Notes & Personnel Info |  | Composer/Lyricist: Toby Keith. | | Personnel: Toby Keith (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Kenny Greenberg, Brent Mason (guitar, electric guitar); Jerry McPhearson (guitar); Ilya Toshinsky (acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin); Jerry MacPherson (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (pedal steel guitar, dobro); Robert Hajacos, Rob Hajacos (fiddle); Jim Hoke, Steve Patrick (saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet); Steve Nathan, Charles Judge (piano, keyboards); Glenn Worf, Mark Hill (bass guitar); Shannon Forest (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Scat Springs, Vicki Hampton, Perry Coleman (background vocals). | | Audio Mixer: Mills Logan. | | Audio Remasterer: Ken Love. | | Recording information: East Iris STudios; Ocean Way Studios; Scruggs Sound; The Mix Mill Studio. | | Photographer: Richard McLaren. | | Twelve studio albums into his career, Toby Keith has settled into the sort of comfortable groove that generally allows a country singer to maintain a career for several decades. After spending the first years of the 21st century embroiled in non-musical sideshows like an ongoing feud with Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks and mild controversies about his political beliefs, THAT DON'T MAKE ME A BAD GUY, like its predecessor, BIG DOG DADDY, leaves social commentary behind for a genial, mature brand of rock-influenced country. The first single, the power ballad "She Never Cried In Front Of Me," is a domestic drama in the grand country tradition, while "Cabo San Lucas" and "Creole Woman" are scrappy good-time tunes. Other highlights include the weepy "Hurt A Lot Worse When You Go" and the wry "Missing Me Some You." THAT DON'T MAKE ME A BAD GUY may not win over any Dixie Chicks fans nursing grudges, but it's a solid and enjoyable album. |
Producer: Toby Keith; Toby Keith |
Engineer: Jed Hackett; Mills Logan; Mills Logan |
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