Carrying On
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Carrying On is the second album by 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...

 duo Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...

. It was released in 2001 (see 2001 in country music
2001 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2001.-Top hits of the year:The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2001:-Top new album releases:...

). Certified gold in the United States, the album produced only two singles: "She Couldn't Change Me" and "Cold One Comin' On", which respectively reached #2 and #23 on the 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.

Track listing

  1. "She Couldn't Change Me
    She Couldn't Change Me
    "She Couldn't Change Me" is a song written by Gary Nicholson and Chris Knight and recorded by country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in February 2001 as the lead-off single from their album Carrying On...

    " (Gary Nicholson, Chris Knight
    Chris Knight (musician)
    Chris Knight is a singer and songwriter from Kentucky. He only recently came to national attention, but has written songs for Confederate Railroad, John Anderson, and Randy Travis among others...

    ) - 4:20
  2. "My Father's Son" (Scooter Carusoe, Dan Colehour) - 4:45
  3. "The Fine Line" (Anthony L. Smith, Rick Tiger) - 3:51
  4. "Cold One Comin' On" (Michael Huffman, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis) - 5:10
  5. "While the World Goes Down the Drain" (Jim Rushing, Keith Swell) - 4:05
  6. "Hellbent on Saving Me" (Wendell Mobley, Gordon Bradberry) - 3:19
  7. "Carrying On" (Anthony Smith, Bobby Terry, Kevin Brandt) - 3:43
  8. "I'm a Ramblin' Man
    I'm a Ramblin' Man
    "I'm a Ramblin' Man" is the title of a song written by Ray Pennington and performed by Waylon Jennings. "I'm a Ramblin' Man" would be Waylon Jennings' second number one on the country chart...

    " (Ray Pennington) - 3:13
  9. "Black Jack Fletcher and Mississippi Sam" (Ronny Scaife, Phil Thomas, Don Scaife) - 3:52
  10. "Lucky to Be Here" (Kenny Beard, Eddie Montgomery, Troy Gentry) - 3:23
  11. "Too Hard to Handle, Too Free to Hold" (George Molton) - 5:08
  12. "Tried and True" (Matt Hendrix, Clay Davidson
    Clay Davidson
    Clay Davidson is an American country music artist. He signed to Virgin Records' Nashville division in late 1999, Davidson released his debut album Unconditional on April 11, 2000. Its title track was a top 5 hit for him on the Billboard country charts, and the album produced two more Top 30 hits...

    ) - 5:43

Album

Chart (2001) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 6
U.S. Billboard 200 49

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country
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...

US
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

2001 "She Couldn't Change Me" 2 37
"Cold One Comin' On" 23

Musicians

  • Larry Beaird – banjo
    Banjo
    In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

  • Eric Darken – percussion
  • Dan Dugmore – 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...

    , electric Dobro
    Dobro
    Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...

  • Glen Duncan – fiddle
    Fiddle
    The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...

    , 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...

  • Paul Leim – drums, percussion
  • Chris Leuzinger – 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...

  • Gary Lunn – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Anthony Martin – background vocals
  • Eddie Montgomery – vocals
  • Steve Nathan – piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

    , Hammond B-3 organ
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  • Joe Scaife – background vocals
  • Randy Sorrells – steel guitar
  • Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...


Technical

  • David Bryant – assistant engineer
  • Jim Burnett – editing
  • Marina Chavez – photography
  • Greg Fogie – assistant engineer
  • Randy LeRoy – editing
  • Steve Marcantonio – engineer, mixing
  • Anthony Martin – associate producer
  • Glen Rose – photography
  • Joe Scaife – producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

  • Ronnie Thomas – editing
  • Rollow Welch – art direction
  • Hank Williams – mastering
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