''Wind in the Wire'' is the eighth studio album released by American

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artist Randy Travis. It was released on August 17, 1993, by

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. The album was made to accompany a television series also entitled ''Wind in the Wire''. Two of the album's singles — "Cowboy Boogie" and the title track — entered the '' Billboard'' country music charts, peaking at #46 and #65, respectively, making this the first album of Travis's career not to produce any Top 40 hits in the United States. "Cowboy Boogie", however, was a #10 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks charts in Canada. In addition, this album is also one of three albums not to be produced by Travis' longtime record producer,

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Track listing

#"Down at the Old Corral" (Roger Brown, Luke Reed) – 3:17 #" Cowboy Boogie" (Robert Blythe) – 2:48 #"Blue Mesa" (Brown, Reed) – 2:59 #"Memories of Santa Fe" (Brown, Rick Peoples) – 3:18 #"Roamin' Wyomin'" (Brown, Reed) – 2:30 #"Wind in the Wire" (David Wilkie, Stewart MacDougall) – 3:29 #"

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" (Traditional) – 3:06 #"Paniolo Country" (Marcus Shutte, Jr.) – 2:37 #"Hula Hands" (William D. Beasley, J.T. Adams, Jean Norris) – 2:12 #"Beyond the Reef" (Jack Pitman) – 2:30

Personnel

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- drums * Bruce Bouton - dobro, pedal steel guitar * Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar * Glen Duncan - fiddle * Sonny Garrish - pedabro, pedal steel guitar * Steve Gibson - dobro, acoustic guitar,

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, mandolin * Rob Hajacos - fiddle * David Hungate -

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* Kapena - background vocals *

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- harmonica * Craig Nelson - bass guitar * Cyril Pahinui - slack key guitar * James Bla Pahinui -

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* Martin Pahinui - bass guitar * Gary Prim - keyboards *

Randy Scruggs Randy Lynn Scruggs (August 3, 1953 – April 17, 2018) was an American music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13. He won four Grammy Awards and was named Musician of the Year at the Country Music ...

- acoustic guitar * Karen Taylor-Good - background vocals * Randy Travis - acoustic guitar, lead vocals * Dick Tunney - accordion *

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, electric guitar * Bergen White - background vocals * Willie K. - background vocals * Dennis Wilson - background vocals *

Lonnie Wilson Lonnie Wilson is an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Wilson was originally the lead singer of the band Bandana, which charted ten singles on the Hot Co ...

- drums * Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

References

1993 albums Randy Travis albums Warner Records albums {{1990s-country-album-stub