Pickin'_on_Nashville

<i>Pickin' on Nashville</i>

Pickin' on Nashville

1989 studio album by The Kentucky Headhunters

Pickin' on Nashville is the debut studio album by American country rock/southern rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. It features the singles "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine", "Oh Lonesome Me", "Dumas Walker", and "Rock 'n' Roll Angel", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Oh Lonesome Me" was also the highest charting, at #8. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the band in 1991.

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"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" is a cover of a Bill Monroe song, "Skip a Rope" a cover of a Henson Cargill song, and "Oh Lonesome Me" a cover of a Don Gibson song. After brothers Ricky Lee and Doug Phelps left the band in 1992 to form the duo Brother Phelps, they recorded "Ragtop" on their second album (1994's Any Way the Wind Blows). Doug rejoined the band in 1997.

Track listing

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Personnel

The Kentucky Headhunters
Additional musician
  • Richard Ripani - Hammond B-3 organ on "Oh Lonesome Me", "cheesy organ" on "Rock 'n' Roll Angel"
Technical
  • Mike Bradley - recording, mixing
  • The Kentucky Headhunters - production, arrangement
  • Glenn Meadows - mastering
  • Jim Zumwalt - executive production

Chart performance

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Certifications

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    "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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    "Canadian album certifications – The Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin' on Nashville". Music Canada. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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    "American album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin' on Nashville". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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