Love Trip Explained

Love Trip
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Jerry Kilgore
Cover:	File:Jerry_Kilgore_-_Love_Trip_Cover.jpg
Released:	September 21, 1999
Studio:	Emerald Studio
Genre:	Country
Label:	Virgin Records
Next Title:	Loaded & Empty
Next Year:	2008

Love Trip is the debut studio album by American country music singer Jerry Kilgore. It was released on September 21, 1999 through Virgin Records.^{[1] [2]}

Content

Love Trip charted three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Love Trip" spent 20 weeks on the charts in late 1999, peaking at number 36. After it came "The Look" at number 49, and "Cactus in a Coffee Can" at number 73.^[3] Reba McEntire later covered "Cactus in a Coffee Can" on her 2019 album Stronger Than the Truth.^[4]

Critical reception

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic stated that the album "has been so carefully calibrated to current commercial notions of Nashville success that its real strengths are nearly obscured." He thought that "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" and "Cactus in a Coffee Can" were the strongest songs for showing the most country sound.

Musicians

• Jerry Kilgore

Vocals

• Eddie Bayers

Drums

• Mike Brignardello: Bass
• Glenn Worf

Bass (tracks 1, 9, 11)

• Brent Rowan

Electric Guitar

• Brent Mason

Electric Guitar (tracks 1, 9, 11)

• Biff Watson

Acoustic Guitar

• Matt Rollings

Piano

• Jimmy Nichols: Piano (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
• Sonny Garrish: Steel Guitar
• Paul Franklin

Steel Guitar (tracks 1, 9, 11)

• Larry Franklin

Fiddle

• Rob Hajacos: Fiddle (tracks 1, 9)
• Carl Marsh: Fairlight (tracks 3, 12)
• Wes Hightower: Background Vocals

Production

• Producer: Steve Bogard
• Producer: Jeff Stevens
• Producer: Scott Hendricks
• Recorded by: John Guess
• Recording Assistant: Patrick Murphy
• Additional Recording by: John Kinz
• Additional Recording Assistant: Mike Hanson
• Engineer: John Guess
• Engineer Assistant: Patrick Murphy
• Engineer Assistant: Chris Rowe
• Mastered by: Hank Williams at Mastermix
• Production Coordinator: Kelly Giedt

All track information and credits were taken from the CD liner notes.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jerry Kilgore Love Trip Chart History . Billboard . . U.S. . 2019-10-17.
2. Web site: Country music singer/songwriter Jerry Kilgore returns to his hometown Sept. 21 . Moser . Sayde . Tillamook Headlight-Herald . . Tillamook, Oregon, United States . 2019-10-17.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. 2017. 195. 978-0-89820-229-8.
4. Web site: Stronger Than the Truth . AllMusic . March 2, 2020 . Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
5. Kilgore, Jerry. Love Trip. Virgin. 1999.