The Dirt Road
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ReleasedJanuary 6, 1992
Recorded1991
Studio
- Scruggs Sound (Berry Hill, Tennessee)
- Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Muscle Shoals (Sheffield, Alabama)
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| Released | January 6, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:18 | |||
| Label | Curb/Capitol | |||
| Producer | Randy Scruggs Mark Miller | |||
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The Dirt Road is the eighth studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. Released in 1992, it features the singles "The Dirt Road" and "Some Girls Do", both of which charted in the Top 5 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1992. "The Walk", a single from their previous album Buick, is also reprised here.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Dirt Road" | Mark Miller, Gregg Hubbard | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Some Girls Do" | Miller | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Another Trip to the Well" | Miller, Hubbard | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Time and Love" | Miller, Randy Scruggs | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Ruby Red Shoes" | Miller, Hubbard | 3:00 |
| 6. | "Fire in the Rain" | Miller, Butch D. Myers | 3:03 |
| 7. | "Burnin' Bridges (On a Rocky Road)" | Miller | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Sometimes a Hero" | Miller, Hubbard | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Ain't That Always the Way" | Miller, Hubbard | 2:40 |
| 10. | "When Twist Comes to Shout" | Miller, Hubbard, Terry McMillan | 3:19 |
| 11. | "The Walk" | Miller | 3:43 |
Personnel
Sawyer Brown
- Mark Miller – lead vocals
- Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, backing vocals
- Duncan Cameron – lead guitars, dobro, mandolin, steel guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Scholten – bass
- Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion
Additional Musicians
- John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards, acoustic piano
- Mike Lawler – keyboards, synthesizers
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Bill Payne – keyboards
- Tommy Patterson – keyboards, backing vocals
- Bill Hinds – guitars, backing vocals
- Mac McAnally – guitars, backing vocals
- Randy Scruggs – guitars
- JayDee Maness – steel guitar
- Earl Scruggs – banjo (1)
- David Hood – bass
- Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion
- Paul Leim – drums, percussion
- Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
Production
- Mark Miller – producer
- Randy Scruggs – producer
- Steve Melton – recording
- Ron "Snake" Reynolds – recording, mixing (2-11)
- Chuck Ainlay – overdub recording, mixing (1)
- Jay Johnson – assistant remix engineer
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- Glenn Meadows – mastering
- Buddy Jackson – art direction, design
- Chaim Mekel – photography
