''Rave On!!'' is the third studio album released by the Southern American
country rock
Country rock is a genre of music which fuses rock and country. It was developed by rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These musicians recorded rock records using country themes, vocal s ...
band
The Kentucky Headhunters. It was the first album recorded after the departure of brothers Ricky Lee Phelps and Doug Phelps, whose positions were replaced with lead vocalist Mark S. Orr and bass guitarist Anthony Kenney (who is the cousin of brothers Fred and Richard Young). The album produced three singles: "Honky Tonk Walkin'", "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and "
Dixie Fried".
Three covers are included: "
Dixie Fried" (originally by
Carl Perkins
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), "My Gal" (originally by
The Lovin' Spoonful) and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (originally by Bill Monroe).
The album was reissued in December 2006 by
CBUJ.
Track listing
Personnel
;The Kentucky Headhunters
*Greg Martin –
electric guitar,
slide guitar
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,
background vocals
*Anthony Kenney –
bass guitar,
background vocals
*Mark S. Orr –
lead vocals
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,
background vocals
*Fred Young –
drums
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,
percussion,
background vocals
*Richard Young –
rhythm guitar
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,
background vocals;
piano on "Just Ask fo' Lucy"
;Additional musicians
*
John Barlow Jarvis – piano on "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
*David Wayne Jessie –
tambourine on "Honky Tonk Walkin'"
*
John Lloyd Miller
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Career
Miller has worked in virtually every aspect of the film an ...
– tambourine on "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
*Richard Ripani – piano on "Honky Tonk Walkin'", "Celina Tennessee" and "The Ghost of Hank Williams"
Chart performance
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1993 albums
The Kentucky Headhunters albums
Mercury Nashville albums