Country Boy (Ricky Skaggs album)

Country Boy

Studio album by Ricky Skaggs

Released

October 1984

Genre

Country, country pop, bluegrass

Length

30:45

Label

Epic

Producer

Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs chronology

Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
(1983)

Country Boy
(1984)

Favorite Country Songs
(1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Country Boy is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1984 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

"Country Boy" (Tony Colton, Albert Lee, Ray Smith) – 3:30
"Something in My Heart" (Wayland Patton) – 2:42
"Patiently Waiting" (Donnie Clark, Vickie Clark, Larry Cordle) – 2:51
"Two Highways" (Cordle) – 3:51
"Wheel Hoss" (Bill Monroe) – 2:57
"Rendezvous" (Peter Rowan) – 3:34
"Brand New Me" (Carl Chambers) – 3:27
"Window Up Above" (George Jones) – 3:04
"Baby I'm in Love with You" (Alex Gibson, Andy Gibson, Joe Weaver) – 2:12
"I'm Ready to Go" (Carter Stanley, William Herbert York) – 2:37

Personnel

Eddie Bayers - drums
Bruce Bouton - pedal steel guitar
Molly Bright - background vocals
Dennis Burnside - piano
Jesse Chambers - bass guitar
Buddy Emmons - pedal steel guitar
George Grantham - drums
Lloyd Green - pedal steel guitar
Bobby Hicks - fiddle
Bill Monroe - mandolin
Joe Osborn - bass guitar
Lou Reid - banjo, background vocals
Ricky Skaggs - fiddle, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, violin, lead vocals, background vocals
Gary Smith - piano
Crom Tidwell - kazoo
Buck White - piano

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	180

References

↑ Campbell, Al. "Country Boy review". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
↑ "Country Boy Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

Preceded by Why Not Me by The Judds	Top Country Albums number-one album February 23 - March 9, 1985	Succeeded by Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind by George Strait

Ricky Skaggs

Studio albums	That's It Sweet Temptation Waitin' for the Sun to Shine Family & Friends Highways & Heartaches Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Country Boy Love's Gonna Get Ya! Comin' Home to Stay Kentucky Thunder My Father's Son Solid Ground Life Is a Journey Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) Mosaic Country Hits Bluegrass Style

Collaborative albums	Second Generation Bluegrass One Way Track Skaggs & Rice Bluegrass Rules! Ancient Tones Soldier of the Cross History of the Future The Three Pickers Brand New Strings Instrumentals Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby Salt of the Earth Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 Music to My Ears Hearts Like Ours

Live albums	Live in London Live at the Charleston Music Hall Cluck Ol' Hen

Compilation albums	Favorite Country Songs Super Hits

Notable singles	"You May See Me Walkin'" "Crying My Heart Out Over You" "I Don't Care" "Heartbroke" "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" "Highway 40 Blues" "You've Got a Lover" "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" "Honey (Open That Door)" "Uncle Pen" "Something in My Heart" "Country Boy" "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" "Cajun Moon" "I've Got a New Heartache" "Love's Gonna Get You Someday" "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (with Sharon White) "Thanks Again" "Lovin' Only Me" "Let It Be You" "Heartbreak Hurricane" "Hummingbird" "He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)" "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" "Same Ol' Love" "Cat's in the Cradle"

Related articles	Discography Epic Records Mark O'Connor "Make You Mine"

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