Billy Joe Walker, Jr.

Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - Universal Language
MCA Master Series MCA-6247 (1988) - US LP

side one

1 - I Can Fly
2 - Quiet In The Night
3 - Roberto
4 - Robin’s Home
5 - It’s Morning

Side Two

6 - Let It Play
7 - Desert Rose
8 - Jazz Age
9 - Dreamworld
10 - Dance This Way

Notes: 1) Above image and following credits were taken from the CD album release on MCA MCAD-6247 (1988). The LP pressing was originally made on premium virgin vinyl records. 2) CD album does not come with track-by-track musician credits. 3) According to pictorial web sources the lettering on the vinyl LP cover is placed slightly differently from that of its CD album counterpart.

Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Synthesizers
Leland Sklar - Bass Guitar
David Hungate - Bass Guitar
Michael Rhodes - Bass Guitar
Joe Chemay - Bass Guitar
Paul Leim - Drums (as Paul Liem)
Russ Kunkel - Drums
Barry Beckett - Keyboards
John Hobbs - Keyboards
Shane Keister - Keyboards
Clayton Ivey - Keyboards
Mike Lawler - Synthesizers
Eddie Bayers - Synthesizers

Produced and arranged by Billy Joe Walker, Jr.

David Humphreys - Drum Programming

Alan Schulman - Recording Engineer
Tom Singers - Recording Engineer
Steve Tillisch - Recording Engineer
Rocky Schnaars - Recording Engineer
Tim Coats - Recording Engineer
Ron Treat - Recording Engineer
Clark Williams - Recording Engineer
Brian Friedman - Recording Engineer
Chuck Ainlay - Mixing Engineer
Marty Williams - Second Engineer
Milan Bogdan - Digital Editing

Recording Studios:
Treehouse Studio, Carthage, TN
Foot Print Studio, Los Angeles
The Money Pit, Nashville
The Loft, Nashville
Top Tracks, Nashville
Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, TN

Mixing Studio:
Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN

Benny Quinn - Mastering Engineer
Chuck Ainlay - Mastering Engineer

Mastering Studio:
Masterfonics

Simon Levy - Art Direction, Illustration
Virginia Team Design - Design
Larry Dixon - Photography

“Mastered by Benny Quinn and Chuck Ainlay at Masterfonics using the JVC Digital Audio Mastering System.”.

“Also available on custom mastered HiQ cassette and premium virgin vinyl records.”.

“Special Thanks to Jimmy Bowen, Tony Brown, Simon Levy, Renee Bell, Jessie Noble, Sally Isaacson, Cornelia Crawford, Lee Groitzsch, Paul Davis, Robert Byrne, Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch, all the excellent musicians, and the wonderful family at MCA Records, and a special thanks to Akai/Lance Johnson for helping with the Treehouse recording equipment.”.

“Music, I believe, is the universal language…the one thing that people all over the world can smile to, come together with, and let the music take them wherever they might care to go. I hope you enjoy the music…Universal Language. // Billy Joe Walker, Jr.”.

Songwriters:
Billy Joe Walker, Jr.
Eddie Bayers

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vinyl LP side one/two breakdown and catalog #: the web



Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - Painting Music
MCA Master Series MCAD-6323 (1989) - US CD

1 - Virago
2 - Paradise Cove
3 - Monkeys And Bears
4 - Candlelight
5 - Two Bunch Palms
6 - Bonin’
7 - Up In My Treehouse
8 - Wonderland Park
9 - Night Tones
10 - Caribbean Magic

Note: CD album does not come with track-by-track musician credits.

Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars
Leland Sklar - Bass Guitar
Michael Rhodes - Bass Guitar
David Hungate - Bass Guitar
Joe Chemay - Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
Rick Marotta - Drums, Percussions
Paul Leim - Drums, Percussions
Mike Lawler - Keyboards, Synthesizers
Shane Keister - Keyboards, Synthesizers
Randy McCormick - Keyboards, Synthesizers
Kevin Maloney - Keyboards, Synthesizers
The A Strings (Conni Ellisor, Ted Madsen, Jim Grosjean, Bob Mason, D. Bergen White) - Strings
Terry Williams - Background Vocals

All songs composed, arranged and produced by Billy Joe Walker, Jr.

