No More Mr. Nice Guy is an instrumental album released in 1996 by American country music artist Steve Wariner. His final album for Arista Records, it comprises twelve instrumental tracks. No singles were released from it, although "The Brickyard Boogie" was nominated for Best Country Instrumental at the Grammy Awards of 1997.[1] This song features former Pearl River member Derek George (who would later go on to found the band Williams Riley), former Boy Howdy member Jeffrey Steele, as well as Bryan White and Bryan Austin. Jimmy Olander, guitarist for Diamond Rio, is featured on the track "Hap Towne Breakdowne".
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| Released | March 12, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 42:17 | |||
| Label | Arista Nashville | |||
| Producer | Steve Wariner | |||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" |
| Vince Gill and Nolan Ryan | 4:04 |
| 2. | "Big Hero, Little Hero" | Wariner | Chet Atkins | 4:34 |
| 3. | "Prelude / Practice Your Scales Somewhere Else" | Wariner | Mark O'Connor and Sam Bush | 2:57 |
| 4. | "The Theme" |
| Larry Carlton and Randy Goodrum | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Forever Loving You" | Wariner | 4:17 | |
| 6. | "Next March" |
| Béla Fleck | 3:19 |
| 7. | "If You Can't Say Something Good" |
| Mac McAnally | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Hap Towne Breakdowne" |
| Carl Jackson, Mark O'Connor, and Jimmy Olander (of Diamond Rio) | 3:28 |
| 9. | "For Chester B" | Wariner | 1:50 | |
| 10. | "The Brickyard Boogie" |
| Bryan White, Derek George, Bryan Austin, and Jeffrey Steele | 3:29 |
| 11. | "Don't Call Me Ray" |
| Leo Kottke | 3:09 |
| 12. | "Guitar Talk" | Wariner | Lee Roy Parnell and Richie Sambora | 3:46 |
Personnel
edit- Chet Atkins – electric guitar on "Big Hero, Little Hero"
- Bryan Austin – electric guitar on "The Brickyard Boogie"
- Sam Bush – mandolin on "Prelude/Practice Your Scales Somewhere Else"
- Larry Carlton – electric guitar on "The Theme"
- Béla Fleck – banjo on "Next March"
- Ron Gannaway – drums, snare drums
- Derek George – electric guitar on "The Brickyard Boogie"
- Vince Gill – electric guitar on "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
- Randy Goodrum – drum programming, keyboards, and Hammond organ on "The Theme"
- Mitch Humphries – keyboards
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar on "Hap Towne Breakdown"
- Leo Kottke – acoustic guitar on "Don't Call Me Ray"
- Paul Leim – drums
- Woody Lingle – bass guitar
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar on "Hap Towne Breakdown"
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle on "Prelude\Practice Your Scales Somewhere Else" and "Hap Towne Breakdown"
- Jimmy Olander – electric guitar on "Hap Towne Breakdown"
- Lee Roy Parnell – slide guitar on "Guitar Talk"
- Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
- Nolan Ryan – vocals on "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
- Richie Sambora – electric guitar on "Guitar Talk"
- Michael Severs – electric guitar
- Jeffrey Steele – bass guitar on "The Brickyard Boogie"
- Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Bryan White – drums on "The Brickyard Boogie"
References
edit- ^ "Babyface Tops Grammy Nominations". The Seattle Times. 1997-01-07. Retrieved 20 February 2009.