Recording history

It was recorded in December 2009 and January 2010 at Levon Helm's

Levon Helm

Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....

 studio in Woodstock, NY. The band members at the time of recording included Whitey Morgan (Eric David Allen) on Vocals, Acoustic and 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...

, Benny James Vermelyen on Guitar and vocals, Tamineh Gueramy on Fiddle, Jeremy Mackinder on Bass, and Mike Popovich on the Drum Kit. Guest musicians on the album include multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell

Larry Campbell

Larry W. Campbell was the 37th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently a member of the Canadian Senate. Starting in 1969 Campbell worked for the RCMP in Vancouver and then in 1973 as a member of the Drug Squad...

 performing pedal steel guitar

Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...

 on two tracks. The album was released in the United States on 12 October 2010, and it debuted at #64 on the Billboard Country Album Charts

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

.

Artistic production

The album design, layout, and photography was done by MPopovich.

Track listing

1. Bad News (John D. Loudermilk

John D. Loudermilk

John D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...

)

2. Turn Up the Bottle

3. Memories Cost A Lot (Billy Don Burns)

4. Buick City

5. Meanest Jukebox in Town (Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck was the legal name of Donald Eugene Lytle , a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It"...

)

6. Cheaters Always Lose

7. Hard Scratch Pride

8. Honky Tonk Queen

9. Where Do Ya Want It? (Dale Watson

Dale Watson (singer)

Dale Watson is an American alternative country/Texas Country singer, guitarist and songwriter based in Austin, Texas. He's positioned himself as a tattooed, stubbornly independent outsider who is interested in recording authentic country music...

)

10. I Ain’t Drunk

11. Long Road Home

Reviews

Thom Jurek at allmusic claims, "The highest points here are Morgan's own songs: they are disciplined, often clever, and always written to be played by this particular band live and without compromise." Furthermore, the album earned four out of five stars in the All Music rating system. Country Music Chicago heralds Whitey Morgan as a "country music’s next renaissance man" in a January 2011 article.

Chart performance

Chart (2010)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	64
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	48