Halfway to Hazard is the self-titled debut of American

United States

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 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 duo Halfway to Hazard

Halfway to Hazard

Halfway to Hazard is an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters David Tolliver and Chad Warrix. Though Tolliver and Warrix grew up in different towns in southeastern Kentucky, their band's origins are in Hazard, Kentucky, which was halfway between their hometowns.Their debut...

. It was released through a joint venture of Mercury Nashville Records and StyleSonic Records on August 14, 2007. The tracks "Daisy" and "Devil and the Cross" were both released as singles; both singles entered the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts, peaking at #39 and #50, respectively. The album was produced by singer Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...

, owner of the StyleSonic label, and Byron Gallimore

Byron Gallimore

Byron Gallimore is an American record producer known for his work in the field of country music. He has worked with artists such as Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack, Jo Dee Messina, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, whose 1999 album Breathe won him the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.-Biography:Byron...

, who has co-produced all of McGraw's albums. The song 8."Country 'Til the Day I Die" was featured in NASCAR 08

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.

Tracks

1. "Countrified" (Kip Raines, Jeffrey Steele
   Jeffrey Steele
   Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...
   
   ) - 4:31
2. "Taking Me On" (Bobby Pinson
   Bobby Pinson
   Bobby Olen Pinson is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2005, Pinson made his debut that year with his album Man Like Me. Its lead-off single, "Don't Ask Me How I Know", peaked at #16 on the Hot Country Songs charts, and was his only Top 40 country hit...
   
   , David Tolliver, Chad Warrix
   Chad Warrix
   -Early life:Chad Warrix was born on January 28 in Hazard, Kentucky to a musical family. Warrix grew up 20 miles Northwest of Hazard in Jackson, Kentucky, a town with a population of only around 1200 peopleHe received his first guitar at age 13, and , following his enthusiasm for music, je ...
   
   ) - 4:21
3. "Cold" (Kris Bergsnes, Tolliver, Warrix) - 4:34
4. "Daisy" (Anthony Smith
   Anthony Smith (songwriter)
   Ralph Anthony Smith is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a musician, Smith recorded his first album, If That Ain't Country, on Mercury Nashville Records in 2003. The album produced three Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
   
   , Tolliver, Warrix) - 5:38
5. "I'm Tired" (Arlis Albritton, Tolliver, Warrix) - 5:06
6. "The Devil and the Cross" (Jim Dowell) - 4:17
7. "Die By My Own Hand" (Rivers Rutherford
   Rivers Rutherford
   Rivers Rutherford is an American country music songwriter. Active since the mid-1990s as a songwriter, he has penned several Number One country hits, including "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" by Brooks & Dunn, which was the Number One country song of 2001 according to Billboard...
   
   , Tolliver, Warrix) - 5:34
8. "Country 'Til the Day I Die" (Albritton, Tolliver, Warrix) - 3:30
9. "Got Back Up" (Smith, Tolliver, Warrix) - 4:34
10. "Burn It Down" (Bergsnes, Tolliver, Warrix) - 5:10
11. "Welcome to Nashville" (Shannon Lawson
    Shannon Lawson (singer)
    Shannon Lawson is an American country music artist. He is also a member of the MuzikMafia, a collection of country musicians known for their "music without prejudice"....
    
    , Tolliver)- 3:08

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	14
U.S. Billboard 200	87