The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001
The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 is the 57th studio album by American country music singer George Jones, released on September 11, 2001 on the Bandit Records label.
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| Released | September 11, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:56 | |||
| Label | Bandit | |||
| Producer | Emory Gordy, Jr., Allen Reynolds, Keith Stegall | |||
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The lead-off single was "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)", a duet with Garth Brooks that was also found on his 2001 album Scarecrow. The LP continued Jones's re-emergence on the Billboard country albums chart, rising to number 5 (as had his previous studio album Cold Hard Truth) and made it to number 65 on the Top 200 chart. Significant tracks include "50,000 Names", written and originally recorded by Jamie O'Hara, is a tribute to fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War, and "Tramp On Your Street", which marks the first time a Billy Joe Shaver song appeared on a Jones album. "What I Didn't Do" had been previously recorded by Steve Wariner.
The album was released on Bandit Records, an independent label Jones founded with Evelyn Shriver and Susan Nadler. As Jones explained to Jessica Walden of The 11th Hour, " Truthfully, I was just sick of the major record companies and never having any control over my music. I've recorded more than 1,000 songs and made many millions of dollars for a lot of different companies, yet I still have nothing to say about my own records and what is done with them. Once radio stopped playing my music, most of the big companies were not that interested in me – they like the prestige of having a "legend" but they really don't want to have to work those records. They want to save their money and put it towards younger artists that they have more control over and whose royalty rate might not be as large as an established artist."
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Rock" | Russell Smith, Jim Varsos | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (featuring Garth Brooks) | Keith Anderson, Kent Blazy, George Ducas, Amanda Williams, Kim Williams | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Wood and Wire" | Kenny Beard | 3:49 |
| 4. | "50,000 Names" | Jamie O'Hara | 3:50 |
| 5. | "The Man He Was" | Harley Allen, John Wiggins | 2:51 |
| 6. | "I Got Everything" | Al Anderson, Jim Hoke | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Half Over You" | Karen Staley | 3:31 |
| 8. | "I Am" | Stewart Harris | 3:06 |
| 9. | "Honey Hush" | Dean Dillon | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Around Here" | Richard Fagan, Jeff Moore | 2:35 |
| 11. | "What I Didn't Do" | Wood Newton, Michael Noble | 3:46 |
| 12. | "Tramp on Your Street" | Billy Joe Shaver | 4:14 |
Personnel
- Monisa Angell – viola
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Richard Bennett – electric guitar
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
- Garth Brooks – lead vocals and background vocals on "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)"
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Mike Chapman – bass guitar
- Bruce Christensen – viola
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Emory Gordy Jr. – bass guitar, string arrangements
- Gerald Greer – violin
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Connie Heard – violin
- John Hobbs – Hammond organ, piano
- John Hughey – steel guitar
- Carl Jackson – background vocals
- George Jones – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
- Patty Loveless – background vocals
- Liana Manis – background vocals
- Anthony LaMarchina – cello
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Joey Miskulin – accordion
- Gary Van Osdale – viola
- Kathryn Plummer – viola
- Gary Prim – piano
- Mike Rojas – keyboards
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Lisa Silver – background vocals
- Pam Sixfin – violin
- Milton Sledge – drums
- Chris Teal – violin
- Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- John Wiggins – background vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Bobby Wood – keyboards
- Curtis Young – background vocals