Comin' to Your City
Comin' to Your City is the second studio album by American country music duo Big & Rich, released in 2005. It features the hit singles "Comin' to Your City", "Never Mind Me", and "8th of November", which peaked at number 21, number 34, and number 18 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. Target offered an exclusive deluxe edition of the album which featured a bonus DVD of Big & Rich's performance at the 2005 CMA Music Festival.
The title track has become the official theme song of College Gameday, albeit with different lyrics that talk about specific college football teams. Cowboy Troy appears in the revamped version and the corresponding video. The track "I Pray for You" was one of the first songs which Big Kenny and John Rich wrote together. Prior to the duo's inception, both singers included it on their respective solo albums, which were both recorded in 1999, with the former released in 2005 and the latter in 2006. Rich's solo rendition was also released as a single in 2000, peaking at No. 58 on the country charts.
Track listing
In later presses of the album, "8th of November" was split into two tracks: one for Kris Kristofferson's opening and another for the song itself.Personnel
Big & Rich- Big Kenny – vocals
- John Rich – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Max Abrams – saxophone
- Sam Bacco – percussion
- Brian Barnett – drums, percussion
- Dennis Burnside – keyboards, synthesizer
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Mike Johnson – steel guitar
- Wayne Killius – drums
- Howard Laravea – Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer, piano
- Carig Nelson – bass guitar
- Matt Pierson – bass guitar
- Mike Rojas – keyboards, piano, synthesizer, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
- Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar
- Ron Sobro – percussion
- Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
- Justin Tockett – bass guitar
- Paul Worley – electric guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, banjo, mandolin, Dobro, cello, harp, octophone
- Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, David Davidson, David Angell, Catherine Umstead, Cate Myer, Zeneba Bowers, Erin Hall, Denise Baker, Carolyn Bailey, Gerald Greer, chris teal, Janet Askey, Karen Winkleman – violins
- Gary Vanosdale, Kathryn Plummer, Monisa Angell, Kris Wilkinson – violas
- John Catchings, Felix Wang, Sarighani Reist Acro – cellos