Dixie Lullabies

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Dixie Lullabies
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2011 (2011-10-18)
Genre Country rock, Southern rock
Length49:05
Label Red Dirt
Producer The Kentucky Headhunters
Wayd Battle
Richie Owens
The Kentucky Headhunters chronology
Flying Under the Radar
(2006)
Dixie Lullabies
(2011)
Meet Me in Bluesland
(2015)

Dixie Lullabies is an album by the American southern rock/country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. It was released on October 18, 2011 through Red Dirt Records.

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five and in its review by William Ruhlmann, he thought that the songs were "steeped in familiar structures" and "will fit right in with the band's earlier material". [1] An identical rating came from Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine , who said that "What the album lacks in surprises it makes up for in pure, unadulterated swagger" and that the Headhunters "are still one of the finest Southern-rock outfits around." [2]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Kentucky Headhunters; co-writers in parentheses.

  1. "Dixie Lullaby" — 2:41
  2. "Boones Farm Boogie" — 3:14
  3. "Great Acoustics" — 3:46
  4. "Tumblin' Roses" (John Fred Young) — 3:38
  5. "Les Paul Standard" — 3:18
  6. "In a Perfect World" — 3:33
  7. "Roll On Little Pretty" (Wayd Battle, Daryll Meadows) — 3:26
  8. "Sugar Daddy" — 3:15
  9. "Just Another Night" — 4:13
  10. "Little Miss Blues Breaker" — 2:54
  11. "Little Angel" (Anthony Kenney) — 3:41
  12. "Just Believe" — 4:30
  13. "Ain't That a Shame" — 2:32
  14. "Recollection Blues" — 4:24

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes and backing card. [3]

The Kentucky Headhunters

Note: Doug Phelps and Richard Young sing a unison lead vocal on "Dixie Lullaby".

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums75

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References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. "Dixie Lullabies review". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. Keefe, Jonathan (16 October 2011). "Dixie Lullabies review". Slant. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. Dixie Lullabies (CD booklet and backing card). The Kentucky Headhunters. Red Dirt Records. 2011. 7402.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)