''Don't Cheat in Our Hometown'' is the sixth studio album by American

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artist

Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, ...

. It was released in 1983 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the '' Billboard''

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chart. It features guitar work from

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on five of the album's ten tracks and

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harmonizes vocals on "A Vision Of Mother" and "Don't Step Over an Old Love".

Track listing

#" Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" (

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, Roy Marcum) – 3:17 #" Honey (Open That Door)" (

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) – 3:28 #"A Wound Time Can't Erase" (Bill D. Johnson) – 3:40 #"A Vision of Mother" (

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) – 3:19 #" Uncle Pen" (

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) – 2:23 #"Head Over Heels in Love with You" ( Lester Flatt) – 3:41 #"Don't Step Over an Old Love" (Fred Stryker) – 3:34 #"She's More to Be Pitied" (Ruby Rakes) – 2:48 #"Keep a Memory" (C. Stanley) – 2:36 #"

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" (Traditional) – 2:25

Personnel

* Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (1, 2, 8, 9), fiddle (1, 4, 7-9), harmony vocals (3-5, 7), mandolin (4, 7, 9), arrangements (10) *

Glen Hardin Glen Dee Hardin (born April 18, 1939) is an American piano player and arranger. He has performed and recorded with such artists as Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, and Ricky Nelson. Career Hardin was born in Wellington, ...

– piano (1, 2, 7, 8) * Buck White – piano fills (2, 3), piano solo (2), bass vocals (10) * Mickey Merrit – piano (3, 5) *

– electric guitar (1, 7, 8), electric lead guitar (2, 6), piano (6) * Ray Flacke – electric guitar (3, 5) * Brian Ahern – S-400 guitar (4, 9), acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6) *

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– steel guitar (1, 7, 8), electric rhythm guitar (2) * Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (3, 5) *

Lou Reid Lou Reid Pyrtle (born September 13, 1954 in Union Grove, North Carolina) is an American bluegrass singer, band leader, and multi-instrumentalist. Biography Early life Reid grew up on a tobacco farm in Moore Springs, North Carolina. His father ...

– banjo (5), harmony vocals (5) * Marc Pruett – banjo (9) *

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. Career In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he h ...

– dobro (9) * Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 6-9) * Jesse Chambers – bass guitar (3, 5) * John Ware – drums (1, 2, 6-8) *

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– drums (3, 5) *

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– fiddle (3, 5) * Bobby Hardin – backing vocals (2) * Cheryl White-Warren – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10) * Sharon White-Skaggs – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10) *

– harmony vocals (4, 7)

Production

* Ricky Skaggs – producer * Donivan Cowart – engineer * Marshall Morgan – engineer, mixing * Steve Scruggs – engineer * Hollis Halford – assistant engineer * Pat McMakin – assistant engineer * Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) * Virginia Team – art direction * Jeff Morris – design * Jim "Señior" McGuire – photography * Chip Peay Enterprises – management

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 1983 albums Ricky Skaggs albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Ricky Skaggs