D. Bergen White - String Arrangement (4)
David Humphreys - Drum Programming
Marvin Kanarek - Drum Programming

Bob Bullock - Engineer
Willie Pevear - Engineer
Dennis Mayes - Engineer
David Malloy - Engineer
Jim Malloy - Engineer
Tom Singers - Engineer
Russ Martin - Engineer
Michael Spriggs - Engineer
Chuck Ainlay - Mixing Engineer
Marty Williams - Second Engineer

Recording Studios:
Backstage Sound Studio, Nashville, TN
Lions Share Studio, Hollywood, CA
Sound Connection, Nashville, TN
Sprutz Wurks, Franklin, TN
Studio 19, Nashville, TN
Garage Sound Studio, Nashville, TN
The Treehouse Studio, Carthage, TN
The Bungalo, Santa Monica, CA
Emerald Sound Studio, Nashville, TN
Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, TN

Mixing Studio:
Sound Stage Studio

Benny Quinn - Mastering Engineer, CD Master Tape Preparation at Masterfonics
Chuck Ainlay - Mastering Engineer

Mastering Studio:
Masterfonics

Simon Levy - Art Direction, Design
Virginia Team Design - Design
Larry Dixon - Photography
Sharon Orr - Cover Art

“Mastered by Benny Quinn and Chuck Ainlay at Masterfonics using the JVC Digital Audio Mastering System.”.

“Also available on custom mastered HiQ cassette.”.

“Special Thanks to Tony Brown, Jimmy Bowen, Bruce Hinton, Jessie Noble, Bob Bullock, Sally Isaacson, Jim Malloy, Reneé Bell, Simon Levy, Emerald Sound Studio, all the excellent musicians, and the wonderful family at MCA Records. // “Painting Music” was conceived by traveling to different parts of the country - writing about the magic, wonders and beauty of each setting. I hope you enjoy the music. // Billy Joe Walker, Jr.”.

“Gauguin used a paintbrush to capture his impressions of the world around him; Billy Joe Walker, Jr. uses a guitar. Yet both artists portray a world in primary hues, a world where life seems more joyously unexpected than ever before. // In “Painting Music,” Billy Joe Walker’s newest offering, his canvas is the imagination and his palette is filled with chords that bathe the senses in vibrant color. The album proves with an almost playful certainty that Billy has become a master of his exacting craft. // Making vividly visual music is nothing new to him. His previous Master Series albums, “Treehouse” and “Universal Language,” venture deep into the realm of the mind’s eye; his session tracks for such talents as Kim Carnes, Waylon Jennings and Ray Charles weave a strong visual thread into those artists’ efforts. // “Painting Music,” however, goes far beyond anything else Billy has produced to date. Its pulse is the pulse of waves on a Malibu beach, of the rhythmic Caribbean lifestyle, of the mischievous thrust and parry of bonefishing in the Florida Keys. Its songs color those subjects and more in earthy umbers and lush blue-greens. Billy’s guitar work has a sure and sometimes sassy feel that tickles the senses as it touches the heart. // Fusing an uncommon vision with a dollop of elemental magic, Billy Joe Walker’s “Painting Music” is, quite simply, a paean to that finest of all the arts…the art of exuberant living.”.

Songwriter:
Billy Joe Walker, Jr.

