Tribute to Tradition is a 1998 American tribute album released in 1998 via Columbia Records Nashville. The album mainly consists of cover songs of country songs from the 1950s through the 1970s, as done by then-contemporary country music artists.
Content "Same Old Train", the only song on the album which is not a cover, charted at number 59 on Billboard Hot Country Songs in 1998. The song won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.
Joe Diffie's rendition of Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors" also charted at number 64,Whitburn, pp. 109-110 and Doug Stone's cover of Steve Wariner's "Gone Out of My Mind" peaked at number 48.Whitburn, p. 348 The album was intended as a fundraiser for a retirement center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Critical reception Jana Pendragon of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars. Although she criticized Joe Diffie and Collin Raye's vocal performance on "Honky Tonk Heroes Like Me" and Mary Chapin Carpenter's on "Oh Lonesome Me", she praised the album for the variety of artists and thought that "Same Old Train" was a "grand finale". Joel Bernstein of Country Standard Time gave the album a mostly positive review, as he thought the album had potential to introduce country music standards to a more contemporary audience.
Track listing
Personnel
"Stand by Your Man" Deb Boyle - production coordinator Tony Castle - assistant Blake Chancey - producer Dixie Chicks - performer Emily Erwin - vocals, Dobro Natalie Maines - lead vocals Martie Seidel - vocals, fiddle J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar Rodney Good - recording John Guess - mixing Lloyd Maines - steel guitar George Marinelli - electric guitar Greg Morrow - drums Michael Rhodes - bass guitar, six-string bass Matt Rollings - piano Christopher Rowe - assistant Paul Worley - acoustic guitar, producer
"Mama Tried" Eddie Bayers - drums Mike Brignardello - bass guitar Ricky Cobble - asisstant, mixing Dan Dugmore - steel guitar Koji Egawa - assistant Rich Hanson - assistant Aubrey Haynie - fiddle Julian King - recording George Marinelli - electric guitar Abbe Nameche - production coordinator Doug Rich - production coordinator Matt Rollings - piano John Saylor - assistant Bill Schnee - additional recording James Stroud - producer Randy Travis - vocals, producer Cindy Walker - background vocals Biff Watson - acoustic guitar Curtis Young - background vocals
"Wine, Women, and Song" Chuck Ainlay - recording, mixing Eddie Bayers - drums Steve Crowder - assistant Stuart Duncan - fiddle Steve Gibson - electric guitar Vince Gill - producer John Hughey - steel guitar Patty Loveless - vocals Russ Martin - additional recording Rob McMillan - assistant Jessie Noble - production coordinator Mark Ralston - assistant Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar Dawn Sears - background vocals Jeff White - background vocals Glenn Worf - bass guitar
"I Never Go Around Mirrors" Trace Adkins - vocals, producer Kenny Beard - background vocals Mike Bradley - recording, mixing Stephen Byam - steel guitar, Dobro Mark Capps - assistant Joey Click - bass guitar Deryl Dodd - background vocals Mark Horne - acoustic guitar John Kunz - production coordinator Bob Mummert - drums Scott Neubert - electric guitar Joe Spivey - fiddle Thomas Zeleznik - piano
"Oh Lonesome Me" Chuck Ainlay - recording, mixing Chet Atkins - electric guitar, producer Mary Chapin Carpenter - acoustic guitar, vocals Clarissa Cater - production coordinator Chad Cromwell - drums Vince Gill - electric guitar Tony Green - engineering Clark Hagen - additional recording Mark Knopfler - electric guitar, backing vocals Jason Piske - additional recording Mark Ralston - assistant Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboards John Sayler - assistant Glenn Worf - upright bass Steve Wariner - electric guitar Paul Yandell - acoustic guitar
"Behind Closed Doors" Mike Bradley - recording, mixing Mark Capps - assistant Joe Diffie - vocals, producer Paul Franklin - steel guitar Carl Gorodetzky - string contractor Brent Mason - electric guitar Nashville String Machine - strings Matt Rollings - keyboards Stacey Slate Easterling - production coordinator Johnny Slate - producer Monica Stiles - background vocals Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar Bergen White - string arrangement Hank Williams - digital editing Glenn Worf - bass guitar
