''Rise and Shine'' is the fourteenth 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 Randy Travis, released on October 15, 2002. His second gospel album, it produced the single "Three Wooden Crosses", which in 2003 became his first Number One single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart since 1994's "Whisper My Name". The only other single release from this album was "Pray for the Fish", which peaked at #48.

Track listing

Personnel

*Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar (track 5) * Eric Darken – percussion (all tracks except 1 and 9) *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

– pedal steel guitar (track 1) * Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar (all tracks except 5) * Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (all tracks except 1 and 5) *Steve Gibson – electric guitar (tracks 5,7), mandolin (track 5) *Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar (track 5) *Pastor Matthew Hagee – background vocal (tracks 1,3,4) *Sandra Hagee – background vocals (tracks 1,3,4) *Vicki Hampton – background vocals (tracks 1,10,13) * Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (tracks 2,3,6-12) *Wes Hightower – background vocals (tracks 1,3,5-12) * David Hungate – bass guitar (all tracks) *

John Barlow Jarvis John Barlow Jarvis (born January 2, 1954 in Pasadena, California)Paul Kingsbury, editor"The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music" 2004 is an American songwriter, composer, session pianist and recording artist. Before mov ...

– piano (all tracks) *

John Jorgenson John Richard Jorgenson (born July 6, 1956) is an American musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, he is also proficient on the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel gu ...

– electric guitar (track 1) *Christina Ketterling – background vocals (tracks 1,3,4) *

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 Chr ...

– drums (all tracks) *

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 (all tracks except 1 and 5) *

Gordon Mote Gordon James Mote (born October 25, 1970) is an American Christian country/ southern gospel singer, piano virtuoso, and worship leader. He was born blind. He has released eight studio albums. His album ''Don't Let Me Miss the Glory'' (2007) was ...

– keyboards (tracks 1,3,5,7,8,10,12,13) *Nina Rodriguez – percussion (tracks 2,3) *Lisa Silver – background vocals (tracks 1,10,13) * Randy Travis – lead vocals (all tracks) *

Billy Joe Walker Jr. Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 – July 25, 2017) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He composed singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including " I Wanna Dance with You", " That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and " ...

– acoustic guitar (tracks 7-10) *Cindy Walker – background vocals (tracks 1,10,13)

String section on "If You Only Knew"

*Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Lee Larrison, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor – violins *Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale – violas *Robert Mason – cello Strings arranged by Bergen White.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Randy Travis discusses each track
at randytravis.com {{Authority control 2002 albums Randy Travis albums Word Records albums Warner Records albums Curb Records albums Albums produced by Kyle Lehning