Feelin' Good Train is the third studio album released by American country music

Country music

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 artist Sammy Kershaw

Sammy Kershaw

Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw is an American country music artist. A third cousin of Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw and ex-husband of Lorrie Morgan, he has been active in country music since 1991. He has released ten studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications...

. It was released in 1994 (see 1994 in country music

1994 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1994.-Events:* January 8 — Star, Mississippi, native Faith Hill hits paydirt with her first single release, "Wild One." The song spends four weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, the...

) on Mercury Records

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. The album produced four singles for Kershaw on the Billboard

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country charts. The first two singles were "National Working Woman's Holiday" and a cover of the Amazing Rhythm Aces

Amazing Rhythm Aces

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' "Third Rate Romance", both of which peaked at #2. Following it were "Southbound" at #27 and "If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl" at #18. Also included on this album is the track "Never Bit a Bullet Like This", a duet with George Jones

George Jones

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 which was previously released from his 1993 album High-Tech Redneck.

Track listing

1. "Feelin' Good Train" (Al Anderson
   Al Anderson (NRBQ)
   Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
   
   , Mike Lawler) – 3:34
2. "Third Rate Romance
   Third Rate Romance
   "Third Rate Romance" is the title of a song recorded by the American country rock band Amazing Rhythm Aces on its 1975 album Stacked Deck. It was the band's debut single, reaching #11 on the U.S...
   
   " (Russell Smith
   Russell Smith (singer)
   Russell Smith is an American country music singer-songwriter. Formerly the lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Smith launched a solo country music career in 1984. He was signed by Epic Records in 1988, who released his debut album, This Little Town, the following year...
   
   ) – 3:21
3. "If You Ever Come This Way Again" (Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...
   
   , Donny Kees) – 3:19
4. "National Working Woman's Holiday
   National Working Woman's Holiday
   "National Working Woman's Holiday" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in June 1994 as the lead-off single from his 1994 album Feelin' Good Train...
   
   " (James Dean Hicks, Roger Murrah
   Roger Murrah
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   , Pat Terry) – 3:09
5. "Southbound" (Mac McAnally
   Mac McAnally
   Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
   
   ) – 4:31
6. "Better Call a Preacher" (Sammy Kershaw, Steven D. Cohen, Rick Lagneaux) – 2:30
7. "Paradise from Nine to One" (Rick Bowles, Pat Bunch, Josh Leo
   Josh Leo
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   ) – 3:39
8. "Too Far Gone to Leave" (Rock Killough, Larry T. Wilson) – 2:50
9. "If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl" (Larry Bastian, Buddy Cannon
   Buddy Cannon
   Buddy Cannon is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Active since the late 1970s, he is known primarily for his work as Kenny Chesney's record producer, for which he won the Academy of Country Music's Producer of the Year award in 2006.Along with Bill Anderson and Jamey...
   
   ) – 2:18
10. "The Heart That Time Forgot" (Tony Martin
    Tony Martin (songwriter)
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    , Sterling Whipple) – 3:07
11. "Never Bit a Bullet Like This" (Jim Foster, Mark C. Petersen) – 2:21
    • duet with George Jones
      George Jones
      George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
      
      

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• David Briggs - piano
  Piano
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• Gary Burr
  Gary Burr
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   - background vocals on "Third Rate Romance"
• Mike Chapman - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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   on "Never Bit a Bullet Like This"
• Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Mike Chapman - bass guitar
• Mike Lawler - keyboards
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• Paul Leim - drums
• Mac McAnally
  Mac McAnally
  Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
  
   - background vocals on "Southbound"
• 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
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   on "Never Bit a Bullet Like This"
• Joey Miskulin
  Joey Miskulin
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   - accordion
  Accordion
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• Danny Parks - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Russell Smith - background vocals on "Third Rate Romance"
• Jo-El Sonnier
  Jo-El Sonnier
  Jo-El Sonnier is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the Billboard country charts in the late 1970s...
  
   - accordion
• Cindy Richardson Walker - background vocals
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson - drums on "Never Bit a Bullet Like This"
• Curtis Young - background vocals
• Reggie Young - electric guitar

Strings by The Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine

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conducted by Carl Gorodetzky

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	73
Canadian RPM Country Albums	2