Room to Breathe (Delbert McClinton album)

Room to Breathe
Studio album by Delbert McClinton
Released	August 24, 2002 (2002-08-24)
Studio	Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee) Bismeaux Studios (Austin, Texas)
Genre	Americana blues blues rock country rock
Length	42:14
Label	New West Records
Producer	Delbert McClinton Gary Nicholson
Delbert McClinton chronology
Nothing Personal (2001) Room to Breathe (2002) Live (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[2]
Uncut	[3]

Room to Breathe is a solo studio album by American blues rock singer-songwriter Delbert McClinton. It was released on August 24, 2002 via New West Records. It was recorded at Sound Emporium at Nashville, Tennessee with additional recording at Bismeaux Studio in Austin, Texas. Production was handled by Gary Nicholson and McClinton himself.

The album peaked at number 84 on the Billboard 200, number 12 on the Top Country Albums, number 3 on the Independent Albums, and topped the Blues Albums chart in the United States.

In 2003, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Same Kind of Crazy"	Delbert McClinton Gary Nicholson	4:04
2.	"Smooth Talk"	McClinton Nicholson	3:49
3.	"Jungle Room"	McClinton J. Fred Knobloch	3:41
4.	"Everything I Know About the Blues"	McClinton Nicholson Benmont Tench	3:31
5.	"Blues About You Baby"	McClinton Al Anderson	3:00
6.	"Lone Star Blues"	McClinton Nicholson	3:57
7.	"The Rub"	McClinton	3:15
8.	"Won't Be Me"	McClinton Nicholson Anderson	4:04
9.	"Don't Want to Love You"	McClinton Billy Lawson	3:00
10.	"Ain't Lost Nothin'"	McClinton Nicholson Kim Wilson	2:45
11.	"Money Honey"	McClinton Nicholson	3:35
12.	"New York City"	McClinton Tom Faulkner	3:33
Total length:			42:14

Personnel

• Delbert McClinton – vocals, blues harp harmonica (tracks: 1, 7, 10), lead electric guitar (track 3), horn arrangement (tracks: 3, 7, 12), acoustic guitar (track 7), producer
• Todd Sharp – lead electric guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 10), rhythm electric guitar (tracks: 3, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (track 4), backing vocals & electric baritone guitar (track 6), lead acoustic guitar (track 8), nylon-string guitar (track 9)
• Bill Campbell – rhythm electric guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 10), lead electric guitar (tracks: 5, 11, 12)
• Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 3)
• Carl Marsh – strings arrangement & conductor (track 4)
• Glenn Worf – upright bass (track 4)
• Mark Jordan – B-3 electric organ (tracks: 2, 11), piano (tracks: 4, 9)
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (track 4)
• George Hawkins – bass (tracks: 1-3, 5-12), rhythm electric guitar (tracks: 5, 8), backing vocals (track 8)
• Kevin McKendree – B-3 electric organ (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12), Wurlitzer electric piano (tracks: 1, 2), piano (tracks: 6, 8, 10, 11)
• James Pennebaker – rhythm electric guitar, steel guitar, fiddle & backing vocals (track 6)
• Lynn Williams – drums, backing vocals (track 6), percussion (track 7)
• Gary Nicholson – acoustic guitar & backing vocals (track 6), producer
• John Catchings – cello (track 9)
• Carl Gorodetzky – violin (track 9)
• Pam Sixfin – violin (track 9)
• Jim Grosjean – viola (track 9)
• Jim Horn – baritone saxophone (tracks: 3, 7, 12)
• Jimmy Bowland – tenor saxophone (tracks: 3, 7, 12)
• Don Wise – tenor saxophone (tracks: 7, 12)
• Terry Townson – trumpet & horn arrangement (tracks: 3, 7, 12)
• Bill Huber – trombone (tracks: 3, 7, 12)
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore – backing vocals (track 6)
• Billy Joe Shaver – backing vocals (track 6)
• Jessi Alexander – backing vocals (track 6)
• Emmylou Harris – backing vocals (track 6)
• Rodney Crowell – backing vocals (track 6)
• Butch Hancock – backing vocals (track 6)
• Kimmie Rhodes – backing vocals (track 6)
• Marcia Ball – backing vocals (track 6)
• Steve Earle – backing vocals (track 6)
• Heather Waters – backing vocals (track 6)
• Ray Benson – backing vocals (track 6)
• Guy Clark – backing vocals (track 6)
• Dee Dee Day – backing vocals (track 6)
• Joe Ely – backing vocals (track 6)
• Matt Andrews – recording
• Cris Burns – recording
• Dave Sinko – recording
• Richard Dodd – mixing, mastering
• Wendy Goldstein – executive producer
• Chuck Hermes – design
• Dennis Wile – cover photo
• Katherine Bomboy – photography

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [4]	84
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5]	12
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [6]	3
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [7]	1

References

1. Doerschuk, Robert L. "Delbert McClinton - Room to Breathe Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved August 30, 2023.
2. Moser, Margaret (October 18, 2002). "Delbert McClinton: Room to Breathe Album Review". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved August 30, 2023.
3. "Delbert McClinton - Room To Breathe". UNCUT . May 1, 2003. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
4. "Delbert McClinton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
5. "Delbert McClinton Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
6. "Delbert McClinton Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
7. "Delbert McClinton Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

External links

• Delbert McClinton – Room To Breathe at Discogs (list of releases)