''Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors'' is the seventh studio album by American

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artist

Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, four for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those album ...

and the first to feature his band The Dancehall Doctors. It was released in November 26, 2002 by

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and was recorded on a mountaintop studio in upstate

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. Four singles were released. Two songs were in the movie '' Black Cloud'', starring McGraw. The album also included a cover of Elton John's "

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", which was released only to the AC format, although it also reached the country charts from unsolicited airplay. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 602,000 copies.

Track listing

^ASong also featured in the movie '' Black Cloud''

Personnel

Tim McGraw & the Dancehall Doctors *

– lead vocals * Jeff McMahon – keyboards * Denny Hemingson – electric guitar,

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, Melobar guitar * Bob Minner – acoustic guitar,

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* Darran Smith – electric guitar * Deano Brown –

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* John Marcus – bass * Billy Mason – drums * David Dunkley – percussion Additional Musicians *

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– synth horns (5), organ (5),

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(11) * John Prestia – electric guitar (10),

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(12) * B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (12) *

Byron Gallimore Byron Gallimore (born in Puryear, Tennessee) is an American record producer known for more than two decades of work in the field of country music. He has worked with artists Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack, and Jo Dee Messina. F ...

– electric guitar (14) * Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica (12) * Frank Macek – loops (1, 4, 8, 11) * David Campbell – string arrangements (8, 15) *

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– string arrangements (11) Background vocals * Greg Barnhill (1, 15) *

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(1, 15) * Gene Miller (2-6, 8-15) * Chris Rodriguez (2-6, 8-14) *

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(7) *

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(7)

Production

* Byron Gallimore – producer * Tim McGraw – producer, creative director, photography * Darran Smith – producer * Julian King – tracking engineer * Ricky Cobble – second tracking engineer, additional engineer * Steve Churchyard – string engineer (8, 11, 15) * Dennis Davis – additional engineer * Jason Gantt – additional engineer * Tony Green – additional engineer * Hank Linderman – additional engineer * Erik Lutkins – additional engineer, assistant engineer, Pro Tools engineer * David Bryant – assistant engineer * Matthew Cullen – assistant engineer * Brandon Mason – assistant engineer * Chris Bittner – Pro Tools engineer * Cory Churko – Pro Tools mixing *

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– mixing * Jeff Burns – mix assistant * Robert Hadley – mastering *

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– mastering * Harry McCarthy – technical assistant * John Prestia – technical assistant * Joey Supak – technical assistant * Kelly Clauge Wright – creative director, photography * Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design * John Marcus – illustration * Scott Siman – illustration * Dean Brown – photography * Marina Chavez – photography * John Ward – photography * RPM Management – management Studios * Tracked at Allaire Studios (Shokan, NY) and Emerald Entertainment (Nashville, TN). * Engineered at Emerald Entertainment, Sound Stage Studios and Profound Sound Recording Studios (Nashville, TN); Essential Sound (Houston, TX);

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(Burbank, CA);

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(Hollywood, CA). * Mixed at

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(Sherman Oaks, CA). * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tim Mcgraw And The Dancehall Doctors 2002 albums Tim McGraw albums Curb Records albums Albums produced by Byron Gallimore Albums produced by Tim McGraw