Del Rio, TX 1959 is the debut solo studio album by American country music artist Radney Foster . It was released in 1992 (see 1992 in country music ) on the Arista Nashville label, and it produced five singles for Foster on the Billboard country charts: "Just Call Me Lonesome", "Nobody Wins", "Easier Said Than Done", "Hammer and Nails", and "Closing Time". All of these except "Closing Time" were Top 40 hits on the country charts; "Nobody Wins" was the highest-charting, reaching #2.
The album's title refers to Foster's birth year and birthplace.
Track listing
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Personnel
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The band
Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar
Steve Fishell – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
Radney Foster – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Bill Hullett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 6-string bass, mandolin
Michael Joyce – bass guitar
Bob Mummert – drums, percussion, tire iron ("Hammer and Nails")
John Propst – piano
Pete Wasner – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Additional musicians
Glen Duncan – fiddle on "Louisiana Blue" and "Closing Time", viola on "Easier Said than Done"
Albert Lee – lead guitar on "Don't Say Goodbye" and "Louisiana Blue"
George Marinelli – lead guitar on "Hammer and Nails" and "A Fine Line"
On "Old Silver"
Backing vocalists
Mary Chapin Carpenter – "Nobody Wins"
John Hiatt – "Hammer and Nails"
Carl Jackson – "Just Call Me Lonesome", "Louisiana Blue"
Kim Richey – "Easier Said than Done", "A Fine Line", "Went for a Ride", "Closing Time", "Old Silver"
Harry Stinson – "Don't Say Goodbye", "Old Silver"
Cindy Williams – "Closing Time"
Curtis Young – "A Fine Line", "Closing Time"
Technical
Chuck Ainlay – mixing (all tracks except "Nobody Wins")
Randy Best – mixing ("Nobody Wins")
Steve Fishell – production
Radney Foster – production
Mike Poole – recording, mixing ("Old Silver" only)
Chart performance
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Chart (1992)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
46
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers
11
References
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^ Various Authors "New Music" Syracuse Herald-American 11 Oct. 1992. p. 23.