Tradition Lives
Tradition Lives is a 2016 studio album by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in 2016 on Row Entertainment.
Content
The album includes the track "There Won't Be Another Now", a cover of a Merle Haggard song from his 1985 album Kern River. Chesnutt had recorded the song several years prior and had not intended for it to be an album, but chose to include it because the album had been released shortly after Haggard's death.Critical reception
of AllMusic wrote "Throughout the album, Chesnutt keeps things simple, spare, and easy, keeping the focus on the song and the instrumental interplay — the very things that make for great country, of which this is proudly part of that long tradition."Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.- Mark Chesnutt – lead vocals
- Jim "Moose" Brown – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
- Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Jimmy Ritchey – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tic-tac bass
- Mike Johnson – dobro, steel guitar
- Michael Rhodes – bass
- Glenn Worf – bass, upright bass
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Wes Hightower – backing vocals
Production
- Jimmy Ritchey – producer
- Ed Seay – tracking engineer, overdubs, mixing, editing
- Jake Burns – tracking assistant, overdubs, editing
- Derek Parnell – tracking assistant
- Erik Hellerman – overdubs, editing
- Tim Roberts – overdubs, editing
- Jason Waite – cover photography
- Mary Sue Englund – album design
- Mike McCary – cover design