''Here's to the Ones'' marks the second album from

Rhett Walker Band Rhett Walker Band is a Southern rock and Christian rock band from Nashville. The band released their debut studio album under the Essential Records label on July 10, 2012 called '' Come to the River.'' The band's debut single, " When Mercy Found ...

. Essential Records released the project on October 14, 2014. Rhett Walker Band worked with producers

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and

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to create the album.

Reception

Signaling in a four star out of five review for ''

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'', Andy Argyrakis citing, the band are "Tossing a little more fuel on the southern-fried gives Rhett Walker Band's sophomore project more gusto than its already heralded 2012 debut ''Come To The River''." In tandem with the four star rating, Jesus Freak Hideout's Alex Caldwell recognizing, "''Here's To The Ones'' is a rare treat in that both the music and the message sound equally authentic, and shows that Walker, in all his grittiness and imperfections, still has his focus in the right place." Tim Holden, writing for

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in an eight out of ten review, emphasizing, "Rhett Walker Band's second record label album outing continues the gritty Southern rock sound with attitude... If it is rock with more than a hint of southern flavour and a bit of spiritual meat to the lyrics you're looking for, then 'Here's To The Ones' is definitely an album to get hold of." Awarding the album four stars from 365 Days of Inspiring Media, Joshua Andre writes, "Rhett Walker Band have released a sophomore album that exceeds my expectations, as there’s plenty of genres encompassed here, enough to make most people happy." Jackie Labuguen, rating the album 5.0 out of five for Christian Music Review, says, "''Here's To The Ones'', is sure to elicit a strong positive response from their audience." Awarding the album an eight out of ten from Christ Core, Jacob Neff writes, "''Here's To The Ones'' is an ode to living life to the fullest, hearts full of love and amazed at the grace and mercy of our God, for as long as we’re on this earth."

Track listing

Personnel

Rhett Walker Band * Rhett Walker – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Joe Kane – acoustic guitar, electric guitar,

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

, vocals * Kevin Whitsett – bass guitar,

upright bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

, vocals * Kenny Davis – guitars, drums, percussion, vocals Additional musicians *

– acoustic piano,

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin,

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

, percussion, vocals * Scotty Wilbanks – Hammond B3 organ (3) * Jason Webb – Hammond B3 organ (8) * Pastor Mark Canipe – intro (1) *

– backing vocals (3, 8) Production * Paul Moak – producer (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9–14), engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9–14), mixing (14) * Ed Cash – producer (3, 8), engineer (3, 8), mixing (3, 8) *

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– additional production (3, 8) * Rhett Walker Band – producers (7, 15) * Joe Kane – mixing (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9–13, 15) * Justin March – assistant engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9–14) * Devin Vaughan – assistant engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9–14) * Max Corwin – assistant engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9–14) * Zack Zinck – assistant engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9–14) * Ryan Meadoo – assistant engineer (3, 8) * Cody Norris – assistant engineer (3, 8) * Brad Blackwood – mastering at Euphonic Masters (Memphis, Tennessee) * Jason Root – A&R production * Lani Crump – production coordinator * Beth Lee – art direction * Tim Parker – art direction, design * Joshua Black Wilkins – photography * Kelly Henderson – hair stylist, make-up * Stephanie Harrison – wardrobe assistant

Charts

References

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