Songs from the Grass String Ranch explained
Songs from the Grass String Ranch is the fifth studio album by the American country rock band the Kentucky Headhunters.[1] It was released by Audium Entertainment in 2000.[2] The album includes singles "Too Much to Lose", "Louisianna CoCo" and "Love That Woman." Although "Too Much to Lose" reached number 66 on the country charts, the other two singles failed to chart.[3]
Critical reception
Country Standard Time wrote that "otherwise crisp tunes 'Country Life' and 'Jessico' suffer from a stilted rock sound that doesn't quite fit Kentucky's motley crew."[4]
Personnel
From Songs from the Grass String Ranch liner notes.[5]
- The Kentucky Headhunters
- Anthony Kenney - bass guitar, background vocals
- Greg Martin - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, background vocals
- Doug Phelps - rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, lead vocals (except "Dry-Land Fish" and "Louisianna CoCo"), background vocals
- Fred Young - drums, percussion; lead vocals on "Dry-Land Fish"
- Richard Young - rhythm guitar, background vocals; lead vocals on "Louisianna CoCo"
- Additional musicians
- Joey Huffman - horns on "Grass String Ranch", strings on "I Wish I Knew"
- David Jessie - percussion on "Jessico"
- Kenny Weber - banjo on "Jessico"
- Reese Wynans - piano, Hammond B-3 organ
- Technical
- David Barrick - recording
- Chris Fleming - engineering
- Mitchell Fox - executive production
- Robert Hammon - engineering
- The Kentucky Headhunters - production
- Rodney Mills - mixing, mastering
- John Nielsen - mixing
Notes and References
- Web site: The Kentucky Headhunters | Biography & History. AllMusic.
- Web site: Kentucky HeadHunters' Songs Tops Week's New Releases. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512150328/http://www.mtv.com/news/1122812/kentucky-headhunters-songs-tops-weeks-new-releases/. dead. May 12, 2021. MTV News.
- Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs : 1944-2005, Billboard . 2005 . Record Research . 203.
- Web site: The Kentucky HeadHunters - Songs From the Grass String Ranch. www.countrystandardtime.com.
- Songs from the Grass String Ranch . The Kentucky Headhunters . 2000 . CD booklet . Audium Entertainment . 8117.
