Hard Workin' Man (CD - 1993)

Additional personnel includes: Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Danny Parks (acoustic guitar); Danny McBride, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar); Rob Hajacos (fiddle); John Barlow Jarvis (piano, organ); Glenn Worf (bass); Lonnie Wilson (drums); Jimmy Gunn (cabasa); Jim Messina, Dennis Wilson (background vocals).

Recorded at Soundshop Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.

Personnel: Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn (vocals, background vocals); Mark Casstevens (guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin); Danny Parks (acoustic guitar); Danny McBride, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar); Rob Hajacos (fiddle); John Barlow Jarvis, John Jarvis (piano, organ); Lonnie Wilson (drums); Scott Hendricks (cowbells, percussion); Jimmy Gunn (percussion); Dennis Wilson , Arista Tabernacle Choir, Harry Stinson, Jim Messina, John Wesley Ryles, Bill LaBounty (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Scott Hendricks.

Audio Remixers: Scott Hendricks; Brian Tankersley.

Recording information: Soundshop Recording Studios, Nashville, TN.

Photographer: Peter Nash.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Danny Petraitis; Mike Sistad; Joe Tassi; George.

Whether celebrating their blue collar roots, crying them honky tonk blues or living it up while living her down, Brooks & Dunn epitomize the power of modern country pop. Following up on the enthusiastic reception which greeted their debut album BRAND NEW MAN, Brooks & Dunn's HARD WORKIN' MAN is a heady musical mix of whiskey-soaked country ("Heartbroke Out Of My Mind"), western swing ("Texas Women [Don't Stay Lonely Long]"), border town boogie ("Mexican Minutes") and country rock a la Creedence Clearwater ("We'll Burn That Bridge," "Rock My World [Little Country Girl]"). But it is on sorrowful confessionals like their ballads "I Can't Put Out This Fire" and "She Used To Be Mine" that Brooks & Dunn cement their burgeoning reputation for a classic country touch.

The spine label for this CD, BROOKS & DUNN 2, is not the name of this album.

"Hard Workin' Man" won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Country Duo or Group With Vocal." minimize