Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones is a 1997 tribute album to the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in September 1997 via Beyond Music. The album includes eleven country music artists performing renditions of the band's songs.
Content The Tractors' rendition of "The Last Time" was the project's first single release. It charted at number 75 on Hot Country Songs dated for the week ending October 4, 1997. The project took nearly 18 months to complete.
Critical reception Jon Johnson of Country Standard Time gave the project a mixed review, criticizing the project for focusing entirely on singles, and saying that the arrangements "add absolutely nothing to the originals", while praising the vocal performances of George Jones and Nanci Griffith, along with the musical arrangement of Blackhawk's cover of "Wild Horses". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the project 3 out of 5 stars, finding the arrangements "slick" while praising the vocal performances of Travis Tritt, Blackhawk, and Nanci Griffith.
Track listing
Personnel
"Honky Tonk Women" Bekka Bramlett - backing vocals David Briggs - producer, arranger, synthesizer Pat Buchanan - electric guitar Larry Byrom - electric guitar Joe Costa - recording Tom Hitchcock - recording Jim Horn - saxophone Bruce Irvine - recording Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano Duane Scott - recording Summer Smith - backing vocals Travis Tritt - lead vocals Nancy Lee Tuck - production coordinator Steve Turner - drums
"Paint It Black" Flip Anderson - producer Terry W. Bates - engineering Butch Carr - recording, mixing, tambourine Tony Green - assistant engineer Mike "Frog" Griffith - production coordinator Tony Harrell - Hammond organ Tracy Lawrence - lead vocals, producer Dave Pomeroy - bass guitar Brent Rowan - electric guitar Milton Sledge - drums Joe Spivey - mandolin John Willis - acoustic guitar
"Ruby Tuesday" Deana Carter - vocals, producer Joe Chemay - bass guitar J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar Dan Dugmore - steel guitar Chris Farren - producer, backing vocals Larry Franklin - fiddle John Hobbs - keyboards Ginny Johnson - production coordinator Steve Marcantonio - mixing Greg Morrow - drums Tim Waters - assistant Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
"The Last Time" Ron Getman - acoustic guitar, Dobro, backing vocals Steve Ripley - producer, recording, mixing, lead vocals, electric guitar Jamie Oldaker - drums Walt Richmond - producer, Steinway & Sons piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals Casey van Beek - bass guitar, backing vocals
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" Tim Coyle - assistant engineer Chad Cromwell - drums Rodney Crowell - vocals, producer, harmonica Kenny Greenberg - twelve-string guitar Rob Hajacos - fiddle Michael Rhodes - bass guitar Daryl Rodbush - assistant engineer Vince Santoro - percussion, backing vocals Steuart Smith - electric guitar David Thoener - recording, mixing Greg Wilkinson - production assistant
"Angie" Eddie Bayers - drums Stuart Duncan - fiddle Paul Franklin - steel guitar John Kelton - engineering Sammy Kershaw - vocals Brent Mason - electric guitar Paula Montando - assistant engineer Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano, keyboards Keith Stegall - producer John Willis - acoustic guitar Glenn Worf - bass guitar
"Wild Horses" Dennis Bellfield - bass guitar Blackhawk - producer Henry Paul - lead vocals Dave Robbins - keyboards, backing vocals Van Stephenson - acoustic guitar, backing vocals Mark Bright - producer Michael Clute - mixing, engineering Bobby Huff - drums Greg Jennings - acoustic guitar Pete Miskinis - assistant engineer Dale Oliver - electric guitar Jennifer Rose - production coordinator Eric Silver - mandolin
"Brown Sugar" Derek Bason - assistant Kevin Beamish - recording, mixing Larry Byrom - electric guitar Joe Chemay - bass guitar Jerry Douglas - slide guitar, Dobro Ginny Johnson - production coordinator Collin Raye - lead vocals Billy Joe Walker Jr. - producer, acoustic guitar Lonnie Wilson - drums Reese Wynans - keyboards
"Beast of Burden" Ricky Cobble - assistant Christy DiNapoli - producer Dan Dugmore - steel guitar Doug Grau - producer John Hampton - recording, mixing Julian King - engineering Tim Kish - engineering Little Texas: Del Gray - drums Porter Howell - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar Jeff Huskins - fiddle, keyboards, Hammond organ, backing vocals Dwayne O'Brien - acoustic guitar, backing vocals Duane Propes - bass guitar, backing vocals Tim Rushlow - lead vocals Pete Matthews - assistant James Stroud - producer Brian David Willis - engineering
"No Expectations" Ron de la Vega - bass guitar, backing vocals Nanci Griffith - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, producer James Hooker - piano, Hammond organ Doug Lancio - resonator guitar Pat McInerney - drums, percussion Mark Miller - recording, mixing Jim Rooney - producer Lee Satterfield - mandolin, backing vocals
"Time Is on My Side" David Briggs - producer, arranger Glen Duncan - fiddle Sonny Garrish - steel guitar Tom Hitchcock - recording, mixing Bill Hullett - acoustic guitar George Jones - vocals Nashville String Machine - strings David Angell, David Davidson, Connie Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead, Gary Vanosdale - violins John Catchings, Bob Mason - cellos Jim Grosjean - viola Eric Pinson - recording, mixing Norbert Putnam - bass guitar John Wesley Ryles - backing vocals Nancy Lee Tuck - production assistant Steve Turner - drums Cindy Walker - backing vocals Bergen White - backing vocals Dennis Wilson - backing vocals Norro Wilson - backing vocals Curtis Wright - backing vocals Curtis Young - backing vocals Reggie Young - electric guitar
Charts Chart (1997) Peak position
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