Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll country music artist Keith Anderson . It features the singles "Pickin' Wildflowers", "XXL", "Every Time I Hear Your Name", and "Podunk", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. A remixed version of the title track, featuring Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith , was to have been released as the album's fourth single (following "Every Time I Hear Your Name"), but this single mix was withdrawn before it could chart, and replaced with "Podunk" as the fourth single. The album has been certified gold in the United States by the RIAA . Jeffrey Steele produced the album except for the title track, which was produced by John Rich of Big & Rich .
Title Writer(s) 1. "Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll" Keith Anderson , John Rich 4:13 2. "Podunk " Anderson, Jeffrey Steele , Tom Hambridge 3:59 3. "Wrap Around" Anderson, Rich, Kim Williams 3:49 4. "XXL " Anderson, Bob DiPiero 3:44 5. "Pickin' Wildflowers " Anderson, Rich, Williams 3:05 6. "Every Time I Hear Your Name " Anderson, Steele, Hambridge 4:23 7. "Stick It" Anderson, Steele, Vicky McGehee 4:16 8. "Plan B" Anderson, Craig Wiseman 4:28 9. "Lazy with Your Love" Anderson, Joni Wilson 4:01 10. "The Clothes Don't Make the Man" Anderson, Arlis Albritton 4:19 11. "I'll Know When I Get There" Anderson, Steele 4:26
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Certifications (sales threshold )
US Country
US
US Pop
2004
"Pickin' Wildflowers"
8
64
82
2005
"XXL"
23
122
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2006
"Every Time I Hear Your Name"
7
64
97
"Three Chord Country and
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—
—
"Podunk"
34
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Keith Anderson – lead vocals , background vocals , "raving mad girlfriend on cell phone on 'Stick It'"
Brian Barnett – drums
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar Chad Cromwell – drumsEric Darken – percussion , lap steel guitar
Tom Hambridge – background vocalsTony Harrell – piano , Hammond organ , Wurlitzer , synthesizer strings
Bob Hatter – background vocals, talk box guitar
Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar
Jerry Jones – electric guitar
Steve Mackey – bass guitar
Chip Matthews – background vocals
Vicky McGehee – background vocalsChris McHugh – drumsGreg Morrow – drums
Danny Myrick – background vocalsRuss Pahl – banjo , "wonk-a-wonk guitar", pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, Jew's harp
Ethan Pilzer – bass guitarKip Raines – background vocals
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
John Rich – background vocalsMichael Rojas – piano, Hammond organ, keyboards
Phillip Sanders – acoustic guitar
Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
Steven Sheehan – acoustic guitar
Jeffrey Steele – background vocals3 Ring Circus Singers – background vocals
John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National steel guitar
Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle , percussion, strings
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