A Thousand Winding Roads is the debut album of American

United States

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 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Joe Diffie

Joe Diffie

Joe Logan Diffie is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced ", "Third Rock from the Sun",...

. The album's title is derived from a line in its lead-off single "Home", which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks #now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

# charts in late 1990. Other singles from this album include "If You Want Me To" ##2# "If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets" ##1#, and "New Way #To Light Up an Old Flame#" ##2#.

1. 1. Track listing##
2. "Home" #Fred Lehner, Andy Spooner# – 3:20
3. "If the Devil Danced #In Empty Pockets#" #Ken Spooner, Kim Williams# – 2:45
4. "If You Want Me To
   If You Want Me To
   "If You Want Me To" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Joe Diffie. It was released in December 1990 as the second single from his debut album, A Thousand Winding Roads...
   
   " #Joe Diffie, Larry Williams# – 3:42
5. "New Way #To Light Up an Old Flame#" #Joe Diffie, Lonnie Wilson# – 2:42
6. "There Goes the Neighborhood" #Bill C. Graham, Alan Laney
   Alan Laney
   -Life:Alan Laney is a native of east Tennessee, where as a teenager, he sang and played in local "Country" and "Bluegrass" bands before attending college. He is a U.S. Army veteran 1971-74, and has worked as a herdsman and ranch manager in the cattle business, and served as captain over Crime...
   
   , Tommy Dodson# – 3:14
7. "Almost Home" #Larry Williams, Johnny Slate# – 3:17
8. "I Ain't Leavin' 'Til She's Gone" #Diffie, Wilson, Wayne Perry# – 3:04
9. "Coolest Fool in Town" #Randy Boudreaux
   Randy Boudreaux
   Randy Boudreaux is a producer and songwriter of country music.-Early life:Boudreaux grew up in Southern, Louisiana and early in his career, performed in honky tonks all over Louisiana and the south...
   
   # – 3:25
10. "Liquid Heartache "#Diffie, Red Lane# – 2:59
11. "Stranger in Your Eyes" #Joe Chambers, Max D. Barnes
    Max D. Barnes
    Max D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career...
    
    , Larry Jenkins# – 2:45

1. 1. Personnel##
      • Mike Chapman – bass guitar
        Bass guitar
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      • Walt Cunningham – synthesizer
        Synthesizer
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      • Joe Diffie – lead vocals, background vocals
      • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
        Steel guitar
        Steel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
        
        , Dobro
        Dobro
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      • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
        Fiddle
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      • Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar
        Acoustic guitar
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      • Brent Mason
        Brent Mason
        Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
        
         – electric guitar
        Electric guitar
        An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
        
        
      • Tim Mensy
        Tim Mensy
        Timmie Menzies is an American country music artist known as Tim Mensy. Initially, he was a member of the band Bandana, in which he charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the 1980s...
        
         – electric guitar
      • Johnny Neel – background vocals
      • Ron Oates – keyboards
        Keyboard instrument
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      • Dave Pomeroy
        Dave Pomeroy
        Dave Pomeroy is a United States musician, known as a Nashville vocalist, songwriter, and producer , but is best known as a bassist. He has played electric and acoustic bass in the studio for many recording artists in addition to his solo and concert work...
        
         – bass guitar
      • Matt Rollings
        Matt Rollings
        Matt Rollings is an American composer, musician and record producer. He plays piano, organ, and keyboards.Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, he has worked with many artists, not all country...
        
         – keyboards
      • Mike Severs – mandolin
        Mandolin
        A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
        
        , acoustic guitar
      • Lonnie Wilson – drums
        Drum kit
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        , background vocals
      • Gene Eichelberger – engineer, mixing
      • Shawn McClean – assistant engineer
      • Cathy Moore – production assistant

1. 1. Chart performance##

      Chart #1990#	Peak position
      U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	23

1. 1. References##
      • [ A Thousand Winding Roads] at Allmusic
      • Liner notes to A Thousand Winding Roads, Epic Records, 1990