''Sweet'' is the fourth studio album released by American

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artist

Ken Mellons Kenneth Edward Mellons (born July 10, 1965) is an American country music artist who released his self-titled debut album in 1994. This album produced the single " Jukebox Junkie", a Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Songs charts. Mellons followed ...

. Released in 2004, it contains the song "Paint Me a Birmingham", which was also recorded by Tracy Lawrence and released as a single. Mellons's rendition was also released shortly before Lawrence's. "Smack Dab" was previously recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album ''

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Track listing

#"Smack Dab" (Kerry Kurt Phillips, T.W. Hale) – 3:02 #"Just What I'm Wantin' to Do" (Ken Mellons, John Northrup) – 2:56 #" Paint Me a Birmingham" (Buck Moore, Gary Duffy) – 3:48 #"Climb My Tree" (Northrup, Billy Lawson,

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) – 2:33 #"Interstate Gypsy" (Mellons, Northrup, David Vowell) – 3:23 #"You Can't Make My Heart Believe" (Mellons, Dillon, Northrup) – 3:39 #"Sweet" (

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, Gary Baker, Greg Barnhill) – 4:00 #"All I Need Is a Bridge" (Mellons, Northrup) – 4:24 #"Single Again" (Billy Davis, David Rivers, Doug Graham) – 2:37 #"Any Time, Any Place" (M.C. Potts, Northrup) – 3:11 #"Institute of Honky Tonks" (Mellons, Northrup, Larry Alderman) – 3:03 #*Duet with George Jones #"If I've Learned Anything at All" (Mellons, Northrup, Dale Dodson) – 2:35

Personnel

* Mike Chapman -

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* Larry Cordle - background vocals * Glen Duncan -

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* Terry Eldredge - background vocals * Larry Franklin - fiddle *

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- background vocals * Owen Hale -

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* Wes Hightower - background vocals *

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- background vocals * Bill Hullett -

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

* Carl Jackson -

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* George Jones - background vocals * Liana Manis - background vocals * Brent Mason -

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- lead vocals * Gordon Mote -

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- background vocals * Scotty Sanders -

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Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-fin ...

- banjo * Steve Turner - drums

References

* ''Sweet''at

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