''Faded Blue'' is the third 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 Gary Morris. It was released on April 2, 1984 via

Warner Bros. Records Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ...

. The album includes the singles " Between Two Fires", " Second Hand Heart" and "

Baby Bye Bye "Baby Bye Bye" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Gary Morris. It was released in October 1984 as the third single from the album '' Faded Blue''. The song was written by Morris and Jamie Brantley. The song was M ...

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. *

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

- drums,

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*Jamie Brantley - acoustic guitar,

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, background vocals *Steve Brantley -

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, background vocals *Sonny Garrish - steel guitar *Steve Gibson - electric guitar (tracks 2, 6) *Gary Hooker - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals *

John Barlow Jarvis John Barlow Jarvis (born January 2, 1954 in Pasadena, California)Paul Kingsbury, editor"The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music" 2004 is an American songwriter, composer, session pianist and recording artist. Before mov ...

- electric piano, piano * Gary Morris - lead vocals, background vocals *Bobby Ogdin - organ Strings arranged and conducted by Bergen White, performed by

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with Carl Gorodetzky, concertmaster.

Chart performance

References

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