Mark Chesnutt - Tradition Lives '2016

Tracks list

Tracklist
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01. Ive Got a Quarter in My Pocket
02. Is It Still Cheating
03. Lonely Aint the Only Game in Town
04. Oughta Miss Me by Now
05. Neither Did I
06. So You Cant Hurt Me Anymore
07. You Moved up in Your World
08. Look at Me Know
09. Losing You All over Again
10. Never Been to Texas
11. What I Heard
12. Hot
13. There Wont Be Another Now

[quote]Neo-honky tonker Mark Chesnutt parlayed a solid grounding in classic
country into chart-topping stardom during the 90s. Born in Beaumont, TX, in
1963, Chesnutt grew up listening to his fathers extensive country-record
collection (Bob Chesnutt had been a locally popular singer who never hit it big,
and thus worked as a used-car salesman). Chesnutt learned both guitar and drums,
and made his professional singing debut with his fathers band at age 15 on the
local club scene. He even dropped out of high school for a time to pursue music,
but later reconsidered and got his diploma; meanwhile, his father began taking
him to Nashville for recording sessions. During the 80s, Chesnutt released
singles on local labels like the San Antonio-based Axbar (where he also issued a
full album, Doing My Country Thing) and the Houston-based Cherry. He also served
as the house headliner at the Beaumont club Cutters, where his band often
featured future star Tracy Byrd. After around a decade of dues-paying, positive
word of mouth finally helped Chesnutt land a record deal with MCA. Chesnutts
debut album, Too Cold at Home, was released in 1990, and the title track became
his first hit, climbing into the country Top Five. With a style that blended
George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Bob Wills, Chesnutt went on to score four more
Top Ten hits from the album: the number one Brother Jukebox, Blame It on Texas,
Your Love Is a Miracle, and Broken Promise Land. By the time that string ran
out, Chesnutt had finished his follow-up, 1992s Longnecks & Short Stories. It
gave him four more Top Five singles in Bubba Shot the Jukebox (one of Chesnutts
signature songs), Old Flames Have New Names, the chart-topping Ill Think of
Something, and Ol Country. Chesnutt kept his hit-machine status going on 1993s
Almost Goodbye, which gave him three more chart-toppers in the title track, It
Sure Is Monday, and I Just Wanted You to Know. 1994s What a Way to Live offered
the number one Gonna Get a Life and the number two Goin Through the Big D. For
1995s Wings, MCA briefly resurrected its Decca country imprint and made Chesnutt
the flagship artist; while the album wasnt the hit factory of its predecessors,
many critics dubbed it one of Chesnutts most eclectic and consistent sets.
Seeking to restore his commercial momentum, MCA issued Greatest Hits in 1996,
and the new song Its a Little Too Late went all the way to number one. 1997s
Thank God for Believers found Chesnutt back on MCA Nashville and produced a
number two hit in the title cut. For 1999s I Dont Want to Miss a Thing, Chesnutt
flirted with crossover material, namely the titular Diane Warren ballad that
became a big hit for Aerosmith. Praised by many critics for its relative
subtlety, Chesnutts version topped the country charts for a month, and even
reached the pop Top 20. Despite that success, the albums other singles didnt
perform as well, and his 2000 follow-up album, Lost in the Feeling, was
something of a flop in comparison to his past work. Chesnutt and MCA
subsequently parted ways, and he signed with Columbia for 2002s Mark Chesnutt,
which sold decently but didnt quite mark a return to past glories. That doesnt
mean Chesnutt lost his audience, though, and he released Savin the Honky Tonk on
Vivaton Records in 2004, followed by Heard It in a Love Song from Cbuj
Entertainment in 2006. Rollin with the Flow appeared in 2008, followed by 2010s
Outlaws, which featured covers of outlaw country classics.

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