The Dirt Road

The Dirt Road
Studio album by Sawyer Brown
Released	January 6, 1992 (1992-01-06)
Recorded	1991
Studio	Scruggs Sound (Berry Hill, Tennessee) Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Muscle Shoals (Sheffield, Alabama)
Genre	Country
Length	36:18
Label	Curb/Capitol
Producer	Randy Scruggs Mark Miller
Sawyer Brown chronology
Buick (1991) The Dirt Road (1992) Cafe on the Corner (1992)
Singles from The Dirt Road
"The Walk" Released: June 25, 1991 "The Dirt Road" Released: November 18, 1991 "Some Girls Do" Released: March 4, 1992

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Allmusic	[1]

The Dirt Road is the eighth studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. Released in 1992, it features the singles "The Dirt Road" and "Some Girls Do", both of which charted in the Top 5 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1992. "The Walk", a single from their previous album Buick, is also reprised here.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Dirt Road"	Mark Miller, Gregg Hubbard	2:53
2.	"Some Girls Do"	Miller	3:12
3.	"Another Trip to the Well"	Miller, Hubbard	4:00
4.	"Time and Love"	Miller, Randy Scruggs	3:18
5.	"Ruby Red Shoes"	Miller, Hubbard	3:00
6.	"Fire in the Rain"	Miller, Butch D. Myers	3:03
7.	"Burnin' Bridges (On a Rocky Road)"	Miller	2:55
8.	"Sometimes a Hero"	Miller, Hubbard	3:47
9.	"Ain't That Always the Way"	Miller, Hubbard	2:40
10.	"When Twist Comes to Shout"	Miller, Hubbard, Terry McMillan	3:19
11.	"The Walk"	Miller	3:43

Personnel

Sawyer Brown

• Mark Miller – lead vocals
• Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, backing vocals
• Duncan Cameron – lead guitars, dobro, mandolin, steel guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Scholten – bass
• Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Mike Lawler – keyboards, synthesizers
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Bill Payne – keyboards
• Tommy Patterson – keyboards, backing vocals
• Bill Hinds – guitars, backing vocals
• Mac McAnally – guitars, backing vocals
• Randy Scruggs – guitars
• JayDee Maness – steel guitar
• Earl Scruggs – banjo (1)
• David Hood – bass
• Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion
• Paul Leim – drums, percussion
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion

Production

• Mark Miller – producer
• Randy Scruggs – producer
• Steve Melton – recording
• Ron "Snake" Reynolds – recording, mixing (2-11)
• Chuck Ainlay – overdub recording, mixing (1)
• Jay Johnson – assistant remix engineer
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Buddy Jackson – art direction, design
• Chaim Mekel – photography

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	12
U.S. Billboard 200	68
Canadian RPM Country Albums	8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [2]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Mansfield, Brian. The Dirt Road at AllMusic
2. "American album certifications – Sawyer Brown – The Dirt Road". Recording Industry Association of America.