''The Road to Here'' is the second studio album by the American

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group

Little Big Town Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group from Homewood, Alabama. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its founding: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman (née Roads), Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbro ...

. The album was released on October 4, 2005 on Equity Records and has been certified

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by the

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. The album was nominated for

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and "Boondocks" was nominated for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the

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Content

Singles released from the album include "Boondocks", "Bring It On Home", "Good as Gone", and "A Little More You", all of which charted in the Top 20 on the

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charts. "Bring It On Home" was the highest, at number 4, and "Boondocks" reached number 9 in addition to achieving a gold certification as a single.Boondocks certified by RIAA as Gold digital single
/ref> Besides these songs, an acoustic rendition of "Stay", a song from the group's self-titled debut, is included. According to the liner notes, Kimberly Roads was inspired to write "Lost" after her husband died.

Track listing

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Little Big Town

*Karen Fairchild – vocals *Kimberly Roads – vocals *Philip Sweet – vocals *Jimi Westbrook – vocals

Additional musicians

Ron Block Ronald Franklin Block (born July 30, 1964) is an American banjo player, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Station. He has won 14 Grammy Awards, 6 International Bluegrass Music A ...

- banjo (tracks 1, 2, 5, 11), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 5, 7) * Mark Childers - bass guitar (tracks 2, 7) *

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 ...

Dobro Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars, currently owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally ...

(track 2) *

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 B ...

- Dobro (tracks 4, 10), steel guitar (tracks 4, 8) * Gordon Kennedy - electric guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) * Wayne Kirkpatrick - acoustic guitar (all tracks except 9),

National guitar The National String Instrument Corporation was an American guitar company first formed to manufacture banjos and then the original resonator guitars. National also produced resonator ukuleles and resonator mandolins. The company merged with Dobro ...

(tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 12),

octave mandolin The octave mandolin (US and Canada) or octave mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted string instrument with four pairs of strings tuned in fifths, G−D−A−E (low to high), an octave below a mandolin. It is larger than the mandola, but smaller ...

(tracks 2, 5), dulcimer (track 3), piano (track 4),

banjitar Banjo guitar or banjitar or ganjo (Australia) is a six-string banjo tuned in the standard tuning of a six-string guitar (E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4) from lowest to highest strings. The six-string banjo was introduced in the late 19th century. Less widespre ...

(tracks 6, 9, 12),

mando-guitar An octave twelve is a type of 12-string guitar fitted with a short-scale neck (15.5 inches) and a small solid body. It is tuned one octave higher than a standard guitar, giving it the tonal range of a mandolin and enabling a guitarist to achiev ...

(track 8), pencil guitar (track 8), Hammond B4 Organ (track 10), programming (track 10), mandolin (tracks 12, 13) *

Chris McHugh Chris McHugh (born 1964) is an American musician. He began his career as the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1986 to 1989. He also worked in the recording of several of their later albums. Chris McHugh is on the Nashville "A" li ...

- drums (all tracks except 13) *

Jimmie Lee Sloas Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass guitar. History Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the p ...

- bass guitar (all tracks except 2, 7, 9, 13) *

Adam Steffey Adam Steffey (born November 24, 1965) is an American mandolin player, best known for playing in the bluegrass and old-time styles. He spent time as a member of bands such as Alison Krauss & Union Station, Mountain Heart, Lonesome River Band, ...

- mandolin (track 1) * Jackie Street - bass guitar (track 9) *

Jonathan Yudkin Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a Nashville-based session musician, record producer, arranger, and band leader. Biography Growin ...

- mandolin (tracks 7, 11), fiddle (track 7),

Celtic harp The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as in Irish, in Scottish Gaelic, in Breton and in Welsh. In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring great ...

(track 7)

Technical

* Kristin Barlowe - photography * "JB" - engineering, mixing (track 3 only) * Wayne Kirkpatrick - producer * Little Big Town - producer * Glenn Spinner - engineering * Aaron Swehart - engineering * David Zaffiro - mixing (except track 3)

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Road to Here 2005 albums Little Big Town albums Equity Music Group albums