2005 studio album by George Strait
Somewhere Down in Texas is the twenty-third studio album by American country music singer George Strait . This album was released on June 28, 2005 on the MCA Nashville Records label. This album was certified platinum and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 . Singles released from it were, in order: "You'll Be There", which peaked at #4 on Hot Country Songs ; "She Let Herself Go", which became Strait's 40th Billboard Number One hit on the country charts; and a cover of Merle Haggard 's "The Seashores of Old Mexico ", which peaked at #11. "Texas" also charted at #35 on Hot Country Songs from unsolicited airplay.
The album's titled track was played in a video retrospective to former professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin that appeared as the last chapter of the same name in the DVD, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time .
In 2005, the Country Music Association named "Good News, Bad News" the musical event of the year.[11]
Track listing [ edit ] Title Writer(s) 1. "If the Whole World Was a Honky Tonk" Bryan Simpson , Ashley Gorley , Wade Kirby4:07 2. "Somewhere Down in Texas" Dana Hunt Black, Tim Ryan Rouillier , Charlie Black 3:55 3. "The Seashores of Old Mexico " Merle Haggard 4:11 4. "You'll Be There " Cory Mayo 4:18 5. "High Tone Woman" Leslie Satcher , Rouillier2:52 6. "Good News, Bad News" (with Lee Ann Womack ) Dean Dillon , Dale Dodson, Lee Ann Womack 3:22 7. "Oh, What a Perfect Day" Monty Holmes , Buddy Brock , Jeff Silvey3:29 8. "Texas" Steven Dale Jones, Phillip White 3:04 9. "Ready for the End of the World" Clint Daniels , Tony Martin 3:51 10. "She Let Herself Go " Dillon, Kerry Kurt Phillips 3:18 11. "By the Light of a Burning Bridge" Walt Aldridge , Michael White 3:17
Personnel [ edit ] George Strait – lead vocals, backing vocals (3) Steve Nathan – Hammond B3 organ (1, 2, 5, 8-11), Wurlitzer electric piano (3), acoustic piano (7) Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (1-6, 8, 10, 11), synthesizers (7) Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar (1, 8, 10, 11), electric guitar (2-9) Brent Mason – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), nylon string guitar (3), acoustic guitar (6) Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (1-5, 7-11), gut-string guitar (6) Paul Franklin – steel guitar Stuart Duncan – fiddle (1, 2, 3, 5-11), mandolin (3, 4) Glenn Worf – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 6-11), upright bass (5) Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (3) Eddie Bayers – drums Casey Wood – percussion (4) The Nashville String Machine – strings (2, 3, 4, 6) Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor (2, 3, 4, 6) Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (2, 3, 4, 6) Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7-11) Marty Slayton – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7-11) Jaime Babbitt – backing vocals (4) Bob Bailey – backing vocals (4) Lisa Cochran – backing vocals (4) Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (4) Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (4) Lee Ann Womack – lead vocals (6) Production [ edit ] Tony Brown – producer George Strait – producer, additional recording (3) Chuck Ainlay – recording, additional recording (2) Kyle Lehning – mixing, additional recording (3, 4, 6) Leslie Richter – recording assistant Steve Marcantonio – additional recording Rich Hanson – additional recording (1), mix assistant Bob Bullock – additional recording (4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11) Richie Biggs – additional recording (7, 8) Casey Wood – additional recording assistant (3, 6), additional recording (4), mix assistant Todd Tidwell – additional recording assistant (4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11) Robert Hadley – mastering Doug Sax – mastering The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Amy Russell – production coordinator Craig Allen – art direction, design Tony Baker – photography Terry Calonge – photography Peter Nash – photography Mark Tucker – photography Erv Woolsey – management Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
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