Don't Fence Me In (Lari White album) explained

Don't Fence Me In
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lari White
Cover:	Larifence.jpg
Genre:	Country
Length:	39:06
Label:	RCA Nashville
Producer:	Josh Leo and Lari White
Prev Title:	Wishes
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Best of Lari White
Next Year:	1997

Don't Fence Me In is the third studio album by the American country music artist Lari White, released in 1996. The album produced two chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: "Ready, Willing, and Able", which peaked at #20, and "Wild at Heart", which peaked at #56.

Content

"Ready, Willing, and Able" was previously cut by Daron Norwood on his 1995 album of the same name.

"Wild at Heart" subject to controversy due to its music video. Said video was withdrawn from CMT and The Nashville Network after only a month due to protests from mental health organizations. The video featured White as a patient in a psychiatric hospital, encouraging the other patients to start dancing.^{[1] [2]}

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[3]

Musicians

• Al Anderson — electric guitar
• Bill Cuomo — keyboards
• Dan Dugmore — steel guitar, Dobro
• Glen Duncan — fiddle, mandolin
• Sonny Garrish — steel guitar
• Steve Gibson — banjo
• Rob Hajacos — fiddle
• Mike Henderson — National slide guitar
• John Hobbs — keyboards
• Dann Huff — electric guitar
• Josh Leo — electric guitar
• Carl Marsh — keyboards, strings
• Gary Morse — steel guitar
• Steve Nathan — keyboards
• Don Potter — acoustic guitar
• Harry Stinson — drums, percussion
• Steuart Smith — electric guitar
• Biff Watson — acoustic guitar
• Willie Weeks — bass guitar
• Lari White — lead vocals
• Lonnie Wilson — drums, percussion
• Glenn Worf — bass guitar
• Reese Wynans — keyboards

Backing vocalists

• Max Carl
• Vince Gill
• Kim Keyes
• Mark Luna
• Shelby Lynne on "Don't Fence Me In"
• Stephony Smith
• Harry Stinson
• Trisha Yearwood on "Don't Fence Me In"
• Lari White

Technical

• Josh Leo — producer
• Steve Marcantonio — recording, mixing
• Denny Purcell — mastering
• Lari White — producer

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	53
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	30

Notes and References

1. News: Lari White jumps a fence, gallops to hometown show . Tampa Bay Times . November 21, 1996 . April 21, 2022 . Dave Scheiber . 2B.
2. Change of 'Heart' . New Country . July 1996 . 9.
3. Don't Fence Me In . Lari White . 1996 . CD insert . RCA Records . 66742.