The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin'

The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin' is a greatest hits album released by American southern rock/country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. It was the first album collection of hits from the band's career up to that point. The album includes tracks from their first three studio albums, as well as "Let's Work Together" (from the soundtrack to Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man) and a cover of "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away."

The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin'
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ReleasedSeptember 20, 1994
GenreCountry rock, Southern rock
Length45:33
LabelMercury
ProducerThe Kentucky Headhunters
The Kentucky Headhunters chronology
That'll Work
(1993)
The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin'
(1994)
Stompin' Grounds
(1997)
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Content

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The album reprises tracks from the band's first three albums. "Dumas Walker", "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine", "Rock 'n' Roll Angel" and "Oh Lonesome Me" are from The Kentucky Headhunters' 1989 debut Pickin' on Nashville; "The Ballad of Davy Crockett", "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line", "It's Chitlin' Time" and a cover of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" from Electric Barnyard; and "Honky Tonk Walkin'", "Dixie Fried" and "Redneck Girl" from Rave On!!. "Let's Work Together" was originally included on the soundtrack to the film Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, and a cover of The Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" was also included on the 1994 tribute album Shared Vision: The Songs of the Beatles.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Source albumLength
1."Dumas Walker"Greg Martin, Doug Phelps, Ricky Lee Phelps, Fred Young, Richard YoungPickin' on Nashville2:50
2."Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine"Bill MonroePickin' on Nashville3:44
3."Rock 'n' Roll Angel"R. YoungPickin' on Nashville3:51
4."Oh Lonesome Me"Don GibsonPickin' on Nashville3:09
5."The Ballad of Davy Crockett"George Bruns, Tom W. BlackburnElectric Barnyard2:34
6."Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"Ivy J. "Jimmy" BryantElectric Barnyard3:10
7."It's Chitlin' Time"Martin, D. Phelps, R.L. Phelps, F. Young, R. YoungElectric Barnyard2:20
8."Spirit in the Sky"Norman GreenbaumElectric Barnyard4:21
9."Let's Work Together"Wilbert HarrisonHarley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack2:18
10."Honky Tonk Walkin'"Anthony Kenney, Martin, Mark S. Orr, F. Young, R. YoungRave On!!3:46
11."Dixie Fried"Carl Perkins, Howard GriffinRave On!!2:10
12."Redneck Girl"Kenney, Martin, Orr, F. Young, R. YoungRave On!!2:26
13."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"John Lennon, Paul McCartneynew for this release; later appears on Shared Vision: The Songs of the Beatles4:21

Personnel

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The Kentucky Headhunters
Additional musicians
  • David Wayne Jessie – tambourine on "Honky Tonk Walkin'"
  • Richard Ripani – piano on "Honky Tonk Walkin'"