''That's Life'' is the ninth studio album by American

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artist

Neal McCoy Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr. (born July 30, 1958), known professionally as Neal McCoy and previously as Neal McGoy, is an American country music singer. He has released 10 studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio ...

. It was released on August 23, 2005 on his own 903 Music label. Three singles were released from this album: "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On", the first of these three, reached #10 on the

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charts in 2005, becoming McCoy's first Top Ten hit since " The Shake" in 1997. "The Last of a Dying Breed" peaked at #35, while "Tail on the Tailgate" failed to chart. Also included here is a live rendition of "Hillbilly Rap", the original version of which was an album cut from his 1996 self-titled album.

Track listing

#"Got Mud" (Monty Criswell,

Jerrod Niemann Jerrod Lee Niemann (born July 24, 1979) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released one single for Category 5 Records (2006); three albums for Sea Gayle Music/Arista Nashville: '' Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury'' (2010), ' ...

) – 2:51 #"Intro (General Tommy Franks)" – 0:45 #*spoken-word intro to "The Last of a Dying Breed", recited by

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#"The Last of a Dying Breed" (Tommy Connors, Don Rollins, D. Vincent Williams) – 3:02 #"That's Life" (Eric Silver,

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Rollings won the 'Best Traditional Pop ...

) – 4:10 #" Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" (Philip White, Michael Mobley) – 3:38 #"That's a Picture" (

Bryan Simpson Bryan Simpson is an American singer-songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas, who is based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Simpson is best known for his solo output as the Whistles & The Bells, his work as a founding member of Cadillac Sky, and the son ...

, Wade Kirby,

Ashley Gorley Ashley Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written 81 number 1 songs and has over 400 songs recorded by artists including Luke ...

) – 3:04 #"You Let Me Be the Hero" (Silver,

Rodney Clawson Rodney Dale Clawson (born in Gruver, Texas, United States) is an American country music songwriter. Clawson has written singles recorded by Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Faith Hill, George Strait and Luke Bryan, among others. Biography Cla ...

) – 3:46 #"Tail on the Tailgate" (Brian Gene White, Tania Hancheroff, Clawson) – 4:00 #"Tails I Lose" (Silver,

) – 3:46 #"Jessie" (Jeremy Campbell, McCoy, Donny Hackett) – 3:52 #"

You're My Jamaica "You're My Jamaica" is a song written by Kent Robbins, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in July 1979 as the first single and title track from the album '' You're My Jamaica''. The song was Pride's twent ...

" (

Kent Robbins Kent Marshall Robbins (April 23, 1947 – December 27, 1997) was an American country music songwriter. Robbins was born in Mayfield, Kentucky. He began writing for Charley Pride's Pi-Gem music in 1974. Between then and his death, he wrote songs ...

) – 3:45 #*featuring

Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American Country music, country singer. Beginning his career as a Negro league baseball player in the early-1950s, he later pursued a career in country music, becoming the gen ...

#"Head South" (

Darrell Scott James Darrell Scott (born August 6, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He has written several mainstream country hits, and is well-established as one of Nashville's premier session instrumentalists. B ...

) – 2:40 #"Hillbilly Rap (Live)" (Lord Burgess,

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Nile Rodgers Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. The co-founder of Chic, he has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 750 million albums and 1 ...

, William Attaway, Paul Henning) – 6:31 A special CD-ROM track of "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" is also available on some presses of the album.

Personnel

*David Angell - violin *Steve Auburn - fiddle, background vocals *

Bekka Bramlett Rebekka Ruth Lazone Bramlett (born April 19, 1968) is an American singer. She is the daughter of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, of the music duo Delaney & Bonnie. Currently, she is a session singer, songwriter, and backing vocalist, working with ...

- background vocals *Bob Britt - electric guitar *Matt Britton -

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*Chuck Butler - drum programming *David Davidson - violin *Scott Dixon - electric guitar *

- introduction on track 2 *Sonny Garrish -

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*Wes Hightower - background vocals *Mark Hill - bass guitar *Wayne Killius - drums, percussion *Anthony LaMarchina - cello *Troy Lancaster - electric guitar *

Brent Mason Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American country music guitarist, songwriter and session musician. ''Guitar World'' magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Maso ...

- electric guitar *Lynn Massey - drums, background vocals *

- lead vocals *Shane McDaniel - steel guitar, background vocals *Jerry McPherson - electric guitar *Lorne O'Neil - bass guitar, background vocals *

- vocals on "You're My Jamaica" * Michael Rhodes - bass guitar *Jeffrey Roach -

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

, synthesizer *Tom Roady - percussion *Lou Rodriguez - acoustic guitar, background vocals *Mike Rojas - Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer *

- piano *Eric Silver - banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar,

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, electric guitar,

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

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, background vocals, wah wah guitar *Pamela Sixfin - violin *Todd Stewart - keyboards *

Bryan White Bryan Shelton White (born February 17, 1974) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20, White released his self-titled debut album that year. Both it and its follow-up, 1996's '' Between Now ...

- background vocals *Kristen Wilkinson - string arrangements, viola *

Andrea Zonn Andrea Erica Zonn (born 1969) is a singer and fiddle player who grew up in Urbana, Illinois. She grew up in an environment surrounded by music. She sings, and plays classical violin, and is fluent in numerous other musical genres. Zonn first met A ...

- background vocals

Chart performance

References

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