Last of the Good Guys
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Last of the Good Guys is the debut album of the American country music
group One Flew South
. It was released on Decca Records
Nashville on May 27, 2008. The album's debut single, "My Kind of Beautiful" (co-written and previously recorded by Andy Griggs
on his 2005 album This I Gotta See
), was released to radio in June 2008, and charted on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
charts. The album peaked at #67 on the Top Country Albums 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...
group One Flew South
One Flew South
One Flew South is an American country music group composed of Eddie Bush, Chris Roberts, and Royal Reed, all three of whom sing lead vocals and play acoustic guitar. The group's first recording was a song for the soundtrack to the 2006 Disney animated film The Fox and the Hound 2...
. It was released on Decca Records
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
Nashville on May 27, 2008. The album's debut single, "My Kind of Beautiful" (co-written and previously recorded by Andy Griggs
Andy Griggs
Andrew Tyler "Andy" Griggs is an American country music artist. He has released three albums for RCA Records Nashville and a fourth for Montage Music Group...
on his 2005 album This I Gotta See
This I Gotta See
This I Gotta See is the third album by country music singer Andy Griggs. Released in 2004 as his final album for RCA Records, the album produced three singles: "She Things She Needs Me", "If Heaven" and the title track. These first two singles each reached No. 5 on the Hot Country Songs charts,...
), was released to radio in June 2008, and charted on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
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. The album peaked at #67 on the Top Country Albums charts.
Track listing
- "Last of the Good Guys" (Marcus HummonMarcus HummonMarcus Spencer Hummon is an American country music artist. After several years of playing in various bands, he eventually found his way to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was signed to a songwriting contract, and subsequently a record deal with Columbia Records, which released his debut album All...
) – 4:30 - "My Kind of Beautiful" (Hummon, Andy GriggsAndy GriggsAndrew Tyler "Andy" Griggs is an American country music artist. He has released three albums for RCA Records Nashville and a fourth for Montage Music Group...
, Darrell ScottDarrell ScottJames Darrell Scott known as Darrell Scott , the son of musician Wayne Scott with whom he has collaborated, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana. He was playing professionally by his teens in Southern California, later living in...
) – 4:00 - "Junkie" (Hummon) – 4:44
- "Life" (Billy Mann, Chris Roberts) – 4:14
- "She's a Gift" (Eddie Bush, J.D. Souther) – 3:52
- "Sara" (Hummon, Bush, Royal Reed, Chris Roberts) – 3:20
- "It Is Good" (Hummon, Souther) – 3:30
- "Shameless" (Bush, Reed, Roberts, Hummon, Jez Ashurst) – 3:47
- "Let the Day Carry You" (Bush, Souther) – 3:27
- "Makin' It Rain" (Hummon, Bush, Reed, Roberts) – 3:37
- "Blue Highways" (Reed, Roberts, Bill Deasy) – 4:02
- "Too Old to Die Young" (Kevin WelchKevin WelchKevin Welch is an American country music artist. He has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and released eight studio albums...
, John Hadley, Scott Dooley) – 2:17
One Flew South
- Eddie Bush – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, 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...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, gut string guitar - Royal Reed – vocals
- Chris Roberts – vocals
Additional musicians
- Chad CromwellChad CromwellChad Cromwell is an American drummer, best known for his work with Neil Young and with Mark Knopfler.- Personal life :Cromwell was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and three years later moved with his family to Memphis, Tennessee...
– 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 .... - Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
- John Gardner – drums, djembeDjembeA djembe also known as jembe, jenbe, djbobimbe, jymbe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered drum meant played with bare hands....
- Marcus Hummon – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, 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... - George Marinelli – 12 string guitar, electric guitar
- Dave Matthews – 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...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Mark Prentice – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Darrell Scott – mandolin
- Michael Severs – electric guitar
- Wanda Vick – mandolin, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, DobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar... - Jonathan Yudkin – fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...