Chris Young (CD - 2006)

Personnel: Chris Young (vocals); B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar); Phillip Moore, Kenny Greenberg, Pat Buchanan (electric guitar); Scotty Sanders (steel guitar, dobro); Rob Hajacos (fiddle); Terry McMillan (harmonica); Randy McCormick (piano, keyboards); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano); Larry Paxton (bass instrument); Lonnie Wilson, Paul Leim (drums); Thomas Flora, Curtis Wright, John Wesley Ryles, Wes Hightower, Liana Manis, Wyatt Beard, Buddy Cannon (background vocals); John Willis (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon-string guitar); David Talbot (banjo); Eric Darken (percussion).

Audio Mixer: Bill Decker.

Liner Note Author: Judy Forde Blair.

Recording information: Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN; Quad Studios, Nashville, TN; Sound Shop Studios; Starstruck Studios; Westwood Sound Studio, Nashville, TN.

Photographer: Russ Harrington.

Winner of the first season of the country singing competition Nashville Star, Chris Young makes a seamless transition from TV to record with his self-titled debut--a solid, rock-influenced country album that features a number of songs co-written by Young himself. Highlights include the excellent first single "Drinkin' Me Lonely" and the stomping country rocker "Beer or Gasoline," which Young delivers with Toby Keith-style one-of-the-guys bravado. minimize