Jason Crabb (album) explained

Jason Crabb
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jason Crabb
Cover:	jason-crabb-album.jpg
Released:	June 30, 2009
Studio:	Oak Tree Productions and Oak Tree Studios (Hendersonville, Tennessee) Platinum Lab, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Tracking Room and Blackbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:	CCM, Country
Length:	45:58
Label:	Spring Hill Music Group
Producer:	Jason Crabb Tommy Sims Norro Wilson
Next Title:	Whatever the Road
Next Year:	2015

Jason Crabb is the eponymous Grammy-winning^[1] debut album from the artist of the same name. The album was released on June 30, 2009 through Spring Hill Music Group.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Somebody Like Me" (Michael Boggs, Neil Thrasher) — 4:26
2. "Walk on Water" (Vicky McGehee, Bobby Pinson, Trent Tomlinson) — 3:58
3. "Daystar" (featuring Gaither Vocal Band) (Steve Richardson) — 5:28
4. "Worth It All" (Gerald Crabb) — 3:30
5. "I Will Love You" (Scott Krippayne, Sue C. Smith) — 3:56
6. "Through the Fire" (Gerald Crabb) — 3:47
7. "Sometimes I Cry" (Gerald Crabb) — 3:11
8. "Hope for Me Yet" (Marc Broussard, Radney Foster, Justin Tocket) — 3:52
9. "One Day at a Time" (James Rueger, Tony Wood) — 3:42
10. "Ellsworth" (featuring Vince Gill) (Michael William Dulaney, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher) — 3:50
11. "No Love Lost" (Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims) — 4:35
12. "Forever's End" (Randy Goodrum, Carl Utbult) — 4:23

Awards

Crabb's debut album won a Grammy Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[3] Also, at the 41st GMA Dove Awards, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year. The song "Somebody Like Me" was nominated for Song of the Year and Country Recorded Song of the Year, winning the latter.^[4]

Chart performance

The album peaked at #62 on Billboard 200 and #2 on Billboard's Christian Albums. It stayed 31 weeks on the charts.^{[5] [6]}

Personnel

• Jason Crabb – vocals, backing vocals (2, 4, 7, 10)
• Tre Corley – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), Hammond B3 organ (3), string arrangements (5)
• Carl Hergesell – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Mike Rojas – acoustic piano (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), keyboards (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), Hammond B3 organ (1)
• Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (2, 4, 5, 7-9), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 4, 5, 7-9), organ (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
• Justin Ellis – acoustic piano (10), organ (10)
• Gary Burnette – guitars (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Jerry McPherson – guitars (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Jeremy Medkiff – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), guitars (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), ganjo (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Tommy Sims – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), bass (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Brent Mason – electric guitars (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
• Zachary Smith – ganjo (8), electric guitars (10)
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 7-9), mandolin (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
• John Willis – acoustic guitar (10)
• Scott Sanders – pedal steel guitar (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 4, 5, 7-10)
• Duncan Mullins – bass (1-9, 11)
• Larry Paxton – bass (10)
• Dan Needham – drums (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Shannon Forrest – drums (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
• Paul Leim – drums (10)
• Bruce Watkins – fiddle (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle (10)
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (5)
• Russell Mauldin – string arrangements (5)
• Gus Gaches – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
• Debi Selby – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Adam Crabb – backing vocals (2, 4), harmonica (4, 8)
• Gaither Vocal Band – backing vocals (3)
• Shawnel Corley – backing vocals (5)
• Sonya Isaacs – backing vocals (5)
• Suzanne Young – backing vocals (8, 9)
• Vince Gill – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Barry Jennings – executive producer
• Tommy Sims – producer (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Tre Corley – additional production (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), mixing (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Jason Crabb – producer (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
• Norro Wilson – producer (10)
• Paul Corley – engineer (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Danny Duncan – engineer (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Ben Fowler – engineer (2, 4, 5, 7-9), mixing (2, 4, 5, 7-10)
• Billy Sherrill – engineer (10)
• Travis Brigman – assistant engineer (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
• Lowell Reynolds – second engineer (10)
• Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Natthaphol Abhigantaphand – mastering assistant
• Shelly Anderson – mastering assistant
• Daniel Bacigalupi – mastering assistant
• Chad Smith – art direction, design
• David Bean – photography
• Lorrie Turk – hair, make-up
• Celeste Winstead – wardrobe stylist

External links

• Jason Crabb in Amazon.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.breathecast.com/Christian.Music.News-Jason.Crabb.Celebrates.Grammy%C2%AE.Win.For.Debut.Solo.Recording/1_3522.htm "Jason Crabb Celebrates Grammy Win For Debut Solo Recording"
2. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029MAXI6?qid=&ref_=tmm_acd_swatch_0&sr= Jason Crabb – Jason Crabb
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/31/AR2010013102239_5.html?sid=ST2010013102999 "Grammy Award winners list"
4. http://www.doveawards.com/nominees.php Dove Award nominees
5. Jason Crabb
6. http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/news/070909_JasonCrabb_BillboardNo2.aspx Lauded Solo Debut from Jason Crabb lands at #2 on Billboard