''How Lucky I Am'' is the fourth 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

Bryan White Bryan Shelton White (born February 17, 1974) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20, White released his self-titled debut album that year. Both it and its follow-up, 1996's '' Between Now ...

. It was released in 1999 (see

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) on

Asylum Records Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. It was taken over by Warner Communications (now the Warner Music Group) in 1972, and later merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/As ...

. The album included two

singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

: "You're Still Beautiful to Me" which reached number 39 on the

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chart and "God Gave Me You" at number 40.

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

produced tracks 1–3 and 6–8, and White co-produced the remainder of the album with Derek George.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occ ...

gave the album three stars out of five, with his review saying that its sound was "more suited for

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

stations than contemporary country" but adding that the album worked "in small doses."

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 7, 9-12), acoustic guitar (4, 9, 10), percussion (4, 10, 12), shaker (5),

cowbell A cowbell (or cow bell) is a bell worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock so herders can keep track of an animal via the sound of the bell when the animal is grazing out of view in hilly landscapes or vast plains. Although they are t ...

(9),

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

(9) *

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voca ...

– keyboards (1, 2) *

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 (2, 6, 7, 8), acoustic piano (5, 10, 11, 12),

Hammond B3 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, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

(11) * Tim Akers – keyboards (3, 6, 7, 8) * Tom Bentley – acoustic piano (4, 9),

Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

(4, 5), Hammond B3 organ (4, 5), keyboards (10, 12), Mellotron strings (10) *

Max Carl Max Carl Gronenthal (born January 29, 1950) is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He is the co-lead singer of the classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad. In addition, he spent several years as the keyboardist and le ...

– backing vocals (4, 9),

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 conceptua ...

(9), Hammond B3 organ (9) * B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) *

– electric guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Jeff King – electric guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) *

Derek George Derek George (born in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist currently signed to Spirit Music Group. He is known for his work in Pearl River and Williams Riley, and his frequent collaborations ...

– acoustic guitar (4), Mu-tron guitar (4),

Rickenbacker guitar Rickenbacker International Corporation is a string instrument manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California. The company is credited as the first known maker of electric guitars – a steel guitar in 1932 – and today produces a range o ...

(4), backing vocals (5, 10, 11, 12), all electric guitars (9), electric guitar (10, 12), 12-string electric guitar (11) * Brinson Strickland – electric guitar (4) *

Steve Wariner Steven Noel Wariner (born December 25, 1954) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Initially a backing musician for Dottie West, he also worked with Bob Luman and Chet Atkins before beginning a solo career in the late 1 ...

– 12-string acoustic guitar (4) *

Larry Byrom Steppenwolf was an American-Canadian rock band that was prominent from 1968 to 1972. The group was formed in late 1967 in Los Angeles by lead singer John Kay, keyboardist Goldy McJohn, and drummer Jerry Edmonton, all formerly of the Canadian b ...

– acoustic guitar (5, 10, 11) *

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 (5, 10, 11) * Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar (12) *

Mac McAnally Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. (; born July 15, 1957), known professionally as Mac McAnally, is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. ...

– gut-string acoustic guitar (12) * 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 ...

(1, 2, 3, 5-8, 10, 11, 12) * Randle Currie – steel guitar (4, 9) *

Mike Brignardello Giant is an American melodic rock band that was formed in 1987. The band originally consisted of founding members Dann Huff (lead vocals and guitar) and Alan Pasqua (keyboard), and had Dann's brother David Huff on drums and Mike Brignardello on ...

– bass (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Lee Hendricks – bass (4, 5, 9-12) *

Paul Leim Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

– drums (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Lynn Williams – drums (4, 9) *

Lonnie Wilson Lonnie Wilson is an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Wilson was originally the lead singer of the band Bandana, which charted ten singles on the Hot C ...

– drums (5, 10, 11), shaker (11), tambourine (11), loops (12) *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

– percussion (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Joe Finger – percussion (4), additional percussion (11),

djembe A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...

(11),

udu The udu is a plosive aerophone (in this case implosive) and an idiophone of the Igbo people, Igbo of Nigeria. In the Igbo language, ''ùdù'' means 'vessel'. Actually being a water jug with an additional hole, it was played by Igbo women for ce ...

(11), drums (12) *

Aubrey Haynie Aubrey Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wr ...

–

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

(1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) *

Stuart Duncan Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...

– fiddle (4, 9, 10, 12),

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 ...

(9) * Ronn Huff – string arrangements (2, 7) * Bergen White – string arrangements (5, 12) * Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (2, 5, 7, 12) *

The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...

– strings (2, 5, 7, 12) * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 7, 8) *

Scotty Emerick Walter Scott Emerick (born July 11, 1973, in Hollywood, Florida) is an American country music artist, known primarily for his work with Toby Keith. In addition to penning several of Keith's singles, Emerick has also written for Sawyer Brown, Geo ...

– backing vocals (5, 10) *

Harry Stinson Harry Stinson (born June 3, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian real estate developer from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is president of Stinson Properties, Inc. He has been called Toronto's "condo king". Biography Stinson's most significant ...

– backing vocals (9) * Erika Page – "Shari Ann" vocals (9) * John Tirro – backing vocals (10) Party vibe on "Shari Ann" * Joe Finger, Paul Hantzis, Lee Hendricks, Leslie Liddell, Erika Page, Brinson Strickland and Bryan White BW Tribe on "How Lucky I Am " * Tom Bentley, Joe Finger, Paul Hantzis and Bryan White

Production

* Dann Huff – producer (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Bryan White – producer (4, 5, 9-12), additional recording (4, 5, 9-12) * Derek George – producer (4, 5, 9-12), recording (4, 5, 9), digital editing (4, 5, 9-12), overdub recording (10, 11, 12) * Jeff Balding – recording (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8), mixing (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Kenny Farris – recording assistant (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8), mix assistant (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Mark Hagen – recording assistant (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8), additional recording (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8), mix assistant (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Paul Hantzis – additional recording (4, 5, 9-12), digital editing (4, 5, 9-12) * Jason Lehning – additional recording (4, 5, 9-12), string recording (5, 12) * Steve Lowery – additional recording (4, 5, 9-12), overdub recording (10) * Alan Schulman – additional recording (4, 5, 9-12), recording (10, 11, 12) * Chris Stone – additional recording (4, 5, 9-12), recording assistant (10, 11, 12) *

Kyle Lehning Kyle Lehning is an American record producer whose work is mainly in the field of country music. He has produced virtually every album released by Randy Travis, who described their partnership "an interesting relationship." The only exceptions are ...

– mixing (4, 5, 9-12) * Joe Costa – mix assistant (4, 5, 9-12) * Sandy Jenkins – mix assistant (4, 5, 9-12) *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charles ...

– mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) * Susan Nadler – A&R direction * Mike "Frog" Griffith – production assistant (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) * Valerie Main – production assistant (4, 5, 9-12) * Andrew Eccles – photography * Michael Hagewood – art direction * Laura LiPuma-Nash – art direction, design * Trish Townsend – stylist

Chart performance

References

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