Josh Turner - Long Black Train - Music & Performance - CD

<h2>Long Black Train</h2><p>Produced by Mark Wright &amp; Frank Rogers</p><h3>Recorded &amp; Mixed by Greg Droman at The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, TN.</h3><p>Strings recorded at Ocean Way Nashville</p><p>Strings arranged by Bergen White</p><h3>MUSICIANS:</h3><p>Pat McLaughlin : Guitar, Background Vocals</p><p>Bryan Sutton : Guitar, Banjo</p><p>Brent Mason : Electric Guitar</p><p>Brent Rowan : Guitar, 6 Strings Bass</p><p>Steve Hinson : Steel Guitar, Dobro</p><p>Mike Johnson : Pedabro</p><p>Paul Franklin : Steel Guitar</p><p>Frank Rogers : Guitar</p><p>Charlie McCoy : Harmonica</p><p>Aubrey Haynie : Fiddle, Mandolin</p><p>Steve Nathan : Piano</p><p>Kevin Grantt : Bass</p><p>Shannon Forrest : Drums</p><p>Eric Darken : Percussion, Vibe</p><p>Wes Hightower : Background Vocals</p><p>Russell Terrell : Background Vocals</p><p>Lisa Cochran : Background Vocals</p><p>Melodie Crittenden : Background Vocals</p><p>John Wesley Ryles : Background Vocals</p><p>Liana Manis : Background Vocals</p>

The centerpiece of this debut album by South Carolina native Josh Turner is its lead track, the traditional-sounding "Long Black Train," which could be a country gospel song out of the 1940s. Penned by Turner, the song rolls death, temptation, and redemption into the metaphor of a funeral train, and sung in Turner's deep voice, it rolls across country radio like nothing else on the scene, the ominous breath of hellfire in the lyrics conjuring up the ghost of Johnny Cash. It is also a hard act to follow, and although there are some strong songs here, nothing else on this record comes up to the level of "Long Black Train." Turner has a deep, commanding voice full of a kind of intimate sadness, and that alone carries songs like "She'll Go on You," setting them apart from what passes for Nashville sincerity these days, but there is simply too much filler here, and with "Long Black Train" as the lead cut, everything else seems like a long breath being exhaled. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Performer	Josh Turner
Music genre	Country
Media format	CD
Original release date	2003
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	Long Black Train, In My Dreams, What It Ain't, I Had One One Time, Jacksonville, Backwoods Boy, Unburn All Our Bridges, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, She'll Go on You, Good Woman Bad, The Difference Between a Woman and a Man
Record label	MCA
Songwriter	Josh Turner
Music producer	Mark Wright, Frank Rogers
Track name	Long Black Train, In My Dreams, What it Ain't, I Had One One Time, Jacksonville, Backwoods Boy, Unburn All Our Bridges, You Don't Mess Around with Jim
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N