Pickin' on Nashville

Studio album by The Kentucky Headhunters

Released

October 17, 1989

Genre

Country rock, southern rock

Length

34:21

Label

Mercury

Producer

The Kentucky Headhunters

The Kentucky Headhunters chronology

Pickin' on Nashville
(1989)

Electric Barnyard
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pickin' on Nashville is the debut album from the American country rock/southern rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. It features the singles "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine", "Oh Lonesome Me", "Dumas Walker", and "Rock 'n' Roll Angel", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Oh Lonesome Me" was also the highest charting, at #8. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the band in 1991.

"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" is a cover of a Bill Monroe song, "Skip a Rope" a cover of a Henson Cargill song, and "Oh Lonesome Me" a cover of a Don Gibson song. After brothers Ricky Lee and Doug Phelps left the band in 1992 to form the duo Brother Phelps, they recorded "Ragtop" on their second album (1994's Any Way the Wind Blows). Doug rejoined the band in 1997.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine"	Bill Monroe, Jake Landers	3:44
2.	"Dumas Walker"	The Kentucky Headhunters	2:50
3.	"Rag Top"	Doug Phelps, Ricky Lee Phelps	3:11
4.	"Rock 'n' Roll Angel"	Richard Young	3:51
5.	"Smooth"	R. L. Phelps, Samuel Edward Crowe	4:27
6.	"High Steppin' Daddy"	Ralph Wade Martin	2:57
7.	"Skip a Rope"	Glenn Tubb, Jack Moran	2:31
8.	"Some Folks Like to Steal"	R. Young, Fred Young, Martin	2:51
9.	"Oh Lonesome Me"	Don Gibson	3:09
10.	"My Daddy Was a Milkman"	The Kentucky Headhunters	4:28

Personnel

The Kentucky Headhunters

Greg Martin - lead guitar
Doug Phelps - background vocals, bass guitar
Ricky Lee Phelps - lead vocals
Fred Young - drums, percussion
Richard Young - rhythm guitar

Additional musician

Richard Ripani - Hammond B-3 organ on "Oh Lonesome Me", "cheesy organ" on "Rock 'n' Roll Angel"

Technical

Mike Bradley - recording, mixing
The Kentucky Headhunters - production, arrangement
Glenn Meadows - mastering
Jim Zumwalt - executive production

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2
U.S. Billboard 200	41

The Kentucky Headhunters

Greg Martin Doug Phelps Fred Young Richard Young James Harrison Anthony Kenney Mark S. Orr Ricky Lee Phelps

Studio albums	Pickin' on Nashville Electric Barnyard Rave On!! That'll Work (with Johnnie Johnson) Stompin' Grounds Songs from the Grass String Ranch Soul Big Boss Man Dixie Lullabies

Compilation albums	The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin' Flying Under the Radar Authorized Bootleg: Live – Agara Ballroom – Cleveland, Ohio

Notable singles	"Dumas Walker" "Oh Lonesome Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Angel" "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" "Let's Work Together" "Blue Moon of Kentucky" "Dixie Fried" "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" "Singin' the Blues" "Big Boss Man" "Chug-a-Lug" "Take These Chains from My Heart"

Related articles	Discography Brother Phelps Mercury Records

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