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Return Engagement

The Country Gentlemen

Album · 1988 · Rebel REB 1663

Return Engagement was released by Rebel in 1988 (REB 1663). It was the first of the three albums the Country Gentlemen made for the label in their last years with it, followed by New Horizon (1992) and Souvenirs (1995). Most of it was recorded at Nashville Sound Connection in Nashville on 9 and 10 November 1987; “Burglar Man” had been cut there in March 1986.

Charlie Waller plays guitar and sings lead, Norman Wright mandolin and tenor, Keith Little banjo, Glen Duncan fiddle, Steve Wilson resonator guitar and Bill Yates bass, singing the low harmony part. Band members wrote much of the material: Wright is credited with “Lonely Child,” “Ain’t It Funny” and “Midnight Moon,” and Little with “Lonesome Highway,” “A Miner’s Life” (with J. F. Smith) and “I’d Like to Come Back as a Song” (with R. L. Loy). Randall Hylton wrote “A Tree That Stands Alone” and “Don’t Stop Being You,” and “Burglar Man” is credited as traditional.

Tracklist

  1. 1 A Miner's Life 2:55
  2. 2 Lonely Child 3:09
  3. 3 Ain’t it Funny alt version 2:31
  4. 4 You Were Only Foolin' 2:34
  5. 5 Midnight Moon 2:58
  6. 6 A Tree That Stands Alone 3:03
  7. 7 Don't Stop Being You 3:28
  8. 8 Lonesome Highway 3:08
  9. 9 Burglar Man 1:49
  10. 10 I'd Like To Come Back As A Song 2:54

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