Kick a Little
Encyclopedia
Kick a Little is the third studio album released by country music
band Little Texas
. Released in 1994 on Warner Bros. Records
, it was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. Three singles were released from this album: the title track, "Amy's Back in Austin" and "Southern Grace"; respectively, these reached #5, #4, and #27 on the Hot Country Songs
charts.
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...
band Little Texas
Little Texas
Little Texas is an American country music band founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988 by Tim Rushlow , Brady Seals , Del Gray , Porter Howell , Dwayne O'Brien , and Duane Propes . Signed to Warner Bros...
. Released in 1994 on Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
, it was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. Three singles were released from this album: the title track, "Amy's Back in Austin" and "Southern Grace"; respectively, these reached #5, #4, and #27 on the Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts.
Track listing
- "Kick a LittleKick a Little (song)"Kick a Little" is the title of a song recorded by country music group Little Texas. It was released in August 1994 as the lead-off single from their third album of the same name. It was their tenth single overall. It was co-written by the band's chief songwriters: lead guitarist Porter Howell,...
" (Porter Howell, Dwayne O'Brien, Brady SealsBrady SealsBrady Seals is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former BNA Records recording artist Lisa Stewart...
) – 3:42 - "I'd Hold on to Her" (Howell, O'Brien, Seals) – 3:05
- "Amy's Back in AustinAmy's Back in Austin"Amy's Back in Austin" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Little Texas. It was released in January 1995 as the second single from their third album, Kick a Little. The song was co-written by the band's keyboardist and co-lead vocalist, Brady Seals and singer-songwriter...
" (Seals, Stephen Allen Davis) – 4:35 - "Southern Grace" (Stewart Harris, Howell, Seals) - 5:43
- "She's Cool" (Pat McLaughlin, Seals) - 3:08
- "Your Days Are Numbered" (Howell, O'Brien) - 3:30
- "Inside" (Howell, Seals, Ralph Murthy) - 3:26
- "A Night I'll Never Remember" (Howell, Seals, Davis) - 3:41
- "Hit Country Song" (Howell, O'Brien, Seals, Del Gray, Duane Propes, Tim RushlowTim RushlowTimothy Ray "Tim" Rushlow is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1997, Rushlow was co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas, which recorded four albums and a Greatest Hits package, in addition to charting more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles...
) - 3:01 - "Redneck Like Me" (Jay Booker) - 4:43
Personnel
- Del Gray – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Porter Howell – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, slide guitarSlide guitarSlide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, six-string bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Dwayne O'Brien – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
- Duane Propes – bass guitar, background vocals
- Tim RushlowTim RushlowTimothy Ray "Tim" Rushlow is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1997, Rushlow was co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas, which recorded four albums and a Greatest Hits package, in addition to charting more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles...
– lead vocals - Brady SealsBrady SealsBrady Seals is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former BNA Records recording artist Lisa Stewart...
– pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, Hammond B-3Hammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
, electric rhythm guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Chart performance
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
---|---|
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 10 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 51 |
Canadian RPM Country Albums | 8 |