Trent Willmon (album)
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Trent Willmon is the eponymous debut album from American country music
artist Trent Willmon
. Released in 2004 on Columbia Records
Nashville, it features the singles "Beer Man", "Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky-Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat", "Home Sweet Holiday Inn", and "The Good Life", all of which charted on the Hot Country Songs
charts between 2004 and 2005. "Beer Man" was the highest peaking of the four, reaching #30.
"She Don't Love Me" was originally recorded under the title "She Don't Love Me (She Don't Hate Me)" by Billy Ray Cyrus
on his 2003 album Time Flies
, and was later recorded by Blake Shelton
on his 2007 album Pure BS
.
Sound of a beer being poured on "Beer Man" performed by Frank Rogers and Trent Willmon.
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...
artist Trent Willmon
Trent Willmon
Trent Willmon is an American country music artist. Active since 1998 as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Willmon was signed to Columbia Records in 2004. He released two albums for the label and charted six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts before exiting Columbia in 2006...
. Released in 2004 on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
Nashville, it features the singles "Beer Man", "Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky-Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat", "Home Sweet Holiday Inn", and "The Good Life", all of which charted 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 between 2004 and 2005. "Beer Man" was the highest peaking of the four, reaching #30.
"She Don't Love Me" was originally recorded under the title "She Don't Love Me (She Don't Hate Me)" by Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus
William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon...
on his 2003 album Time Flies
Time Flies (Billy Ray Cyrus album)
Time Flies is an album, released in 2003, by country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus. His only release for the Madacy label, it produced the singles "What Else Is There", "Bread Alone", and "Back to Memphis"...
, and was later recorded by Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
on his 2007 album Pure BS
Pure BS
-Producers:*Paul Worley – tracks 1, 6, 8*Brent Rowan - tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 14*Bobby Braddock - tracks 4, 9-13-Album:-Singles:-Certifications:...
.
Track listing
- "Beer Man" (Casey BeathardCasey BeathardCasey Beathard is an American country music songwriter. The son of former NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, and Kenny Chesney...
, Trent Willmon) - 3:24 - "Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky-Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat" (Willmon, Michael P. HeeneyMichael P. HeeneyMichael P. Heeney is an American country music songwriter. He has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including hit singles for Brooks & Dunn , Eric Church , George Jones , Tracy Byrd, and Reba McEntire -Biography:Heeney grew up in an Irish neighborhood in...
) - 3:53 - "Home Sweet Holiday Inn" (Chris StapletonChris StapletonChris Stapleton is an American country, bluegrass, and rock musician. He co-wrote the singles "Never Wanted Nothing More" for Kenny Chesney, "Swing" for Trace Adkins, "Your Man" for Josh Turner, "Keep On Lovin' You" for Steel Magnolia and "Come Back Song" for Darius Rucker.Between 2008 and 2010,...
, Jameson ClarkJameson Clark (singer)-Track listing:#"Waitin' on the Whiskey" – 2:32#"You da Man" – 3:47#"I'm Gonna Burn for This" – 3:09#"All Afternoon" – 3:27...
, Willmon) - 3:48 - "She Don't Love Me" (Beathard, Jay Knowles) - 2:51
- "The Good Life" (Willmon, Bobby PinsonBobby PinsonBobby 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...
) - 2:50 - "Population 81" (Stapleton, Liz HengberLiz HengberLiz Hengber is an American songwriter and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. Hengber was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from New Milford High School in New Milford, New Jersey in 1977. She graduated from the Theatre Department of the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in 1981...
) - 4:16 - "Medina Daydreaming" (Willmon) - 4:46
- "The Wishing Well" (Willmon, Jeremy Spillman) - 4:07
- "All Day Long" (Mark NeslerMark NeslerMark Nesler is an American country music artist. Signed to Elektra Records as a recording artist in 1998, Nesler charted three singles on the U.S. Billboard country charts...
, Willmon, Tony MartinTony Martin (songwriter)Tony Martin is a country music songwriter who has had twelve Number One hits as a songwriter. Among his compositions are "Third Rock from the Sun" by Joe Diffie and "Just to See You Smile" by Tim McGraw....
) - 4:37 - "Every Now and Then" (Willmon, Pinson, Spillman) - 3:51
- "Here" (Spillman) - 3:51
Personnel
- Tom BukovacTom BukovacTom Bukovac is an American session musician.Bukovac began playing guitar at age ten, and started playing his first shows at age thirteen. He grew up in Willowick, Ohio and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1992, where he found work playing for Tanya Tucker, Lionel Cartwright and others...
– 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...
, baritone guitarBaritone guitarThe baritone guitar is a variation on the standard guitar, with a longer scale length that allows it to be tuned to a lower range. It first appeared in the classical music realm...
, hi-strung guitar - 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 .... - Eric Darken – 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...
, jaw harp - Larry Franklin – 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...
, 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... - Aubrey HaynieAubrey HaynieAubrey Haynie is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wrote himself...
– fiddle, mandolin - Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Jeff King – electric guitar, baritone guitar, hi-strung guitar
- Alison KraussAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
– background vocals - Tim Lauer – accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
- B. James Lowry – 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...
, 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...
, gut string guitar - Frank Rogers – electric guitar
- Chris StapletonChris StapletonChris Stapleton is an American country, bluegrass, and rock musician. He co-wrote the singles "Never Wanted Nothing More" for Kenny Chesney, "Swing" for Trace Adkins, "Your Man" for Josh Turner, "Keep On Lovin' You" for Steel Magnolia and "Come Back Song" for Darius Rucker.Between 2008 and 2010,...
– background vocals - Bryan SuttonBryan SuttonBryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicked acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays many other instruments including mandolin, banjo, and electric guitar....
– acoustic guitar, banjo, gut string guitar
Sound of a beer being poured on "Beer Man" performed by Frank Rogers and Trent Willmon.
Chart performance
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 150 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 5 |