Comin' to Your City

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Released November 15, 2005 Length 48:42 Release date 15 November 2005		Recorded 2005 Artist Big & Rich Label Warner Bros. Records

Comin' to Your City(2005) Rolling Stone Original (EP)(2005) Genres Country music, Country rock Producers Big Kenny, John Rich, Paul Worley Similar Between Raising Hell and, Horse of a Different Color, Hillbilly Jedi, Big & Rich : Greatest Hits, Gravity

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Comin' to Your City is the second studio album by the country music duo Big & Rich, released in 2005. It features the hit singles "Comin' to Your City", "Never Mind Me", and "8th of November", which peaked at number 21, number 34, and number 18 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. Target offered an exclusive deluxe edition of the album which featured a bonus DVD of Big & Rich's performance at the 2005 CMA Music Festival.

The title track has become the official theme song of College Gameday, albeit with different lyrics that talk about specific college football teams. Cowboy Troy appears in the revamped version and the corresponding video. The track "I Pray for You" was one of the first songs which Big Kenny and John Rich wrote together. Prior to the duo's inception, both singers included it on their respective solo albums (Big Kenny's Live a Little and Rich's Underneath the Same Moon), which were both recorded in 1999, with the former released in 2005 and the latter in 2006. Rich's solo rendition was also released as a single in 2000, peaking at No. 58 on the country charts.

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Track listing

In later presses of the album, "8th of November" was split into two tracks: one for Kris Kristofferson's opening and another for the song itself.

Big & Rich

Big Kenny – vocals

John Rich – vocals, acoustic guitar

Additional musicians

Max Abrams – saxophone

Sam Bacco – percussion (track 14)

Brian Barnett – drums (all tracks except 4, 9, 10), percussion (track 3)

Dennis Burnside – keyboards (track 2), synthesizer (track 5)

Eric Darken – percussion (track 14)

Mike Johnson – steel guitar

Wayne Killius – drums (track 4, 9, 10)

Howard Laravea – Hammond B-3 organ (track 4), synthesizer (track 4), piano (track 10)

Carig Nelson – bass guitar (track 14)

Matt Pierson – bass guitar (track 10)

Mike Rojas – keyboards (track 1), piano (tracks 6, 8, 13), synthesizer (tracks 6, 11, 13), Hammond B-3 organ (track 11, 12), Wurlitzer (track 12)

Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar (track 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13)

Ron Sobro – percussion (track 14)

Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar (all tracks)

Justin Tockett – bass guitar (track 2, 4, 5, 9)

Paul Worley – electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13)

Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, banjo, mandolin, Dobro, cello, harp, octophone

Strings on Track 14 performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky, arranged by Dennis Burnside:

Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, David Davidson, David Angell, Catherine Umstead, Cate Myer, Zeneba Bowers, Erin Hall, Denise Baker, Carolyn Bailey, Gerald Greer, chris teal, Janet Askey, Karen Winkleman – violins

Gary Vanosdale, Kathryn Plummer, Monisa Angell, Kris Wilkinson – violas

John Catchings, Felix Wang, Sarighani Reist Acro – cellos

Songs

1The Freak Parade1:09
2Comin' to Your City3:27
3Soul Shaker3:05

References

Comin' to Your City Wikipedia

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