My Father's Son is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released on September 10, 1991, via Epic Records. The albums includes the singles "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)", "Same Ol' Love" and "From the Word Love".
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from liner notes. Ricky Skaggs – vocals, backing vocals (1, 3–10), acoustic guitar solo (1), mandolin (1, 6, 8, 9), harmony vocals (2), electric guitar (2, 3), electric guitar solo (3), acoustic guitar (6, 11), banjo (6), Earthwood bass (6), fiddle (6) Barry Beckett – organ (1, 10) John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (1, 3, 5, 8–10), keyboards (7) Steve Nathan – organ (2), keyboards (4) Mike Rojas – acoustic piano (2) John G. Elliott – acoustic piano (12), string arrangements (12) Brent Mason – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 7–10) Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar (1–5, 7–10), electric guitar (3), backing vocals (3, 4, 6–8), keyboards (5) Keith Little – acoustic guitar (2) Keith Sewell – acoustic guitar (4), backing vocals (4) Steve Gibson – electric guitar (5) Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar (8) Terry Crisp – steel guitar (2, 5, 8, 10) Paul Franklin – steel guitar (3, 4) Jerry Douglas – dobro (7) Bela Fleck – banjo (7) Sam Bush – mandolin (7) David Hungate – bass (1, 3, 4, 7–10) Roy Huskey Jr. – slap bass (1–3, 9) Jason Sellers – bass (2) Leland Sklar – bass (5), electric bass (11) Larrie Londin – drums (1, 7, 10) Keith Edwards – drums (2) Eddie Bayers – drums (3–5, 8, 9) Tom Roady – percussion (4) Bobby Hicks – fiddle (2) Stuart Duncan – fiddle (7, 9) Bobby Taylor – oboe (12) The Nashville String Machine – strings (12) Pamela Sixfin – concertmaster (12) Waylon Jennings – vocals (2) Sharon White – vocals (8), backing vocals (8) Lenny LeBlanc – backing vocals (10)
Production Mac McAnally – producer Ricky Skaggs – producer Brian Ahern – producer (8) Rob Feaster – engineer, mixing (1–5, 7, 8) Alan Schulman – engineer, mixing (6) Ed Seay – engineer, mixing (9–12) Mark Capps – assistant engineer John Dickson – assistant engineer Patrick Hutchinson – assistant engineer Brad Jones – assistant engineer Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) Rosie Franklin – production secretary Bill Johnson – art direction Jodi Lynn Miller – design Rollow Welch – design Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography Earl Cox – hair Elizabeth Linneman – make-up Ricky Skaggs Enterprises – management
Chart performance Chart (1991) Peakposition
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