''Free the Music'' is the fourth and second major-label 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

Jerrod Niemann Jerrod Lee Niemann (born July 24, 1979) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released one single for Category 5 Records (2006); three albums for Sea Gayle Music/Arista Nashville: ''Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury'' (2010), ''F ...

. It was released on October 2, 2012, via

Sea Gayle Music Sea Gayle Music is an independent music publishing company based in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. It was formed in 1999 by songwriter Chris DuBois, songwriter/producer Frank Rogers, and songwriter/artist Brad Paisley.Miner, Maurice" ...

and

Arista Nashville Arista Nashville is an American record label that serves as a wholly owned division of Sony Music, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks ...

. Niemann co-produced the album and wrote or co-wrote all twelve tracks. The album features a duet with

Colbie Caillat Colbie Marie Caillat (; born May 28, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame through social networking website Myspace. At that time, she was the number one unsigned artist of her genre. After signing with Universal Republic ...

, "All About You."

Track listing

Personnel

Dave Brainard David Gregory Brainard (born February 9, 1975) is a Grammy nominated American record producer best known for his work in country music in the entertainment industry. Early life Dave Brainard was born in Seoul Korea and raised in Omaha, Nebra ...

–

upright bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar ...

, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

* Taryn Brainard – background vocals *

– background vocals on "All About You" * Cliff Canterbury – background vocals * Devri DePriest –

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

* Will Doughty – piano, keyboards,

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 ...

* Dustin Evans – pitched beer bottles * John Christopher Hamm – trumpet * William Elliott – trombone * Chris Estes – reggae drums * Rob Hatch – background vocals * Byron House – upright bass * Bill Huber –

tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...

* Tim Lauer – accordion * David Mahurin – drums * J.R. McCoy – percussion, congas, finger snaps, hand claps * Lance Miller – background vocals * Travis Mobley – piano,

Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from the mid-1950s to mid-1980s. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is concept ...

* Natalie Murphy – violin *

– acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals * Tim Teague – acoustic B-bender guitar, electric guitar * Carl Utterstom – trombone * Karl Wingruber – saxophone, clarinet

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References

{{Authority control 2012 albums Jerrod Niemann albums Arista Records albums Albums produced by Dave Brainard