Double Wide (Uncle Kracker album)
Encyclopedia
Double Wide is rock
/rap artist Uncle Kracker
's debut album. It was released on Lava Records
. The CRIA
certified it platinum in August 2001.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
/rap artist Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker
Matthew Shafer is an American rock musician known as Uncle Kracker. His singles include "Follow Me", "Smile", and "Drift Away". His music was more rap rock-based at the start of his career before turning in a more rock and Top 40 style music direction on later releases.-Biography:Shafer was born...
's debut album. It was released on Lava Records
Lava Records
Lava Records is an American based record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated through Universal Republic Records.-Company history:...
. The CRIA
Canadian Recording Industry Association
Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...
certified it platinum in August 2001.
Track listing
All songs co-written by Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker (credited as Robert Ritchie and Matthew Shafer, respectively), unless noted.- "Intro" – 1:19
- "Better Days" (Kenny OlsonKenny OlsonKenny Olson is a guitarist from the Detroit, Michigan area. He played in Kid Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker Band. Along with Jason Krause, he played guitar on Kid Rock's studio albums Devil Without a Cause , The History of Rock , Cocky , and Kid Rock .Kenny Olson currently lives in Nashville,...
, James Trombly, Ritchie, Shafer) – 4:50 - "What 'Chu Lookin' At?" – 5:12
- "Follow MeFollow Me (Uncle Kracker song)"Follow Me" is a single by Uncle Kracker. It was released in 2001 and went to number one on the ARIA Charts in Australia. It was a huge success, reaching #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and is Uncle Kracker's highest charting song to date. The single also reached #7 on the adult contemporary...
" (Michael BradfordMichael BradfordMichael Bradford was born and raised on Detroit's East Side, an area that was once a working-class neighborhood, but quickly deteriorated into decay after the city's tumultuous riots in 1967....
, Shafer) – 3:35 - "Heaven (featuring ParadimeParadimeParadime, birth name Freddie Beauregard, does the turntables and back up vocals for Kid Rock. He first appeared on the Detroit hip-hop scene in 1991 in the form of a solo album, which sold only a few hundred copies...
and Kid RockKid RockRobert James "Bob" Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations...
)" (Freddie Beauregard, William Maddox, David Moore, Ritchie, Shafer) – 4:19 - "Steaks 'n Shrimp" – 4:13
- "Who's Your Uncle?" (Beauregard, Ritchie, Shafer) – 3:56
- "Whiskey and Water" (Bradford, Ritchie, Shafer) – 4:43
- "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" (Ritchie, Shafer, Trombly) – 4:59
- "Aces & 8's" (Martin Gross, Bradford, Shafer) – 3:53
- "You Can't Take Me" (Bradford, Shafer, Trombly) – 3:16
Personnel
- Jimmie Bones - keyboards, vocals
- Mike Bradford - bass, guitar, programming, vocals (background), producer, engineer, mixing
- Stefanie Eulinberg - drums
- Kid RockKid RockRobert James "Bob" Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations...
- guitar, scratching, drums, programming, vocals, producer, mixing - Jason Krause - guitar
- Jason Montgomery - harmonica
- Kenny Olson - guitar
- Lynn Owsley - pedal steel
- Uncle Kracker - vocals, DJ
Billboard Chart positions
- Follow Me - Adult Contemporary, #7
- Follow Me - Adult Top 40, #1
- Follow Me - The Billboard Hot 100, #5
- Follow Me - Top 40 Adult Recurrents, #1
- Follow Me - Top 40 Mainstream, #3
- Follow Me - Top 40 Tracks, #3