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Tracy Byrd

Tracy Byrd - The Truth About Men
RCA BG2 67073 (2003) - US CD

1 - Drinkin’ Bone
2 - You Feel Good
3 - How’d I Wind Up In Jamaica
4 - Tiny Town
5 - The Truth About Men - with Andy Griggs, Blake Shelton and Montgomery Gentry
6 - Making Memories Of Us*
7 - That’s What Keeps Her Getting By
8 - When You Go
9 - Baby Put Your Clothes On
10 - Somewhere I Wanna Go

bonus track

11 - Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo - live version

Notes: 1) CD album does not come with track-by-track musician credits. 2) According to an article on www.noteable.net, Lee was the bass player on the only track recorded in Los Angeles, Rodney Crowell’s “Making Memories Of Us”. This was the first session of the project and when the rest of the recording resumed in Nashville, producer Billy Joe Walker, Jr. and Tracy Byrd brought Lee in for additional sessions. You can read the article - which comes with Tracy Byrd’s appreciation of Lee’s style and session work on the album - here. 3) No engineer is credited for additional recording on track 11. 4) Recording credits for track 11 are somehow mixed-up, still it makes sense to infer that track was recorded live at Far West Rodeo, El Paso, TX and that the engineering done at Our Place Studio, Nashville, TN was only for additional recording and mixing. 5) Since credits for track 11 are separated from the rest in the original CD album notes, they have been kept as such in the following.

Tracy Byrd - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (6, ?)*
Glenn Worf - Bass
John Moore - Bass (11), Background Vocal (11)
Paul Leim - Drums, Percussion
John “J.R.” Robinson - Drums (as “J.R.” John Robinson)
Billy Carpenter - Drums (11)
John Goux - Acoustic Guitar
B. James Lowry - Acoustic Guitar
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar
Britt Godwin - Acoustic Guitar (11)
Troy Lancaster - Electric Guitar
Brent Mason - Electric Guitar
Reggie Young - Electric Guitar
Michael Thompson - Electric Guitar
Carey Stone - Electric Guitar (11)
Dan Dugmore - Steel Guitar, Dobro
Paul Franklin - Steel Guitar
J.D. Maness - Steel Guitar (as Jaydee Maness)
Mark Matoska - Steel Guitar (11)
John Jarvis - B-3 Organ, Synthesizer, Piano
Jim Cox - Piano
John Hobbs - Piano
Randy Dennis - Piano (11)
Stuart Duncan - Fiddle
Aubrey Haynie - Fiddle, Mandolin
Gabe Witcher - Fiddle
John Lee Carpenter - Fiddle (11)
Stacy Clark - Trumpet (also on track 11)
Larry Shelton - Trumpet (also on track 11)
Eric Darken - Percussion
Andy Griggs - Additional Vocal
Troy Gentry & Eddie Montgomery (as Montgomery Gentry) - Additional Vocals
Blake Shelton - Additional Vocal
Lisa Cochran - Background Vocals
Wes Hightower - Background Vocals (also on track 11)
Liana Manis - Background Vocals
John Wesley Riles - Background Vocals
Neil Thrasher - Background Vocals (also on track 11)

Produced by Billy Joe Walker, Jr. and Tracy Byrd

Steve Tillisch - Recording Engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10), Additional Recording Engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Ed Thacker - Recording Engineer (6)
Bob Bullock - Recording Engineer (11), Mixing Engineer (11)
Jason Lefan - Assistant Recording Engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Sam Storey - Assistant Recording Engineer (6)
Ed Seay - Mixing Engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Sean Neff - Assistant Mixing Engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), Assistant (11)

Recording Studios:
Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, TN (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (6)
Far West Rodeo, El Paso, TX (live recording of track 11)
Our Place Studio, Nashville, TN (additional recording on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Mixing Studio:
Our Place Studio (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Benny Quinn - Mastering Engineer

Mastering Studio:
Masterfonics, Nashville, TN

Ginny Johnson-Walker - Production Coordination for Marathon Productions

Management: Carter & Co. Artist Management / P.O. Box 1281195 // Nashville, TN 37212
Booking: William Morris Agency

Wade Hunt - Art Direction
Missy Herrington - Design
Russ Harrington - Photography
Courtney Bentz - Grooming
Jennifer Kemp - Stylist

