No More Mr. Nice Guy (Steve Wariner album)

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No More Mr. Nice Guy
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 12, 1996 (1996-03-12)
Studio
Genre Country
Length42:17
Label Arista Nashville
Producer
  • Steve Wariner
Steve Wariner chronology
Drive
(1994)
No More Mr. Nice Guy
(1996)
Burnin' the Roadhouse Down
(1998)

No More Mr. Nice Guy is an instrumental album released in 1996 by American country music artist Steve Wariner. His final album for Arista Records, it comprises twelve instrumental tracks. No singles were released from it, although "The Brickyard Boogie" was nominated for Best Country Instrumental at the Grammy Awards of 1997. [1] This song features former Pearl River member Derek George (who would later go on to found the band Williams Riley), former Boy Howdy member Jeffrey Steele, as well as Bryan White and Bryan Austin. Jimmy Olander, guitarist for Diamond Rio, is featured on the track "Hap Towne Breakdowne".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Featured artist(s)Length
1."No More Mr. Nice Guy"
Vince Gill and Nolan Ryan 4:04
2."Big Hero, Little Hero"Wariner Chet Atkins 4:34
3."Prelude / Practice Your Scales Somewhere Else"Wariner Mark O'Connor and Sam Bush 2:57
4."The Theme"
  • Wariner
  • Goodrum
Larry Carlton and Randy Goodrum 2:57
5."Forever Loving You"Wariner 4:17
6."Next March"
  • Wariner
  • Goodrum
Béla Fleck 3:19
7."If You Can't Say Something Good"
Mac McAnally 3:46
8."Hap Towne Breakdowne"
Carl Jackson, Mark O'Connor, and Jimmy Olander (of Diamond Rio)3:28
9."For Chester B"Wariner 1:50
10."The Brickyard Boogie"
  • Wariner
  • Ron Gannaway
Bryan White, Derek George, Bryan Austin, and Jeffrey Steele 3:29
11."Don't Call Me Ray"
Leo Kottke3:09
12."Guitar Talk"Wariner Lee Roy Parnell and Richie Sambora 3:46

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