Don't Cheat in Our Hometown (album) explained
| Don't Cheat in Our Hometown |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ricky Skaggs |
| Cover: | DontCheat.jpg |
| Studio: | Audio Media Recorders and Scruggs Sound Studio (Nashville, Tennessee); The Enactron Truck (North Hollywood, California). |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 31:11 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Ricky Skaggs |
| Prev Title: | Highways & Heartaches |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Country Boy |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
Don't Cheat in Our Hometown is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1983 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1] It features guitar work from Albert Lee on five of the album's ten tracks and Dolly Parton harmonizes vocals on "A Vision Of Mother" and "Don't Step Over an Old Love".
Personnel
- Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (1, 2, 8, 9), fiddle (1, 4, 7-9), harmony vocals (3-5, 7), mandolin (4, 7, 9), arrangements (10)
- Glen Hardin – piano (1, 2, 7, 8)
- Buck White – piano fills (2, 3), piano solo (2), bass vocals (10)
- Mickey Merrit – piano (3, 5)
- Albert Lee – electric guitar (1, 7, 8), electric lead guitar (2, 6), piano (6)
- Ray Flacke – electric guitar (3, 5)
- Brian Ahern – S-400 guitar (4, 9), acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6)
- Hank DeVito – steel guitar (1, 7, 8), electric rhythm guitar (2)
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (3, 5)
- Lou Reid – banjo (5), harmony vocals (5)
- Marc Pruett – banjo (9)
- Jerry Douglas – dobro (9)
- Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 6-9)
- Jesse Chambers – bass guitar (3, 5)
- John Ware – drums (1, 2, 6-8)
- George Grantham – drums (3, 5)
- Bobby Hicks – fiddle (3, 5)
- Bobby Hardin – backing vocals (2)
- Cheryl White-Warren – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10)
- Sharon White-Skaggs – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10)
- Dolly Parton – harmony vocals (4, 7)
Production
- Ricky Skaggs – producer
- Donivan Cowart – engineer
- Marshall Morgan – engineer, mixing
- Steve Scruggs – engineer
- Hollis Halford – assistant engineer
- Pat McMakin – assistant engineer
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Virginia Team – art direction
- Jeff Morris – design
- Jim "Señior" McGuire – photography
- Chip Peay Enterprises – management
Chart performance
| Chart (1983) | Peak
position |
|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 87 |
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Notes and References
- Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=dont-cheat-in-our-hometown-r94046/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} ''Don't Cheat in Our Hometown'' Charts ]. . 14 February 2011.
