Thursday, February 22, 2024 12pm ET: Feature LP: Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles (1993)

Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles is a tribute album to American rock band Eagles. It was released October 12, 1993 on Giant Records to raise funds for the Walden Woods Project. The album features covers of various Eagles songs, as performed by country music acts. It was certified 3× Platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 27, 1994, honoring shipments of three million copies in the United States. Several cuts from the album all charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts after the album’s release, the most successful being Travis Tritt’s rendition of “Take It Easy” at number 21. Common Thread won all of its performers a Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year at the 1994 ceremony.

1. “Take It Easy” (Travis Tritt) 3:32
2. “Peaceful Easy Feeling” (Little Texas) 4:19
3. “Desperado” (Clint Black) 3:51
4. “Heartache Tonight” (John Anderson) 4:23
5. “Tequila Sunrise” (Alan Jackson) 2:56
6. “Take It to the Limit” (Suzy Bogguss) 4:32
7. “I Can’t Tell You Why” (Vince Gill) 4:04
8. “Lyin’ Eyes” (Diamond Rio) 6:30
9. “New Kid in Town” (Trisha Yearwood) 5:07
10. “Saturday Night” (Billy Dean) 3:25
11. “Already Gone” (Tanya Tucker) 5:00
12. “Best of My Love” (Brooks & Dunn) 4:38
13. “The Sad Café” (Lorrie Morgan) 4:45

Production The 1994 Country Music Association (CMA) award for Album of the Year was awarded jointly to Suzy Bogguss, Tony Brown, Don Cook, Jerry Crutchfield, Billy Dean, Christy DiNapoli, Garth Fundis, Doug Grau, Scott Hendricks, Richard Landis, Lynn Peterzell, Monty Powell, Keith Stegall, and James Stroud for their contributions in producing the album.

Monday, February 5, 2024 3pm ET: Feature Artist: Clint Black

Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black’s debut album Killin’ Time produced four straight number one singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s, Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s. He has had more than 30 singles on the US Billboard country charts, twenty-two of which have reached number one, in addition to having released twelve studio albums and several compilation albums. In 2003, Black founded his own record label, Equity Music Group. Black has also ventured into acting, having made appearances in a 1993 episode of the TV series Wings and in the 1994 film Maverick, as well as a starring role in 1998’s Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack.

Black has been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for best Country Male Vocal Performance (1990 – “Killin’ Time”, 1997 – “Like the Rain”, 1998 – “Something That We Do”, 1999 – “Nothin’ but the Taillights”), he was also nominated for 6 Grammy Awards with 1 win in the category of Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – “Hold On Partner” in 1991 (w/ Roy Rogers), “A Bad Goodbye” in 1993 (w/ Wynonna), “Still Holding On” in 1997 (w/ Martina McBride), “Same Old Train” in 1998 which got the Grammy Award (with Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt & Dwight Yoakam), “When I Said I Do” in 1999 (w/ wife Lisa Hartman Black), and “Hey Good Lookin'” in 2004 (Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, and George Strait).

Saturday 2/4/23 6pm ET: Feature Country LP: Clint Black – Greatest Hit II (2001)

Greatest Hits II is a 2001 compilation album by country singer Clint Black, released October 30, 2001. It was his last release for RCA Nashville.

Like his first Greatest Hits volume, it compiles 12 hit songs from his previous albums and adds four new recordings: the romantic duet “Easy for Me to Say” (his second duet with wife Lisa Hartman Black), the country-rocker “Money or Love”, and a newly recorded “blues version” of “Put Yourself in My Shoes”. Also included is the long version of Black’s 1997 duet with Martina McBride, “Still Holding On”, which was the B-side of that single.

1. “The Shoes You’re Wearing” 3:57
2. “Nothin’ but the Taillights” 3:57
3. “Nothing’s News” 3:04
4. “Walkin’ Away” 2:51
5. “When My Ship Comes In” 3:37
6. “Something That We Do” 4:00
7. “When I Said I Do” (duet with Lisa Hartman Black) 4:30
8. “Been There” (duet with Steve Wariner) 5:36
9. “Still Holding On” (duet with Martina McBride (long version)) 4:53
10. “Nobody’s Home” 3:31
11. “One More Payment” 2:14
12. “One Emotion” 2:44
13. “Easy for Me to Say” (duet with Lisa Hartman Black) 5:38
14. “Little Pearl and Lily’s Lullaby” 4:54
15. “Money or Love” 4:15
16. “Put Yourself in My Shoes” (blues version) 5:24

Clint Black – classical guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Lily Pearl Black – animal sounds
Lisa Hartman Black – vocals on “When I Said I Do” and “Easy for Me to Say”
Lenny Castro – percussion
Steve Dorff – string arrangements, conductor
Wendell Kelly – Tenor and Bass trombone
Randy Kerber – music box, piano
Abe Laboriel Sr. – bass guitar
Martina McBride – vocals on “Still Holding On”
Hayden Nicholas – electric guitar
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
Thomas R. Peterson – saxophone
Steve Real – background vocals
John “J.R.” Robinson – drums
Matt Rollings – piano, Wurlitzer
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Shari Sutcliffe – string contractor
Lee Thornburg – horn arrangements, trumpet
Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar and vocals on “Been There”

Thursday 2/3/22 9pm ET: Feature LP: Clint Black – On Purpose (2015)

On Purpose is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released on September 25, 2015 via Thirty Tigers and Black Top Records. Black wrote all of the album’s fourteen tracks. The album was produced by Black.

