Dixie Lullabies Explained

Dixie Lullabies
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Kentucky Headhunters
Cover:	Khh lullabies.jpg
Genre:	Country rock, Southern rock
Label:	Red Dirt
Producer:	The Kentucky Headhunters Wayd Battle Richie Owens
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Dixie Lullabies is an album by the American southern rock/country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. It was released on October 18, 2011 through Red Dirt Records.

Critical reception

AllMusic gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five and in its review by William Ruhlmann, he thought that the songs were "steeped in familiar structures" and "will fit right in with the band's earlier material".^[1] An identical rating came from Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine, who said that "What the album lacks in surprises it makes up for in pure, unadulterated swagger" and that the Headhunters "are still one of the finest Southern-rock outfits around."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Kentucky Headhunters; co-writers in parentheses.

1. "Dixie Lullaby" — 2:41
2. "Boones Farm Boogie" — 3:14
3. "Great Acoustics" — 3:46
4. "Tumblin' Roses" (John Fred Young) — 3:38
5. "Les Paul Standard" — 3:18
6. "In a Perfect World" — 3:33
7. "Roll On Little Pretty" (Wayd Battle, Daryll Meadows) — 3:26
8. "Sugar Daddy" — 3:15
9. "Just Another Night" — 4:13
10. "Little Miss Blues Breaker" — 2:54
11. "Little Angel" (Anthony Kenney) — 3:41
12. "Just Believe" — 4:30
13. "Ain't That a Shame" — 2:32
14. "Recollection Blues" — 4:24

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes and backing card.^[3]

The Kentucky Headhunters

• Greg Martin — lead guitar, background vocals
• Doug Phelps — bass guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7-9, 12, 13), background vocals
• Fred Young — drums, background vocals
• Richard Young — rhythm guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, 14), background vocals

Note: Doug Phelps and Richard Young sing a unison lead vocal on "Dixie Lullaby".

Additional musicians

• The Farm Young Quartet (Fred, Marla, Rachel and Audrey Young) — background vocals
• "Cowboy" Eddie Long — steel guitar
• Kevin McKendree — piano, organ
• Richie Owens — mandolin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dixie Lullabies review. Ruhlmann. William. Allmusic. 29 April 2012.
2. Web site: Dixie Lullabies review. Keefe. Jonathan. 16 October 2011. Slant. 29 April 2012.
3. Dixie Lullabies . The Kentucky Headhunters . 2011 . CD booklet and backing card . Red Dirt Records . 7402.