Don't Cheat in Our Hometown is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1983 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It features guitar work from Albert Lee on five of the album's ten tracks and Dolly Parton harmonizes vocals on "A Vision Of Mother" and "Don't Step Over an Old Love".
Track listing
Personnel Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (1, 2, 8, 9), fiddle (1, 4, 7–9), harmony vocals (3–5, 7), mandolin (4, 7, 9), arrangements (10) Glen Hardin – acoustic piano (1, 2, 7, 8) Buck White – acoustic piano fills (2, 3), acoustic piano solo (2), bass vocals (10) Mickey Merrit – acoustic piano (3, 5) Albert Lee – electric guitar (1, 7, 8), electric lead guitar (2, 6), acoustic piano (6) Ray Flacke – electric guitar (3, 5) Brian Ahern – S-400 guitar (4, 9), acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6) Hank DeVito – steel guitar (1, 7, 8), electric rhythm guitar (2) Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (3, 5) Lou Reid – banjo (5), harmony vocals (5) Marc Pruett – banjo (9) Jerry Douglas – dobro (9) Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass (1, 2, 4, 6–9) Jesse Chambers – bass (3, 5) Ernie Ball – bass (4, 6, 9) John Ware – drums (1, 2, 6–8) George Grantham – drums (3, 5) Bobby Hicks – fiddle (3, 5) Bobby Hardin – backing vocals (2) Cheryl White-Warren – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10) Sharon White-Skaggs – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10) Dolly Parton – harmony vocals (4, 7)
Production Ricky Skaggs – producer Donivan Cowart – engineer Marshall Morgan – engineer, mixing Steve Scruggs – engineer Hollis Halford – assistant engineer Pat McMakin – assistant engineer Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Virginia Team – art direction Jeff Morris – design Jim "Señior" McGuire – photography Chip Peay Enterprises – management
Chart performance Chart (1983) Peakposition Canadian RPM Country Albums 1 Canadian RPM Top Albums 87
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