I See It Now (CD - 1994)

Personnel: Tracy Lawrence, John Anderson (vocals); Joe Spivey (acoustic guitar, fiddle); Larry Byrom (acoustic guitar); Dann Huff (electric guitar); Brent Rowan, Chris Luezinger (guitar); Sonny Garrish (steel & pedal steel guitars); Paul Franklin (steel guitar, dobro, Pedabro); Steve Nathan (piano, keyboards); Dennis Burnside (piano); Glenn Worf, Willie Weeks (bass); Eddie Bayers, James Stroud (drums); Curtis Young, Vickie Hampton, Kimberly Fleming, Dennis Wilson, Donna McElroy (background vocals); Terry McMillan.

Producers: James Stroud, Tracy Lawrence, Flip Anderson.

Recorded at Emerald Sound Studio, Loud Recording and The Music Mill, Nashville, Tennessee.

Personnel: Joe Spivey (guitar, acoustic guitar, fiddle); Chris Luezinger, Brent Rowan (guitar); Larry Byrom (acoustic guitar); Dann Huff (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar, dobro); Sonny Garrish (steel guitar); Terry McMillan (harmonica, percussion); Steve Nathan (piano, keyboards); Dennis Burnside (piano); James Stroud, Eddie Bayers (drums); Curtis Young, Dennis Wilson , Donna McElroy, Vicki Hampton, Kim Fleming (background vocals).

Audio Mixers: Lynn Peterzell; Butch Carr.

Recording information: Emerald Sound Studio; LOUD Recording; Music Mill.

Unknown Contributor Role: Sonny Garrish.

Upon leaving the studio, after wrapping up the final touches to his debut album, Tracy Lawrence was shot by attackers on a Nashville street. Ironically, the incident set him apart from the countless other good-looking, Stetson-crowned musicians who were vying for the press's attention at the time.

Three albums into a short, but very succesful career, I SEE IT NOW, brings Lawrence to a fiddle and steel-soaked traditional high-point. Replete with those cute lyrical twists for which country music is famous, "I've got a feelin' she ain't feelin' what I'm feelin' anymore" and "I'm goin' on a guilt trip draggin' all the baggage she left behind," I SEE IT NOW is Lawrence at his straight-ahead traditional best.

John Anderson joins Tracy for a raucous, redneck rave-up, "Hillbilly With A Heartache." They share vocals and vocal styles, and their indistinguishable parts are even more remarkable because Anderson has such a distinctive style. Another highlight is the country-waltz title track with its uniquely melodic chorus.

Nowadays, the bullet Tracy Lawrence is taking is the one driving I SEE IT NOW up the charts. minimize