Where There's Smoke... (Gibson/Miller Band album)

Where There's Smoke... is the debut album of the American country music band Gibson/Miller Band. It was released in 1993 via Epic Records. The album includes five singles: "Big Heart", "High Rollin'", "Texas Tattoo", "Small Price", and "Stone Cold Country".[1] Except for "Small Price", these all charted within Top 40 on Hot Country Songs between 1992 and 1994.

Where There's Smoke...
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 12, 1993 (1993-01-12)
RecordedThe Money Pit, The Reflections, Sound Emporium, The Music Mill, Champagne Studio
GenreCountry
LabelEpic
Producer
Gibson/Miller Band chronology
Where There's Smoke...
(1993)
Red, White & Blue Collar
(1994)

The track "Where There's Smoke" was later recorded by Archer/Park on their 1994 album We Got a Lot in Common,[2] and was a No. 29 single for them in 1994.[3]

Critical reception

A review from People was positive, stating that "Fueled by tongue-in-cheek lyrics...and Dave Gibson’s weathered tenor, their debut album conjures up freewheeling, fast-drinking honkytonk nights."[4]

Track listing

  1. "High Rollin'" (Dave Gibson, Blue Miller) – 3:31
  2. "Where There's Smoke" (Bobby P. Barker, Mark Collie) – 2:47
  3. "Your Daddy Hates Me" (Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson) – 3:21
  4. "Small Price" (Austin Cunningham, Thom McHugh) – 3:26
  5. "Texas Tattoo" (Gibson, Miller) – 3:08
  6. "She's Gettin' a Rock" (Garry Laron Phelps) – 3:19
  7. "Big Heart" (Gibson, Miller, Freddy Weller) – 3:43
  8. "An Offer Her Heart Can't Refuse" (Gibson, Miller) – 3:30
  9. "Thank Virginia" (Bunch, Johnson) – 3:15
  10. "Stone Cold Country" (Gibson, Miller) – 3:31
  11. "Southern Man" (Gibson, Richard Leigh) – 3:59

Personnel

Adapted from Where There's Smoke liner notes.[5]

Gibson/Miller Band

  • Mike Daly – steel guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Dave Gibson – lead vocals, guitar
  • Bryan Grassmeyer – bass guitar, background vocals
  • Steve Grossman – drums, percussion
  • Blue Miller – lead vocals, lead guitar

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Tommy Cooper – engineering
  • Doug Johnson – producer, engineering
  • Blue Miller – associate producer
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Ed Seay – recording, mixing

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
  2. "We Got a Lot in Common". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. Whitburn, p. 25
  4. "Picks and Pans Review: Where There's Smoke..." People. April 12, 1993.
  5. Where There's Smoke... (CD booklet). Gibson/Miller Band. Epic Records. 1993. 52980.CS1 maint: others (link)
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