Life Happened (CD - 2002)

Personnel: Tammy Cochran (vocals); Biff Watson, Richard Bennett (acoustic guitar); Steve Gibson (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (electric & steel guitars); Glen Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); John Jarvis, Steve Nathan (keyboards); Joe Chemey (bass); Paul Leim (drums, percussion).

Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios, Westwood Studio, Nashville, Tennessee.

Personnel: Billy Joe Walker, Jr. (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); James Lowry, Richard Bennett , Biff Watson, Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); Dan Dugmore (electric guitar, steel guitar); David Grissom, Reggie Young , Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Randy Kohrs (dobro); Glen Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Jim Grosjean, Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin (violin); Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Robert Mason (cello); John Jarvis, Steve Nathan (piano, keyboards); Matt Rollings (piano); Tony Harrell (synthesizer); Eric Darken (vibraphone, congas, tambourine); Glenn Worf, Joe Chemay (bass guitar); Paul Leim (drums, percussion); Eddie Bayers (drums); Curtis Young, Dennis Wilson , Jason Sellers, Lisa Cochran, Melodie Crittenden, Neil Thrasher, Anthony Martin, Wes Hightower, Russell Terrell (background vocals).

Audio Mixers: Ed Seay; George Massenburg.

Recording information: Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, TN; Our Place Studio, Nashville, TN; Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN; Westwood Sound Studio, Nashville, TN.

Photographer: Dorothy Low.

While Tammy Cochran's 2001 debut album rocketed her into the upper echelon of contemporary country stars, she's no Janie-come-lately; she'd been polishing her craft for years before she landed her record deal. And unlike many country-pop singers whose careers and songs are all crafted to order for them, Cochran started out in the business as a songwriter for other artists. All that work and apprenticeship served her in good stead, as LIFE HAPPENED is populated not only by the work of Nashville writers-for-hire, but by tunes from Cochran's own pen. Not that there's much cause to complain about songs by the likes of ex-NRBQ guitarist Al Anderson, but Cochran's own mournful, bittersweet slow-burner "I Used to be That Woman" and the dark, moody domestic violence account "Dead of the Night" are undeniable highlights here. minimize