''It's Not Big It's Large'' is an album by Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, released in 2007 (see

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). The recording was made live in studio (recorded with all instruments as if a concert venue, but done in a studio). The title is a play on the name Lovett has given to his touring band since 1988. Lovett explains the title in an interview: "We've always done arrangements that border on blues music, that border on jazz arrangements, that border on what folks might think of as ' big band', but we don't really play big band music. But we've always had a lot of people in the band so that's why I call the band the 'Large Band' and not the 'Big Band'. But invariably people refer to the band as the 'Big Band' and ... it's not big... you get the idea."Interview posted as a video clip at Amazon.com
/ref> The album debuted at number 18 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling about 25,000 copies in its first week.Jonathan Cohen
"'High School Musical 2' Starts Third Week At No. 1"
Billboard.com, September 5, 2007.

Track listing

# "Tickle Toe" # "I Will Rise Up/

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" # "All Downhill from Here" # "Don't Cry a Tear" # "South Texas Girl" # "This Traveling Around" # "Up in Indiana" # "The Alley Song" # "No Big Deal" # "Make It Happy" # "

" # "Up in Indiana" (acoustic)

Personnel

#"Tickle Toe" #*

Viktor Krauss Viktor Krauss is an American musician who plays acoustic and electric bass. He has released solo albums and has worked as a sideman with many musicians, including his sister, singer and fiddler Alison Krauss. Music career Krauss was born to Fre ...

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#* Russ Kunkel:

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#* Matt Rollings: piano #*

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

: electric guitar, first guitar solo #*Mitch Watkins, electric guitar, second guitar solo #* Paul Franklin:

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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 ...

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, fiddle solo #*Gene Elders: fiddle #*John Hagen: cello #*James Gilmer: percussion #*Dan Higggins:

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, alto sax, tenor sax #*Gary Grant: trumpet #*Warren Luening: trumpet, trumpet solo #*William Reichenbach: trombone, bass trumpet solo #*Steve Marsh: horn arrangement #"I Will Rise Up]/

" #*

: additional horn arrangement, bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Dean Parks and Mitch Watkins: electric guitar #*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*

Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) Lyle Lovett Pageat Allmusic – Lovett's Genre and Styles. Retrieved February 2, 2007 is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Active since 1980, he has recorded 13 albums and relea ...

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, vocals #*

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#*Gene Elders: fiddle #*John Hagen: cello #*James Gilmer: percussion #*Dan Higggins: orchestration, alto sax, tenor sax #* Gary Grant, Steve Herman and Jerry Hey: trumpet #* Andy Martin: trombone #*Charlie Rose: horn arrangement, trombone #*Harvey Thompson and Steve Marsh: tenor sax #* Arnold McCuller, Jason Eskridge,

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, Harry Bowens and Francine Reed: harmony vocals #"All Downhill" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*

Ray Herndon Ray Herndon (born July 14, 1960) is an American country singer/songwriter and guitarist known mainly for playing with Lyle Lovett's Large Band and McBride & the Ride. Early life and education Ray Herndon grew up in an Arizona musical family. Hi ...

and Mitch Watkins: electric guitar #*Dean Parks: electric

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#*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Sam Bush: mandolin #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #"Don't Cry A Tear" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Dean Parks: electric guitar #*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #*John Hagen: cello #"South Texas Girl" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Dean Parks: electric guitar #*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #*Sam Bush: mandolin #* John Hagen: cello #* Jon Randall: harmony vocals #* Guy Clark: intro and outro acoustic guitar, intro vocals #*James Gilmer, Steve Jones, Jeff White and Billy Williams: outro group vocals #"This Traveling Around" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Dean Parks and Mitch Matkins: electric guitar #*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #*Sam Bush: mandolin #*John Hagen: cello #*James Gilmer: percussion #*Jon Randal: harmony vocals #"Up In Indiana" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Dean Parks: electric guitar #*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #*Sam Bush: mandolin #*Jon Randal: harmony vocals #*Jeff White: pre-production mandolin and harmony vocals #"The Alley Song" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Dean Parks: electric guitar #*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #*John Hagen: cello #"No Big Deal" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Dean Parks: electric guitar #*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #"Make It Happy" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Russ Kunkel: drums #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Dean Parks: electric guitar #*Paul Franklin: steel guitar #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #*Sam Bush: mandolin #*Arnold McCuller, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Lamont Van Hook and Joseph Powell: harmony vocals #"

" #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Matt Rollings: piano #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #*Sam Bush: mandolin #* Jerry Douglas:

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#*Arnold McCuller, Jason Eskridge, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens, Francine Reed, Lamont Van Hook and Josef Powell: harmony vocals #"Up In Indiana" (acoustic) #*Viktor Krauss: bass #*Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals #*Stuart Duncan: fiddle #*Sam Bush: mandolin #*Jerry Douglas: dobro #* Béla Fleck:

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 usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

#*Jeff White: pre-production mandolin and harmony vocals

Track listing

Personnel

Chart performance

References

Further reading