Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1972) 132
Al Green, “For the Good Times,” I’m Still in Love with You (1972) 136
Charlie Rich, It Ain’t Gonna Be That Way—The Complete Smash Sessions (1965–66) 137
Charlie Rich, “Behind Closed Doors” (1973) 138
B. J. Thomas, “Hooked on a Feeling” (1973) 139
Don Williams, The Definitive Collection (1973) 141
Tompall Glaser, The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band (1976) 142
Waylon Jennings, Lonesome, On’ry and Mean (1973) 143
Waylon Jennings, Honky Tonk Heroes (1973) 144
Willie Nelson, Phases and Stages (1974) 146
Dolly Parton, “Jolene” (1974) 149
George Jones and Tammy Wynette, “(We’re Not) The Jet Set” (1974) 151
Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 152
The Earl Scruggs Revue, Anniversary Special (1975) 153
Tom T. Hall, “I Like Beer” (1975) 153
The Statler Brothers, “Flowers on the Wall” (1975) 154
George Jones and Tammy Wynette, “Golden Ring” (1976) 155
Jennifer Warnes, “Right Time of the Night” (1976) 156
Jerry Lee Lewis, “Middle Aged Crazy” (1977) 157
Crystal Gayle, “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” (1977) 158
Anne Murray, “You Needed Me” (1978) 159
Mel Tillis, I Believe in You (1978) 161
Merle Haggard, Back to the Barrooms (1980) 163
George Jones, “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (1980) 163
George Strait, Strait Country (1981) 165
Merle Travis, Travis Pickin’ (1981) 166
Reba McEntire, Unlimited (1982) 168
Hank Williams Jr., “A Country Boy Can Survive” (1982) 168
George Strait, “Amarillo by Morning” (1983) 171
George Strait, Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984) 173
Reba McEntire, My Kind of Country (1984) 173
Vern Gosdin, “I Can Tell by the Way You Dance (You’re Gonna Love Me Tonight)” (1984) 175
Mekons, Fear and Whiskey (1985) 176
Reba McEntire, “Whoever’s in New England” (1986) 177
Steve Earle, Guitar Town (1986) 178
Lyle Lovett, Lyle Lovett (1986), Pontiac (1987), and Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (1989) 179
Nanci Griffith, Kathy Mattea, “Love at the Five and Dime” and “Goin’ Gone” (1986–87) 181
Dwight Yoakam, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (1986) 182
Keith Whitley, “Miami, My Amy” (1986) 184
Restless Heart, Wheels (1986), and Alan Jackson, Here in the Real World (1989) 184
Merle Travis, Rough, Rowdy and Blue (1986) 185
Lucinda Williams, Lucinda Williams (1988) 186
Michelle Shocked, Short Sharp Shocked (1988) 187
Clint Black, Killin’ Time (1989) 188
Kathy Mattea, “Where’ve You Been” (1989) 190
Kenny Rogers, Something Inside So Strong (1989) 190
Garth Brooks, Garth Brooks (1989) 192
Garth Brooks, No Fences (1990) 194
Suzy Bogguss, Aces (1991) 196
Marty Brown, High and Dry (1991) 198
Hal Ketchum, Past the Point of Rescue (1991) 198
Brooks & Dunn, “Brand New Man” (1991) 200
Pam Tillis, Put Yourself in My Place (1991) 203
Reba McEntire, For My Broken Heart (1991) 204
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, After Awhile (1991) 205
INTERLUDE: THE WRITER AS PRODUCER—AN INTERVIEW WITH BOBBY BRADDOCK 207
4. ENCODING TRACKS: COMPOSITING THE PERFORMANCE, 1992–PRESENT 217
Brooks & Dunn, “Boot Scootin’ Boogie (Dance Mix)” (1992) 217
Wynonna Judd, Wynonna (1992) 220
Joy Lynn White, Between Midnight & Hindsight (1992) and Wild Love (1994) 221
John Anderson, Seminole Wind (1992) 222
Cowboy Junkies, Black Eyed Man (1992) 222
Iris DeMent, Infamous Angel (1992) and My Life (1993) 223
Eddy Arnold, Last of the Love Song Singers: Then and Now (1993), et al. 226
Nanci Griffith, Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993) 226
Various, Tulare Dust: A Songwriters’ Tribute to Merle Haggard (1994) 227
The Mavericks, What a Crying Shame (1994) 228
John Michael Montgomery, “I Swear” (1994) 229
Lyle Lovett, I Love Everybody (1994) 230
Alejandro Escovedo, Thirteen Years (1994) 230
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Jumping from 6 to 6 (1994), Swingin’ West (1995); The Derailers, Reverb Deluxe (1997) 231
Vince Gill, “Go Rest High on That Mountain” (1995) 232
The Bottle Rockets, The Brooklyn Side (1995) 233
Jerry and Tammy Sullivan, At the Feet of God (1995) 234
Herb Jeffries, The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again) (1995) 236
Blue Mountain, Dog Days (1995) 237