Comin' To Your City

Performer: Big & Rich
Engineer: Chris Stone; Clarke Schleicher; Vance Powell
Producer: John Rich; Paul Worley; Big Kenny; John Rich; Paul Worley
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Big & Rich: John Rich , Big Kenny . Personnel: John Rich (acoustic guitar); Paul Worley, Adam Schoenfeld (electric guitar); Mike Johnson (steel guitar); Jonathan Yudkin (dobro, banjo, harp, mandolin, fiddle, cello, strings); Connie Ellisor, Karen Winkelmann, Carolyn Bailey, Zeneba Bowers, Gerald Greer, Denise Baker, Erin Hall, Chris Teal, Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, David Davidson , Alan Umstead, David Angell, Catherine Umstead, Cate Myer, Janet Askey (violin); Kathryn Plummer, Kris Wilkinson, Monisa Angell, Gary VanOsdale (viola); Felix Wang, John Catchings, Sarighani Reist (cello); Maxwell Abrams (saxophone); Mike Rojas (piano, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Howard Laravea (piano, synthesizer); Dennis Burnside (keyboards, synthesizer); Wayne Killius, Brian Barnett (drums); Samuel Bacco, Eric Darken, Ron Sorbo (percussion). Audio Mixer: Clarke Schleicher. Recording information: Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Nashville; SONY-ATV Studio; Starstruck Studio. Photographer: Kristin Barlowe. Unknown Contributor Role: Nashville String Machine. Arrangers: Paul Worley; Gretchen Wilson. After the runaway success of Big & Rich's 2004 debut, HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, the quirky Nashville duo was in serious demand, both producing and appearing on albums by numerous artists. Despite their busy itineraries, Big & Rich's second full-length, COMIN' TO YOUR CITY, doesn't disappoint, offering up more of their wild and wooly rock-tinged country antics. A sonic fusion of Brooks & Dunn and Barenaked Ladies, John Rich and Big Kenny wear their whimsy like well-fitted cowboy hats, as is apparent on "The Freak Parade," the record's outrageous opener, and the following title track, which is sort of a 21st-century riff on Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere." Boasting great vocal harmonies, energetic production, and clever nods to various musical styles, COMIN' TO YOUR CITY is a worthy successor to HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, and is sure to please the faithful while winning over even more Big & Rich converts.

Rolling Stone (No. 987, p.130) - 3.5 out of 5 stars - "...COMIN' TO YOUR CITY is as expert as it is exceptional." Spin (p.106) - "'Never Mind Me,' the album's highlight, is a soft-rock ballad that takes cues from early Steely Dan, and 'I Pray For You' suggests Journey without the pomp." -- Grade: B

Founders of Nashville songwriting collective the Muzik Mafia, Big Kenny and John Rich took Nashville by storm in the early 2000s by consciously bucking every trend that Music City held dear. Infusing their take on country music with healthy doses of hard rock, rap, and a wacky sense of humor, Big & Rich have redefined what being country and being from the South mean in the new millennium.

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