“Thanks: // I love making my music. I feel fortunate to make a living doing something that I enjoy so much. There are many people other than myself that make this possible and allow it to happen. It is a foundation of sorts. It all starts with a strong family. I have that in my wife Michelle and our three children Evee, Logan and Jared. They allow me to do what I do, they understand why I’m never home on weekends and the summertime, and they are the reason I go on the road and the reason my heart aches when I am gone. I thank them for their forgiveness, love and devotion. // A great record label is something I do not take for granted and RCA records is a great home. Joe Galante gave me the chance to make this record, he and Butch Waugh have always made me feel welcome and confident in what I am doing… Thanks!! Renée and Carole Ann are the best song-girls in the business. Mike Wilson, Keith Gale and staff take those great songs and make them hits (Thanks again for the #1)!! My thanks also to Jon Elliot, Jim Saliby and everyone else at RCA -- y’ all are the best! // The recording process is a lot of fun, but it is also hard work and I could not do it by myself. There are many hours that go into this album project you are holding. My friend and producer, Billy Joe Walker Jr., puts in those hours with Steve Tillisch at his side. Thanks Billy, I never had as much fun making a record! Thanks to Ginny, Steve, Ed and all the songwriters, pickers, and singers that lent me their talents. I would like to thank four singers in particular, my buddies Andy Griggs, Blake Shelton, Troy Gentry and Eddie Montgomery who are the epitome of “The Truth About Men.” // Now that this record is made I have to get on the road to promote it. Greg Oswald and The William Morris Agency find us places to play year after year. You better have a good band when you’re traveling all year. I have my family, “The Only Way to Fly” band, which are Marc, Bubba, Britt, Johnny, Billy, Randy, Cary, Earp, Sarge, Chris, Jimmy, and Tim who make it happen night after night. Thanks, guys! // We need a bus to ride around the country on and we’ve got a beauty thanks to Diamond Coach, Greg and Kylie Earvin. We stay in the black thanks to Debra McCloud and Carol & Olivia, thanks!! // The main reason we go on the road is to see the “Byrdwatchers,” my fans, who have become my friends through the years. You make me and the band feel appreciated. Sharon Eaves deserves the credit for keeping the fan club thriving, thanks to her and her staff. // Thanks to my personal management, Carter and Co., Joe, Mike & Kerri and to Starkeeper, Melissa Miggo!! // Country radio gave me a #1 record in 2002... Thanks for 10+ years of support! // There are many more people to thank like, Lisa at Justin Boots, Edie at Wrangler, Randy at Ranger Boats, Toxey Haas and my buddies at Mossy Oak, Glenn at Ol’ Man Treestands, David Vincent at Takamine, Antone Horton, Shure Microphones, Walter Umphrey, Joe Penland, Tom Flanagan, Bill McNinch and Community Bank, Philpott Motors, Raymond Taylor, Ernie Ball, Ray Benson, Harry Shaw & the AVA’s, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Steinman at Guitar, Banjo Studio, Glen, Diane, & Billy at “The Branding Iron,” Sandy Kelley of Titleist, Yamaha, Starkey Lab, Ultimate Support Systems, and Carvin for everything! // I also want to send a warm thank you to Angela Baker and her husband Ray with Perfect Day. I am proud of what we do for my charity of choice, Children’s Miracle Network, and I would like to thank them and Brenda Drago for their support and the wonderful work they do. // I sincerely hope you enjoy this album as much as I did making it because the ultimate reward for what I do is your satisfaction and happiness when you listen. // Thanks be to God, // T-Byrd (artist formerly known as Tracy Byrd)”.

“Fan Club: Tracy Byrd Int’l Fan Club / P.O. Box 120795 / Nashville,
TN 37203”.

“Fill out our online survey @ www.rigsurvey.com code: 67073”.

www.tracybyrd.com

Songwriters:
Bill Anderson

Casey Beathard
Buddy Cannon

Marla Cannon-Goodman
Rodney Crowell
Bob DiPiero
Michael P. Heeney
Bobby Huff
Tim Johnson
Rory Lee
Tony Martin

Shane Minor
Mark Nesler

Paul Overstreet
Kerry Kurt Phillips
Tom Shapiro
Keith Stegall
Danny Wells

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