1. “Time for That” 3:30
2. “Better and Worse” 2:42
3. “Summertime Song” 4:30
4. “One Way to Live” 4:40
5. “Doing It Now for Love” 4:04
6. “You Still Get to Me” 4:01
7. “Right on Time” 4:11
8. “Still Calling It News” 3:40
9. “Making You Smile” 2:54
10. “Stay Gone” 3:32
11. “Breathing Air” 3:18
12. “Beer” (featuring Big & Rich) 3:41
13. “The Trouble” 3:22
14. “The Last Day” 3:48

Clint Black – lead vocals
Lisa Hartman Black – duet vocals on track 6
Big & Rich – guest vocals on track 12
Dane Bryant – piano
Jimmy Carter – bass
Perry Coleman – backing vocals
Eric Darken – percussion
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
John Ferarro – drums
Shannon Forrest – drums
Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Tania Hancheroff – backing vocals
Wes Hightower – backing vocals
Victor Indrizzo – drums
Los Angeles Orchestra
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Gordon Mote – piano
Hayden Nicholas – slide guitar, electric guitar
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Michael Rhodes – bass
John Robinson – drums
Matt Rollings – keyboards
Dwain Rowe – keyboards
Leland Sklar – bass
Neil Stubenhaus – bass
Bryan Sutton – mandolin
Russell Terrell – backing vocals
Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, banjo
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Jake Willemain – bass
Lonnie Wilson – drums

Thursday 8pm: Across The Tracks: Featuring – One (Part 8)

This installment of Across The Tracks feature tunes with “ONE” in the title.  We’ll feature music from Darius Rucker, Elton John, April, Rod Stewart, Abba, Helen Reddy, Clint Black, Andrew Gold, Jack Johnson and much more across the tracks and genres.  

Thursday 10pm: Feature LP: Clint Black – The Hard Way (1992)

The Hard Way is a 1992 album by American country singer-songwriter Clint Black. It was his third album and the first one he co-produced with James Stroud.

It includes the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks top-ten hits “We Tell Ourselves”[#2], “Burn One Down”[#4], and the Number One hit “When My Ship Comes In”. While not as commercially successful as his first two albums, The Hard Way was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Click here to view album contents from Wikipedia

Artist Countdown: Clint Black Top 45 Hits 6p ET @Clint_Black

Clinton Patrick “Clint” Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black’s debut album Killin’ Time produced four straight number one singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s, Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s. He has had more than 30 singles on the US Billboard country charts, twenty-two of which have reached number one, in addition to having released nine studio albums and several compilation albums. In 2003, Black founded his own record label, Equity Music Group. Black has also ventured into acting, having made a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Maverick, as well as a starring role in 1998’s Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack.

Source: Wikipedia

1	A Better Man
2	Killin’ Time
3	Nobody’s Home
4	Walkin’ Away
5	Loving Blind
6	Where Are You Now
7	When My Ship Comes In
8	A Good Run of Bad Luck
9	Summer’s Comin’
10	Like the Rain
11	Nothin’ but the Taillights
12	The Shoes You’re Wearing
13	When I Said I Do (featuring Lisa Hartman Black)
14	We Tell Ourselves
15	A Bad Goodbye (featuring Wynonna Judd)
16	One Emotion
17	Nothing’s News
18	State of Mind
19	No Time to Kill
20	Life Gets Away
21	Burn One Down
22	Something That We Do
23	Been There (featuring Steve Wariner)
24	Put Yourself in My Shoes
25	Untanglin’ My Mind
26	Wherever You Go
27	Half the Man
28	Half Way Up
29	Still Holding On (featuring Martina McBride)
30	One More Payment
31	Loosen Up My Strings
32	You Don’t Need Me Now
33	Love She Can’t Live Without
34	Desperado
35	Spend My Time
36	Easy for Me to Say (featuring Lisa Hartman Black)
37	The Strong One
38	I Raq and Roll
39	My Imagination
40	Rainbow in the Rain
41	Money or Love
42	The Boogie Man
43	Drinkin’ Songs and Other Logic
44	Long Cool Woman
45	This Nightlife