Expédition Nothin But the Taillights by Clint Black NEUF

Tracks:
Nothin But the Taillights
That Something in My Life
Our Kind of Love - (featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station)
Loosen up My Strings
Still Holding On
Something That We Do
Shoes Youre Wearing, The
You Dont Need Me Now
What I Feel Inside
You Know It All
Ode to Chet
Bitter Side of Sweet

Performer Notes:

• Personnel includes: Clint Black (vocals, acoustic & electic guitars, harmonica); Ronn Huff (conductor); Martina McBride (vocals); Dean Parks, Fred Tackett, Larry Byrom, Skip Ewing (acoustic guitar); Chet Atkins, Dann Huff, Steve Wariner, Larry Carlton, Mark Knopfler, Hayden Nicholas (guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Stuart Duncan (mandolin); The London Session Orchestra (strings); Stuart Duncan, Julianna Waller (fiddle); Robbie Buchanan (piano, keyboards); Matt Rollings (piano); Lee Sklar, Michael Rhodes, Mike Brignardello (bass); Eddie Bayers, John Robinson (drums); Alison Kraus & Union Station.
• Alison Kraus & Union Station: Alison Kraus (fiddle, viola, background vocals); Dan Tyminski (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Ron Block (acoustic guitar); Adam Steffey (mandolin); Barry Bales (acoustic bass).
• Engineers: Kevin Beamish, Julian King, Gary Paczosa.
• "Something That We Do" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. "Still Holding On" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
• "Nothin But The Taillights" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
• Personnel: Clint Black (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, background vocals); Chet Atkins, Hayden Nicholas, Larry Carlton, Mark Knopfler, Steve Wariner (guitar); Dan Tyminski (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Dean Parks, Ron Black, Larry Byrom, Skip Ewing, Fred Tackett (acoustic guitar); Dann Huff (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Stuart Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Adam Steffey (mandolin); Alison Krauss (fiddle, viola, background vocals); Julianna Waller (fiddle); London Session Orchestra (strings); Robbie Buchanan (piano, keyboards); Matt Rollings (piano); Barry Bales (acoustic bass); John "J.R." Robinson , Eddie Bayers (drums); Steve Real (background vocals).
• Audio Mixer: Julian King.
• Recording information: Blacks Lab; Conway Studios; LOUD Recording; Sixteenth Avenue Sound; Starstruck Studios; Westlake studios.
• Arranger: Ronn Huff.
• On his eighth album, Clint Black, the thinking mans country celeb, is at his most dynamic. He moves energetically through a repertoire ranging from uptempo country rockers such as the title track to expédition sweet, romantic ballads like "That Something in My Life," with endless surprises in between, including the bluesy "Bitter Side of Sweet." Some of the best material here is collaborative; "Our Kind of Love," with the assistance of Alison Krauss and Union Station, effectively examines the bluegrass roots of country music, and Black and Krausss harmonies are particularly wonderful. One of the most spectacular songs on NOTHIN BUT THE TAILLIGHTS is the totally acoustic, low-key "Ode to Chet," which features some of country musics best guitar players, including Chet Atkins himself.

Professional Reviews: Entertainment Weekly (8/15/97, p.75) - "...Other than the spirited title tune and a bluegrass ballad with Alison Krauss, this is the dullest set of songs since, well, his last album." - Rating: C+

Producer: Clint Black, James Stroud

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Alison Krauss; Chet Atkins; Skip Ewing; Mark Knopfler; Stuart Duncan; Martina McBride; Steve Wariner; Alison Krauss And Union Station

Release Date: 12 August, 1997

Label: RCA

Dimensions: 14 x 12.5 x 1.1 centimeters (0.10 kg)