Walk the Plank is the second studio album from the American country music

Country music

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 band Pirates of the Mississippi

Pirates of the Mississippi

Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson...

. Released in 1991 on Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 Nashville, it features the singles "Fighting for You", "Till I'm Holding You Again", and "Too Much", which was co-written by Lee Roy Parnell

Lee Roy Parnell

Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music artist. Active since 1990, he has recorded eight studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...

 and Guy Clark

Guy Clark

Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....

. These singles respectively reached #41, #22, and #37 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts.

Track listing

1. "Too Much" (Guy Clark
   Guy Clark
   Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....
   
   , Lee Roy Parnell
   Lee Roy Parnell
   Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music artist. Active since 1990, he has recorded eight studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
   
   ) – 3:03
2. "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way" (Roger Murrah
   Roger Murrah
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   , Bill McCorvey, Rich Alves) – 4:15
3. "Till I'm Holding You Again" (Larry Gottlieb
   Larry Gottlieb
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   , McCorvey, Alves) – 3:20
4. "Georgia Peaches" (McCorvey, Alves) – 3:08
5. "Fighting for You" (Murrah, McCorvey) – 3:18
6. "This Ain't the Denver I Remember" (McCorvey, Alves, Paul Nelson) – 3:01
7. "Nashville Nights/Redneck Blues" (McCorvey, Alves) – 11:09
8. "The Storm" (Alves, McCorvey) – 3:46
9. "Uncommon Man" (McCorvey, Alves, Gary Harrison) – 3:48
10. "Honky Tonk Highway" (McCorvey, Alves, Steve Dean) – 5:04

Personnel

• Rich Alves – guitar
  Guitar
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  s, background vocals
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• Jimmy Lowe – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
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• Bill McCorvey – guitars, lead vocals
  Singing
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• Pat Severs – steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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  , Dobro
  Dobro
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• Dean Townson – bass guitar
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  , background vocals

Strings

String section

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on "Fighting for You" performed by John Kelton.

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	39
Canadian RPM Country Albums	26