STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - GARTH BROOKS - IN PIECES

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we celebrate the 61st Birthday of Tulsa, Oklahoma native, country music singer and songwriter, Garth Brooks . Happy Birthday Garth ! During the course of his 4 decade career, Mr. Brooks has sold over 170 million albums worldwide, including 9 LPs that have achieved Diamond Certification. (10 million plus in sales). For this he has earned a world record, beating The Beatles and their former record of 6 Diamond records. Today we are spinning his 5th studio album, In Pieces. The LP was originally released August 31, 1993 on the Liberty label and produced by Allen Reynolds. It reached #91 in the Netherlands, #83 in Germany, #18 in Norway, #3 in Canada and New Zealand, #2 in the UK, and #1 on the Canadian Country charts, Ireland, the Billboard 200, and the Top Country Albums chart. It has been certified Diamond. The ten track LP spawned 5 singles ; "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" (#13 UK, #1 Canada Country, Hot Country Songs)  "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (#2 Canada Country, #1 Hot Country Songs) , "Standing Outside the Fire" (#28 UK, #3 Canada Country, Hot Country Songs) , "One Night a Day" (#14 Canada Country, #7 Hot Country Songs) , "Callin' Baton Rouge" (#2 Hot Country Songs, #1 Canada Country) , and "The Red Strokes" (#49 Top Country Songs, #38 Canada Country, #13 UK) . Our copy is part of the 2019 Pearl Records Limited Edition Legacy Boxset that includes 4 remixed studio albums (No Fences, The Chase, In Pieces, and Fresh Horses) and a triple live album from Yankee Stadium. In addition to the vinyl there is also CD representation of all 7 records. This set was limited to 500,000 and was sold online and in Dollar General Stores. We got our copy from the fine folks at J.R.'s Junk Trunk. 

1. "Standing Outside the Fire"
Garth Brooks, Jenny Yates
3:51

2. "The Night I Called the Old Man Out"
Brooks, Pat Alger, Kim Williams
3:10

3. "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"
Bryan Kennedy, Jim Rushing
3:31

4. "One Night a Day"
Gary Burr, Pete Wasner
4:14

5. "Kickin' and Screamin'" Tony Arata 4:00

6. "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"
Brooks, Williams, Kent Blazy
4:32

7. "The Red Strokes"
Brooks, Yates, James Garver, Lisa Sanderson
3:43

8. "Callin' Baton Rouge" Dennis Linde 2:35

9. "The Night Will Only Know"
Brooks, Yates, Stephanie Davis
3:55

10. "The Cowboy Song" Roy Robinson 3:57

Sam Bacco – percussion on "Standing Outside The Fire"
Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar on "The Night I Called The Old Man Out" and "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"; resonator guitar on "The Cowboy Song"
Garth Brooks – vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Bush – mandolin on "Standing Outside The Fire", "Callin' Baton Rouge" and "The Cowboy Song"; fiddle and backing vocals on "Callin' Baton Rouge"
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
Mike Chapman – bass guitar
Kathy Chiavola – backing vocals
John Cowan – backing vocals on "Callin' Baton Rouge"
Helen Darling – harmony and backing vocals
Jerry Douglas – resonator guitar on "The Red Strokes", "Callin' Baton Rouge" and "The Cowboy Song"
Bobby Emmons – Hammond organ on "One Night a Day"
Ty England – acoustic guitar, harmony and backing vocals on "Anonymous"
Béla Fleck – banjo on "Callin' Baton Rouge"
Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar on "Callin' Baton Rouge"
Rob Hajacos – fiddle on "Standing Outside The Fire", "The Night I Called The Old Man Out", "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association", "Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)" and "The Cowboy Song"
Jim Horn – saxophone on "One Night a Day"
Roy Huskey Jr. – double bass on "The Cowboy Song"
Chris Leuzinger – acoustic and electric guitars
Steve McClure – electric and pedal steel guitars on "Anonymous"
Terry McMillan – harmonica on "Ain't Goin' Down Til the Sun Comes Up"
Farrell Morris – percussion on "Standing Outside The Fire"
Mike Palmer – drums and percussion on "Anonymous"
Milton Sledge – drums; percussion on "Standing Outside The Fire" and "The Night I Called The Old Man Out"
Bobby Wood – keyboards
Trisha Yearwood – harmony and backing vocals