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- Date Released: March 26, 2002
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Contemporary Country
- Label: Audium / Koch
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With its signings of folks like Ross Nickerson, John Anderson, and Rhett Akins, Audium Records is like the second chance home for those country neo-traditionalists squeezed out of Nashville by both the pop direction of Faith Hill or Shania Twain and the rootsier moves of the alt-country posses. Like Akins' three major-label albums of the '90s, 2002's Friday Night in Dixie blends George Strait and the Marshall Tucker Band for an entertaining if not particularly innovative mix of country twang and Southern rock choogle. The title track, co-written and produced by Charlie Daniels, raises the most hell, but Akins is at his best on more introspective material like the sweet "She Was" and the lonesome "Where the Blacktop Ends." Bookended by a pair of country-radio possibilities, the anonymous but catchy "Highway Sunrise" and a swell acoustic version of Akins' biggest '90s hit, "That Ain't My Truck," Friday Night in Dixie is a solid comeback for a journeyman singer/songwriter.
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14 Total Tracks, 52:07 Total Length
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Credits
- Glen Duncan - Fiddle // Mike Brignardello - Bass // Larry Byrom - Guitar (Acoustic) // Shawn Camp - Guitar (Acoustic) // Shawn Camp - Guitar (Electric) // Charlie Daniels - Producer // Dan Dugmore - Guitar (Electric) // Dan Dugmore - Guitar (Steel) // Dan Dugmore - Slide Guitar // Thomas Flora - Vocals (Background) // John Gardner - Percussion // Tony Harrell - Piano // Tony Harrell - Organ (Hammond) // Steve Hinson - Guitar (Steel) // Patrick Kelly - Engineer // Patrick Kelly - Cover Design // Kenny Lamb - Producer // Chris McHugh - Drums // Greg Morrow - Percussion // Greg Morrow - Drums // Michael Noble - Guitar (Acoustic) // Michael Rhodes - Bass // Chris Rowe - Engineer // Chris Rowe - Mixing // Wanda Vick - Banjo // Wanda Vick - Fiddle // Wanda Vick - Mandolin // Charlie Whitten - Dobro // Charlie Whitten - Lap Steel Guitar // Rhett Akins - Producer // Rhett Akins - Main Performer // Michael Spriggs - Guitar (Acoustic) // Russell Terrell - Vocals (Background) // Pat Hutchinson - Producer // Pat Hutchinson - Engineer // Pat Hutchinson - Mixing // Brian Gary - Organ (Hammond) // Benny Quinn - Mastering // Michael Rojas - Keyboards // Garrett Rittenberry - Design // Grant Lovett - Photography // Erik Wolf - Mastering // Kim Parent - Vocals (Background) // Anthony Little - Programming // Anthony Little - Production Assistant // Troy Lancaster - Guitar // T.W. Cargile - Engineer // Tyler Smith - Assistant Engineer // David Smith - Bass (Acoustic) // Jason Lefan - Assistant Engineer // Darryl Preston - Guitar (Acoustic) // Darryl Preston - Guitar (Electric) // Jeff King - Banjo // Jeff King - Guitar (Electric)
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