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Released
  
October 4, 2005

The Road to Here (2005)
  
A Place to Land (2007)

Release date
  
4 October 2005

Genre
  
Country music

Length
  
52:20

Artist
  
Little Big Town

Label
  
Equity Music Group

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Producer
  
Wayne Kirkpatrick, Little Big Town

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Country Album

Similar
  
Little Big Town albums, Country music albums

Shelly fairchild looking for a reason from little big town s album the road to here


The Road to Here is the second studio album by the American country music group Little Big Town. The album was released on October 4, 2005 on Equity Records and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album was nominated for Best Country Album and "Boondocks" was nominated for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.

Contents

Little big town the road to here


Content

Singles released from the album include "Boondocks", "Bring It On Home", "Good as Gone", and "A Little More You", all of which charted in the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Bring It On Home" was the highest, at number 4, and "Boondocks" reached number 9 in addition to achieving a gold certification as a single. Besides these songs, an acoustic rendition of "Stay", a song from the group's self-titled debut, is included. According to the liner notes, Kimberly Roads was inspired to write "Lost" after her husband died.

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Little Big Town

  • Karen Fairchild – vocals
  • Kimberly Roads – vocals
  • Philip Sweet – vocals
  • Jimi Westbrook – vocals
  • Additional musicians

  • Ron Block – banjo, acoustic guitar
  • Mark Childers – bass guitar on "Boondocks" and "Live with Lonesome"
  • Jerry Douglas – Dobro on "Boondocks"
  • Dan Dugmore – steel guitar, Dobro
  • Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar
  • Wayne Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar, National guitar, octave mandolin, dulcimer, piano, banjitar, mando-guitar, pencil guitar, Hammond B-4, drum machine programming
  • Chris McHugh – drums
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar on all tracks except "Boondocks", "Looking for a Reason" and "Live with Lonesome"
  • Adam Steffey – mandolin
  • Jackie Street – bass guitar on "Looking for a Reason"
  • Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin on "Live with Lonesome" and "Welcome to the Family", fiddle and Celtic harp on "Live with Lonesome"
  • Songs

    1Good as Gone4:12
    2Boondocks4:32
    3Bones3:46

    References

    The Road to Here Wikipedia