin'" (LaBounty, Chris Waters) - 3:24
#"I Love the Way You Do That" (John Rich, Don Cook, Wally Wilson) - 3:51
#"Runnin' Away with My Heart" (Michael Britt, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders) - 3:30
#"What Would It Take" (Billy Lawson, Sam Hogin, Wilson) - 3:12
#"Does Your Daddy Know About Me" (Rich, Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) - 3:01
#"Ragtop Cadillac" (Billy Lawson) - 2:30
#"No News" (Hogin, Phil Barnhart, Sanders) - 2:53
#"Paradise Knife and Gun Club" (Chick Rains) - 3:56
#"When Cowboys Didn't Dance" (Richie McDonald, Kyle Green) - 3:58

Musicians

Lonestar

*Michael Britt - electric guitar, B-bender guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
*Richie McDonald - lead vocals, background vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
*Keech Rainwater - drums
*John Rich - lead vocals, background vocals, bass guitar
*Dean Sams - piano, keyboards, harmonica, acoustic guitar, background vocals

Additional musicians

*Bruce C. Bouton - pedal steel guitar, slide guitar
*Dennis Burnside - piano, keyboards, B-3 organ
*Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
*Rob Hajacos - fiddle, "assorted hoe-down tools"
*Brent Mason - electric guitar
*Nashville String Machine - strings
*Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
*John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
*John D. Willis - electric guitar, electric sitar
*Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion, hand claps
*Glenn Worf - bass guitar
*Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young - background vocals

References

*cite album-notes |title=Lonestar |bandname=Lonestar |year=1995 |format=CD liner notes |publisher=BNA Records |publisherid=66642