Big Wide Grin
Big Wide Grin is the sixth studio album by American musician Keb' Mo'. It was released on June 5, 2001, via Okeh Records. Recording sessions took place at Groove Masters and Sony Music Studios in Santa Monica, at A Cut Above Studio in Ventura, and at House of Blues Studios in Encino. Production was handled by Kevin McCormick.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 199 on the Billboard 200 and atop the Billboard Kid Albums charts.
Personnel
- Kevin "Keb' Mo'" Moore – vocals, guitar, harmonica, banjo, keyboards, string synth
- The Family – background vocals
- Alex Brown – background vocals
- Bobette Harrison-Jamison – background vocals
- Randy Phillips – background vocals
- Phillip Ingram – background vocals
- Barbara Morrison – vocals
- Camryn Manheim – background vocals
- Brenda Russell – vocals
- Perla Batalla – background vocals
- Kevin Moore II – background vocals
- Leo Nocentelli – guitar
- Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar, mandola, mandolin
- Charlie Dennis – guitar
- Clayton Gibb – banjo
- Jeff Young – piano, organ, keyboards
- Joellen Friedkin – electric piano, accordion
- "Ready" Freddie Washington – bass
- Kevin McCormick – bass, synth, producer, engineering
- Robert Hurst – upright bass
- Sergio Gonzalez – drums
- Luis Conte – percussion
- Laval Belle – drums
- Gerald Albright – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Roy McCurdy – drums
- Herb Gibson – vibraphone
- Danilo Lozano – flute
- Gabriel D. "Gabe" Veltri – engineering
- Ed Cherney – mixing
- Jim Denis – engineering assistant
- Mark Johnson – engineering assistant
- Bil Lane – engineering assistant
- Samie Barela – engineering assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering
- Robert Hadley – mastering assistant
- Mary Kramer – art direction
- Scott McLean – design
- Carl Studna – photography
- Hillary Bratton – A&R