Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Darryl Worley (vocals); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Biff Watson, Larry Beaird (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar, dobro); Rob Ickes (dobro); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Jelly Roll Johnson (harmonica); Steve Nathan (piano, organ); Eddie Bauer (drums); Eric Darken, Brian David Willis (percussion); The Ordinaires (background vocals). | | Personnel: Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Biff Watson, Larry Beaird (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar, dobro); Rob Ickes (dobro); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Nashville String Machine (strings); Jelly Roll Johnson (harmonica); Steve Nathan (piano, organ); Eddie Bayers (drums); Eric Darken, Brian David Willis (percussion); Curtis Wright, Wynn Varble, Brice Long, Melodie Crittenden, Randy Hardison (background vocals). | | Audio Mixer: Justin Niebank. | | Liner Note Author: Wayne R. Halper. | | Recording information: Castle Studios; Oceanway Studios; Thelma's East. | | Photographer: Mark Tucker . | | Country hunk Darryl Worley's sophomore album is a tour de force of country hooks, steel guitars, and old-timey fiddles--and incidentally some pretty fine songwriting, as evidenced by songs such as "I Wouldn't Mind the Shackles" and the title track, both of which deal with the traditional country dilemmas of love and loss, and how to get a hit record out of them. There's a refreshing lack of gloss in I MISS MY FRIEND, recalling Dwight Yoakam's early releases, with some hot picking courtesy of Nashville's finest, a great road song in "Calling Caroline," and some folksy, homespun philosophy with "Family Tree" and "Back Where I Belong." Worley's a traditionalist in the best sense--Hank Williams would recognize the subject matter of "The Least That You Can Do"--and his songwriting is honest, catchy, and sentimental in the grand Nashville tradition. With more than a hint of iron in its soul, I MISS MY FRIEND is a refreshing antidote to the big-budget bluster of some recent country releases. |
Producer: Frank Rogers; James Stroud |
Engineer: David Schober; Jason Lehning; Julian King; Richard Barrow; Steve Short; Brian David Willis |
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