Next Big Thing
Next Big Thing is the tenth studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 2003 on MCA Nashville, and it features four singles: the title track, "Someday", "Young Man's Town", and "In These Last Few Days". These respectively reached #17, #31, #44 and #51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2003.
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.- Vince Gill – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- John Hobbs – keyboards, string arrangements
- Pete Wasner – keyboards
- Jim Hoke – accordion, autoharp, harmonica
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Dean Parks – electric guitar
- Al Anderson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Tom Britt – slide guitar
- John Hughey – steel guitar
- Willie Weeks – bass guitar
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Kirk Whalum – alto saxophone
- Jim Horn – baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
- Steve Herrman – trombone
- Charles Rose – trumpet
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
- Bekka Bramlett
- Billy Thomas
- Harry Stinson
- Jeff White
- Andrea Zonn
- Michael McDonald
- Kim Keyes
- Emmylou Harris
- Dawn Sears
- Jenny Gill
- Leslie Satcher
- Lee Ann Womack
- Amy Grant
Production
- Vince Gill – producer, art direction
- Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
- David Bryant – recording assistant
- Sang Park – mix assistant
- Steve Bishir – overdub recording
- Steve Marcantonio – overdub recording
- J.C. Monterrosa – overdub recording assistant
- Hank Nirider – overdub recording assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab
- Traci Sterling Bishir – production manager
- Michelle Bentrem – production managing assistant
- Jim Kemp – art direction
- Karen Naff – design
- Andrew Eccles – photography
- Trish Townsend – wardrobe stylist
- Mary Beth Felts – hair, make-up
- The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management