Honkytonkville is the twenty-second studio album by American country music singer George Strait, released on June 10, 2003 by MCA Nashville. One of only a few albums of his career not to produce a Number One single, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced the singles "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa", "Cowboys Like Us" and "Desperately", at #11, #2 and #6 respectively on the country charts. "Honk If You Honky Tonk" also charted at #45 based on unsolicited airplay.
"She Used to Say That to Me" was originally recorded by Rick Trevino on his 1995 album, Looking for the Light. "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" was originally recorded by Merle Haggard on his 1986 album Out Among The Stars. "Desperately" was originally recorded by Bruce Robison on his 1998 album Wrapped.
Track listing
Personnel As listed in liner notes.
Musicians George Strait – lead vocals Steve Nathan – keyboards Matt Rollings – keyboards Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars Brent Mason – electric guitars, nylon string guitar Biff Watson – acoustic guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass Eddie Bayers – drums The Nashville String Machine – strings Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor Wes Hightower – background vocals Marty Slayton – background vocals
Production Clay Bradley – A&R direction Mike Owens – A&R direction Tony Brown – producer George Strait – producer, additional recording Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing John Guess – additional recording Lisa Richter – recording assistant Jeff Sochor – recording assistant Patrick Murphy – additional recording assistant, mix assistant Todd Tidwell – additional recording assistant Jesse Benfield – mix assistant Jim Cooley – mix assistant Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) Amy Russell – production coordinator Craig Allen – design Jim Kemp – art direction Tony Baker – photography Robin Geary – hair, make-up Erv Woolsey – management
Chart performance
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Honkytonkville Chart (2003) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 95
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for Honkytonkville Chart (2003) Position US Billboard 200 147 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 18 Chart (2004) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 43
Singles + Chart performance for singles from Honkytonkville Year Single Peak positions US Country US 2003 "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" 11 69 "Cowboys Like Us" 2 38 2004 "Desperately" 6 44
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