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group

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. It was released on

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Nashville on May 27, 2008. The album's debut single, "My Kind of Beautiful" (co-written and previously recorded by

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on his 2005 album ''

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''), was released to radio in June 2008, and charted on the ''

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charts. The album peaked at #67 on the

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charts.

Track listing

#"Last of the Good Guys" ( Marcus Hummon) – 4:30 #"My Kind of Beautiful" (Hummon,

, Darrell Scott) – 4:00 #"Junkie" (Hummon) – 4:44 #"Life" ( Billy Mann, Chris Roberts) – 4:14 #"She's a Gift" (Eddie Bush,

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) – 3:52 #"Sara" (Hummon, Bush, Royal Reed, Chris Roberts) – 3:20 #"It Is Good" (Hummon, Souther) – 3:30 #"Shameless" (Bush, Reed, Roberts, Hummon, Jez Ashurst) – 3:47 #"Let the Day Carry You" (Bush, Souther) – 3:27 #"Makin' It Rain" (Hummon, Bush, Reed, Roberts) – 3:37 #"Blue Highways" (Reed, Roberts, Bill Deasy) – 4:02 #"Too Old to Die Young" ( Kevin Welch, John Hadley, Scott Dooley) – 2:17

Personnel

One Flew South

*Eddie Bush –

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*Royal Reed – vocals *Chris Roberts – vocals

Additional musicians

* Chad Cromwell –

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* Dan Dugmore –

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*John Gardner – drums,

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* Marcus Hummon – acoustic guitar,

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*George Marinelli – 12 string guitar, electric guitar *Dave Matthews –

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*Mark Prentice –

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* Darrell Scott – mandolin *Michael Severs – electric guitar *Wanda Vick – mandolin,

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*Jonathan Yudkin –

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Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 2008 debut albums Decca Records albums One Flew South albums