''Lucky Man'' is the seventh 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, ...

singer Hal Ketchum. It was released by

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on September 4, 2001.

Critical reception

AllMusic's review states, "There's a fairly high soul quotient here that puts Ketchum more in line with the likes of

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(or at least

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) than with any hat act." Rick Bell writes in his ''Country Standard Time'' review that, "Ketchum's latest is a solid effort." Kirsten Swanson of ''Variety'' writes, "With his ''Lucky Man'' CD released just two weeks ago, Hal Ketchum is hoping the timing is perfect for this country to be looking for an upbeat country album." Chet Flippo of MTV and CMT begins his review with, "Hal Ketchum's first album of new material in more than two years leads this week's new album releases."

Track listing

Track information adapted from the album's liner notes.

Personnel

* Al Anderson (tracks 1, 2, 10), Biff Watson (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 12), Chris Rodriguez (tracks 8, 9), Larry Byrom (tracks 11) - acoustic guitar *Al Anderson (tracks 3), Brent Mason (tracks 3, 4, 6 ), Larry Byrom (tracks 11) - gut-string acoustic guitar *John Hobbs (tracks 4, 8, 11) - string arrangements * Andrew Gold (tracks 6), Bekka Bramlett (tracks 3, 12), Dewayne Bryant, Eddie K (tracks 5), Greg Cook (4) (tracks 5),

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(tracks 2, 7, 12), Heath Wright (tracks 5),

John Cowan John Cowan (born August 24, 1953) is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival. Cowan became the band's bassist in 1972 after the departure ...

(tracks 1, 4, 7, 9), John Davis (tracks 10), Marcia Ramirez (tracks 6), Tim Chewning (tracks 5), Vince Santoro (tracks 1, 2, 9, 12) - backing vocals *Steuart Smith (tracks 9) - electric baritone guitar * Michael Rhodes (tracks 4, 5, 7 – 12), Willie Weeks (tracks 1 – 3, 6) - bass *John Hobbs (tracks 11) - celesta *Steve Conn (tracks 6) - concertina *Congas – Eric Darkin (tracks 4) - congas *

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(tracks 11) - drum programming, drums *Brent Mason (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, 12), Jerry McPherson (tracks 11),

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(2) (tracks 4), Steuart Smith (tracks 8) - electric guitar *

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(tracks 9) - fiddle *Biff Watson (tracks 3) - hi-string guitar *

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(tracks 8) - harmony vocals *John Hobbs (tracks 3, 4, 9), Tony Harrell (tracks 2) - keyboards * Dan Dugmore (tracks 11) - mandolin *John Hobbs (tracks 12), Tony Harrell (tracks 6) - organ *John Hobbs (tracks 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), Tony Harrell (tracks 1, 12) - piano *

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. Career In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he has ...

(tracks 6) - dobro resonator guitar *Jerry Douglas (tracks 2) - electric slide guitar *Dan Dugmore (tracks 11), Paul Franklin (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 10) - steel guitar ;Technical *Mixed By ixing Engineer– Steve MarcAntonio *Producer – Lisa Brokop (tracks 11),

(tracks 11), Rodney Crowell (tracks 1 – 10, 12) *Engineer dditional Recording– Greg Ladanyi *Engineer ecording– Donivan Cowart, Roger Moutenot, Steve MarcAntonio *Creative Director – Sue Astin *Design – Glenn Sweitzer *Art Direction – Glenn Sweitzer *Photography By – Señor McGuire Personnel adapted from

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References

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