It's Not Big It's Large Explained

It's Not Big It's Large
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
Cover:	Lyle Lovett.jpg
Released:	August 28, 2007
Length:	58 minutes
Label:	Curb Records Lost Highway
Producer:	Billy Williams
Prev Title:	My Baby Don't Tolerate
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Natural Forces
Next Year:	2009

It's Not Big It's Large is an album by Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, released in 2007 (see 2007 in music). The recording was made live in studio (recorded with all instruments as if a concert venue, but done in a studio).

The title is a play on the name Lovett has given to his touring band since 1988. Lovett explains the title in an interview: "We've always done arrangements that border on blues music, that border on jazz arrangements, that border on what folks might think of as 'big band', but we don't really play big band music. But we've always had a lot of people in the band so that's why I call the band the 'Large Band' and not the 'Big Band'. But invariably people refer to the band as the 'Big Band' and ... it's not big... you get the idea."^[1]

The album debuted at number 18 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 25,000 copies in its first week.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Tickle Toe"
2. "I Will Rise Up/Ain't No More Cane"
3. "All Downhill from Here"
4. "Don't Cry a Tear"
5. "South Texas Girl"
6. "This Traveling Around"
7. "Up in Indiana"
8. "The Alley Song"
9. "No Big Deal"
10. "Make It Happy"
11. "Ain't No More Cane"
12. "Up in Indiana" (acoustic)

Personnel

1. "Tickle Toe"
   • Viktor Krauss

bass

1. • Russ Kunkel

drums

1. • Matt Rollings

piano

1. • Dean Parks

electric guitar, first guitar solo

1. • Mitch Watkins, electric guitar, second guitar solo
   • Paul Franklin

steel guitar

1. • Stuart Duncan

fiddle, fiddle solo

1. • Gene Elders: fiddle
   • John Hagen: cello
   • James Gilmer: percussion
   • Dan Higgins: orchestration, alto sax, tenor sax
   • Gary Grant: trumpet
   • Warren Luening: trumpet, trumpet solo
   • William Reichenbach: trombone, bass trumpet solo
   • Steve Marsh: horn arrangement
2. "I Will Rise Up]/Ain't No More Cane"
   • Viktor Krauss

additional horn arrangement, bass

1. • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Dean Parks and Mitch Watkins: electric guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett

acoustic guitar, vocals

1. • Sam Bush

mandolin

1. • Gene Elders: fiddle
   • John Hagen: cello
   • James Gilmer: percussion
   • Dan Higgins: orchestration, alto sax, tenor sax
   • Gary Grant, Steve Herman and Jerry Hey: trumpet
   • Andy Martin

trombone

1. • Charlie Rose: horn arrangement, trombone
   • Harvey Thompson and Steve Marsh: tenor sax
   • Arnold McCuller, Jason Eskridge, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens and Francine Reed: harmony vocals
2. "All Downhill"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Ray Herndon and Mitch Watkins: electric guitar
   • Dean Parks: electric baritone guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Sam Bush: mandolin
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
3. "Don't Cry A Tear"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Dean Parks: electric guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
   • John Hagen: cello
4. "South Texas Girl"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Dean Parks: electric guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
   • Sam Bush: mandolin
   • John Hagen

cello

1. • Jon Randall

harmony vocals

1. • Guy Clark

intro and outro acoustic guitar, intro vocals

1. • James Gilmer, Steve Jones, Jeff White and Billy Williams: outro group vocals
2. "This Traveling Around"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Dean Parks and Mitch Matkins: electric guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
   • Sam Bush: mandolin
   • John Hagen: cello
   • James Gilmer: percussion
   • Jon Randal: harmony vocals
3. "Up In Indiana"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Dean Parks: electric guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
   • Sam Bush: mandolin
   • Jon Randal: harmony vocals
   • Jeff White: pre-production mandolin and harmony vocals
4. "The Alley Song"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Dean Parks: electric guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
   • John Hagen: cello
5. "No Big Deal"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Dean Parks: electric guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
6. "Make It Happy"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Russ Kunkel: drums
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Dean Parks: electric guitar
   • Paul Franklin: steel guitar
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
   • Sam Bush: mandolin
   • Arnold McCuller, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Lamont Van Hook and Joseph Powell: harmony vocals
7. "Ain't No More Cane"
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Matt Rollings: piano
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
   • Sam Bush: mandolin
   • Jerry Douglas

dobro

1. • Arnold McCuller, Jason Eskridge, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens, Francine Reed, Lamont Van Hook and Josef Powell: harmony vocals
2. "Up In Indiana" (acoustic)
   • Viktor Krauss: bass
   • Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals
   • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
   • Sam Bush: mandolin
   • Jerry Douglas: dobro
   • Béla Fleck

banjo

1. • Jeff White: pre-production mandolin and harmony vocals

References

1. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RIWAS0 Interview posted as a video clip at Amazon.com
2. Jonathan Cohen, "'High School Musical 2' Starts Third Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, September 5, 2007.

Further reading

• "Lyle Lovett Argues Semantics with New Album" by Rebecca Bowen, Paste online, August 1, 2007