My Honky Tonk History

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My Honky Tonk History
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 17, 2004 (2004-08-17)
Recorded2003
Genre Country
Length40:58
Label Columbia Nashville
Producer Travis Tritt
Billy Joe Walker, Jr.
Travis Tritt chronology
Strong Enough
(2002)
My Honky Tonk History
(2004)
The Very Best of Travis Tritt
(2007)
Singles from My Honky Tonk History
  1. "The Girl's Gone Wild"
    Released: May 8, 2004
  2. "What Say You"
    Released: August 30, 2004
  3. "I See Me"
    Released: March 5, 2005
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My Honky Tonk History is the American country music artist Travis Tritt's ninth studio album, released on Columbia Records in 2004. It features the singles "The Girl's Gone Wild", "What Say You" (feat. John Mellencamp), and "I See Me", which peaked at #28, #21 and #32 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. The duet was Mellencamp's first Top 40 entry on the country charts.

Contents

The track "Circus Leaving Town" was previously recorded by its writer, Philip Claypool, on his 1995 debut album A Circus Leaving Town. Claypool's version of the song peaked at #70 on the country charts that year.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Duet partner(s)Length
1."Honky-Tonk History" Luke Bryan, Patrick Jason Matthews 3:35
2."Too Far to Turn Around"Cory Mayo, Jon McElroy, Gretchen Wilson  3:25
3."The Girl's Gone Wild" Bob DiPiero, Rivers Rutherford  2:49
4."What Say You" Michael Bradford, Frank J. Myers John Mellencamp 3:54
5."Circus Leaving Town"Philip Claypool 4:08
6."Monkey Around" Delbert McClinton, Benmont Tench, Gary Nicholson  3:13
7."I See Me" Casey Beathard, Chris Mohr  3:48
8."When Good Ol' Boys Go Bad" Kendell Marvel, Philip O'Donnell 2:58
9."We've Had It All" Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart  3:19
10."It's All About the Money"Jody Harris, Donny Kees  3:28
11."Small Doses" Jerry Salley, Chris Stapleton  5:18
12."When in Rome"Marvel, Rutherford, Boyd Houston Robert 6:23
Total length:46:18

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [5]

Strings on "I See Me" performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by D. Bergen White.

Chart performance

Chart (2004)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums7
U.S. Billboard 20050

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References

  1. About.com review
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Billboard review
  4. People review
  5. My Honky Tonk History (Media notes). Travis Tritt. Columbia Records Nashville. 2004. CK 92084.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)