John Michael Montgomery (album)

John Michael Montgomery is the third studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. Singles released from this album include "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)", "No Man's Land", "Cowboy Love" and "Long as I Live". Respectively, these reached #1, #1, #3, #4, and #4 on the Hot Country Songs charts; "Sold" was also declared the Number One country song of 1995 by Billboard.

The track "Holdin' Onto Something" was also recorded by Jeff Carson on his 1995 self-titled debut album, from which it was released as a single in 1996.

Track listing

Personnel

Per liner notes.

• John Michael Montgomery – vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano
• Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (3, 4, 7–9)
• Dann Huff – electric guitars (1, 3, 4, 6–10)
• Brent Mason – electric guitars
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitars, electric guitars (6)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Terry McMillan – harmonica (2), cymbals (3, 7), tambourine (6)
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
• Buddy Skipper – horn arrangements (5)
• Denis Solee – tenor saxophone (5)
• Barry Green – trombone (5)
• George Tidwell – trumpet (5)
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10)
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (2–9)
• Harry Stinson – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 8)

Production

• Scott Hendricks – producer, overdub recording
• John Kelton – recording
• John Jaszcz – mixing
• John Kunz – recording assistant, overdub assistant, mix assistant, production assistant
• Ken Hutton – recording assistant
• Thomas Johnson – mix assistant
• Mike Purcell – mix assistant
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• P. David Eleazar – art direction
• Lee Ann Ramey – design
• Mark Tucker – photography
• The Hallmark Direction Company – management

Chart performance

Certifications

References