"She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)" Bruce Bouton - steel guitar Mike Bradley - mixing, recording Mark Capps - assistant Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar Don Cook - producer Larry Franklin - fiddle Wade Hayes - lead and background vocals, electric guitar Wes Hightower - background vocals John Barlow Jarvis - piano, keyboards Scott Johnson - production coordinator John Kunz - digital editing Liana Manis - background vocals Brent Mason - electric guitar Chick Raines - associate producer Michael Rhodes - bass guitar Dennis Wilson - background vocals Lonnie Wilson - drums
"'Til I Can Make It on My Own" Deb Boyle - production coordinator Joe Chemay - bass guitar Tony Green - assistant Erik Hellerman - assistant B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar Brent Mason - electric guitar Martina McBride - lead and background vocals, producer Steve Nathan - piano Clarke Schleicher - recording, mixing Robby Turner - steel guitar Lonnie Wilson - drums Paul Worley - producer
"Cold, Cold Heart" Deb Boyle - production coordinator Mike Bradley - additional recording Larry Byrom - electric guitar Joe Chemay - bass guitar, background vocals Larry Franklin - fiddle Sonny Garrish - steel guitar Tony Green - assistant Brian Hardin - assistant Ginny Johnson - production coordinator John Kunz -assistant Paul Leim - drums Gene Miller - background vocals Steve Nathan - piano Collin Raye - vocals, producer Clarke Schleicher - mixing Steve Tillisch - recording Biff Watson - acoustic guitar Billy Joe Walker Jr. - producer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Paul Worley - producer
"The Three Bells" Larry Atamanuik - drums Chet Atkins - producer Barry Bales - upright bass, background vocals Ron Block - acoustic guitar Clarissa Cater - production coordinator Thomas Johnson - assistant, recording Alison Krauss - lead vocals, background vocals, strings Hank Nirider - assistant Gary Paczosa - recording, mixing Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboards Dan Tyminski - acoustic guitar, background vocals
"City Lights" Eddie Bayers - drums Steve Buckingham - producer Jennie Carey - production coordinator Paul Franklin - steel guitar Steve Gibson - electric guitar Doug Johnson - producer Anthony Martin - assistant Marshall Morgan - mixing Michael Rhodes - bass guitar Matt Rollings - piano John Wesley Ryles - background vocals Ed Seay - recording Toby Seay - assistant Joe Spivey - fiddle Rick Trevino - vocals
"Honky Tonk Heroes (Like Me)" Deb Boyle - production coordinator Mike Bradley - recording, mixing Joe Chemay - bass guitar J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar Joe Diffie - vocals, producer Sonny Garrish - steel guitar Aubrey Haynie - fiddle John Barlow Jarvis - piano John Kunz - assistant Collin Raye - vocals, producer Biff Watson - acoustic guitar Lonnie Wilson - drums
"Gone Out of My Mind" Eddie Bayers - drums Joe Chemay - bass guitar, background vocals J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar Glen Duncan - fiddle Paul Franklin - steel guitar John Guess - producer John Hobbs - piano Jerry Kennedy - producer Liana Manis - background vocals Doug Stone - vocals Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
"Same Old Train" Jerry Abbott - piano, engineering Steve Arnold - bass guitar Clint Black - vocals Nick Brophy - recording Bob Burns - upright bass Brad Davis - acoustic guitar Joe Diffie - vocals Jerry Douglas - Dobro Glen Duncan - fiddle Stuart Duncan - viola, fiddle Pam Erwin - recording Merle Haggard - vocals Emmylou Harris - vocals Mark Harvey - recording Gary Hogue - steel guitar Alison Krauss - vocals Patty Loveless - vocals Maria-Elena Orbea - production coordinator Earl Scruggs - vocals, banjo Ricky Skaggs - vocals Gregg Stocki - drums Marty Stuart - vocals, producer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin Ernie Sykes - upright bass Jamie Tate - recording, mixing Pam Tillis - vocals Randy Travis - vocals Travis Tritt - vocals Dwight Yoakam - vocals
All tracks Bill Brunt Designs - logo design Don Cobb - digital editing Paige Conners - project coordinator Carlos Grier - digital editing Margie Hunt - executive producer Bill Johnson - art direction Mike Kraski - executive producer Denny Purcell - mastering Laura Putty - sequencing Jonathan Russell - assistant Rollow Welch - art direction
Photography Matt Barnes Gwendolyn Cates Lester Cohen Jeff Kravitz Harry Langdon Bret Lopez Alan Messer John Lee Montgomery III Norman Seeff Rollow Welch
Chart performance Chart (1998) Peak position
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