''Brand New Me'' is the seventh studio album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965) is an American country music singer. Montgomery began singing with his brother Eddie, who would later become known as one half of the duo Montgomery Gentry, before beginning his major-label solo ca ...

. His last album for the Atlantic label, it features the Number One single "The Little Girl" (the last Number One of his career) as well as "Even Then" and "That's What I Like About You", both of which failed to make Top 40. "That's Not Her Picture" was previously cut by

Jason Sellers Jason Sellers (born March 4, 1971) is an American country music artist. After several years of touring the United States in his family's band, Sellers joined the road band of Ricky Skaggs. By 1997, he was signed to a recording contract with BNA Re ...

on his 1999 album '' A Matter of Time'', and "Thanks for the G Chord" was originally recorded by Canadian artist

Gil Grand Gil Grand (born Gilles Lagrandeur, January 8, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer. Since 1998, he has released three studio albums: '' Famous First Words'' (1998), ''Burnin'' (2002) and ''Somebody's Someone'' (2006). He has charted several ...

on his 1998 album '' Famous First Words''. ''Brand New Me'' was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

Personnel

Melonie Cannon Melonie Cannon is an American singer, blending country and bluegrass on her solo albums and session work. Willie Nelson said, "Melonie Cannon is one of the best singers I know." Biography Early years Cannon was born in Jackson, Tennessee, but her ...

– background vocals (tracks 2, 9) * J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar (all tracks) *

Chad Cromwell Chad Cromwell (born June 14, 1957) is an American rock drummer whose music career has spanned more than 30 years. He is the founding member of a band called Fortunate Sons, which released a self-titled album in 2004. Cromwell has worked with m ...

- drums (all tracks) *Blair Daly - background vocals (track 10) *Glen Duncan - fiddle (tracks 1-6, 9),

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

(tracks 2, 4, 5) *Kim Fleming - background vocals (track 9) *

Larry Franklin The Lawrence Franklin espionage scandal involved Lawrence Franklin passing classified documents regarding United States policy towards Iran to Israel. Franklin, a former United States Department of Defense employee, pleaded guilty to several espi ...

- fiddle (tracks 1, 7, 8, 10) * Paul Franklin -

steel guitar A steel guitar ( haw, kīkākila) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conve ...

(track 7),

Dobro Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars, currently owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally ...

(tracks 2, 4) *Wes Hightower - background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 9) *John Hobbs - piano (tracks 2-5),

Hammond B-3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

(tracks 6, 8) *Garnet Imes - background vocals (track 9) *

Alison Krauss Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...

- background vocals (track 8) *Troy Lancaster - electric guitar (track 1) *B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar (track 10) *Liana Manis - background vocals (track 9) *

Brent Mason Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American, Nashville, Tennessee-based recording studio guitarist and songwriter, performing primarily country music. Guitar World Magazine listed him as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". ...

– electric guitar (track 3) *Randy McCormick - piano (tracks 6, 9, 10), keyboards (tracks 2-5), Hammond B-3 organ (tracks 1, 4, 7) *John Michael Montgomery - electric guitar (track 10), lead vocals (all tracks) *

Steve Nathan Steven Jay Nathan is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios. Biography Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After touring wit ...

- keyboards (tracks 8, 10) *

Bobby Ogdin Robert Ford Ogdin (born September, 1945) is a Nashville-based recording session pianist. He is best known as a member of Elvis Presley's TCB band. He performed on 20 of Presley's recordings and accompanied him on 45 live shows until Presleys' deat ...

- piano (tracks 1, 7), Hammond B-3 organ (track 10) *

Dale Oliver Dale Oliver is an American music composer, guitarist and producer, who is signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is the head of Impact Wrestling Music. Oliver was formerly a guitarist for the American country music group Blackhawk, Reba McEntire, S ...

- electric guitar (all tracks) *Larry Paxton - bass guitar (all tracks) *Scotty Sanders -

lap steel guitar The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional ...

(track 1) *

Dan Tyminski Daniel John Tyminski (born June 20, 1967) is an American bluegrass composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist. He is a member of Alison Krauss's band Union Station, and has released three solo albums, ''Carry Me Across the Mountain'' (2000), on ...

- mandolin (track 8), background vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8) *Tommy White - steel guitar (all tracks except 7) * John Willis - acoustic guitar (all tracks except 10) *Dennis Wilson - background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10) *Curtis Young - background vocals (tracks 3, 7, 10)

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References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Atlantic Records albums John Michael Montgomery albums Albums produced by Buddy Cannon Albums produced by Norro Wilson