Cowboy Town

Cowboy Town is the tenth studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 2007 by Arista Nashville. Produced by the duo and Tony Brown, the album has accounted for four Top 20 country singles on the Billboard country singles charts: "Proud of the House We Built," "God Must Be Busy," "Put a Girl in It," and "Cowgirls Don't Cry." The album debuted at number 13 on the Billboard albums chart, selling 68,900 copies in the first week of release. To date it has sold over 400,000 copies.

Content
As with all of Brooks & Dunn's albums since the late 1990s, this album features songs co-written by Terry McBride, former lead singer of McBride & The Ride. Texas country singer Jerry Jeff Walker is featured on "The Ballad of Jerry Jeff Walker".

One of the McBride co-writes, "Proud of the House We Built," was issued in late 2007 as the lead-off single, and reached a peak of number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "God Must Be Busy" and "Put a Girl in It" were released as the album's second and third singles, respectively. "God Must Be Busy" peaked at number 11, while "Put a Girl in It" reached number 3. "Cowgirls Don't Cry," another McBride co-write, was released as the fourth and final single. After the duo performed the song with Reba McEntire (who was also the song's inspiration) at the Country Music Association awards in November 2008, a re-recording with McEntire's vocals was shipped to radio, and from November 2008 onward, the song was credited to Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire. It was the highest-peaking single from Cowboy Town, reaching a peak of number 2.

Personnel

 * Brooks & Dunn
 * Kix Brooks — lead vocals, background vocals
 * Ronnie Dunn — lead vocals, background vocals
 * Additional Musicians


 * Robert Bailey — background vocals
 * Eddie Bayers — drums
 * Larry Beaird — acoustic guitar
 * Mike Brignardello — bass guitar
 * Tom Bukovac — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Mark Casstevens — acoustic guitar
 * J.T. Corenflos — electric guitar
 * Chad Cromwell — drums
 * Eric Darken — percussion
 * Dan Dugmore — steel guitar, lap steel guitar
 * Haley Dunn — background vocals
 * Kim Fleming — background vocals
 * Paul Franklin — steel guitar, lap steel guitar
 * Kenny Greenberg — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Rob Hajacos — fiddle
 * Owen Hale — drums
 * Vicki Hampton — background vocals
 * Tony Harrell — keyboards, Hammond organ, piano
 * Aubrey Haynie — fiddle


 * Wes Hightower — background vocals
 * John Barlow Jarvis — piano
 * Jeff Kersey — background vocals
 * Terry McBride — bass guitar, background vocals
 * Reba McEntire — vocals on "Cowgirls Don't Cry"
 * Chris McHugh — drums
 * Jerry McPherson — electric guitar
 * Brent Mason — electric guitar
 * James Mitchell — electric guitar
 * Greg Morrow — drums, percussion
 * Gary Morse — steel guitar, lap steel guitar
 * Wendy Moten — background vocals
 * Jimmy Nichols — Fender Rhodes, keyboards, Hammond organ, piano
 * Russ Pahl — steel guitar, lap steel guitar
 * Kim Parent — background vocals


 * Larry Paxton — bass guitar
 * Pat Peterson — background vocals
 * Alison Prestwood — bass guitar
 * Michael Rhodes — bass guitar
 * John Wesley Ryles — background vocals
 * Rex Schnelle — electric guitar, percussion
 * Paul Scholton — drums
 * Hank Singer — fiddle
 * Jimmie Lee Sloas — bass guitar
 * Harry Stinson — background vocals
 * Bryan Sutton — acoustic guitar, mandolin
 * Crystal Taliefero — background vocals
 * Russell Terrell — background vocals
 * Lou Toomey — electric guitar
 * Ilya Toshinsky — banjo, acoustic guitar
 * Jerry Jeff Walker — vocals on "The Ballad of Jerry Jeff Walker"
 * John Willis — banjo
 * Glenn Worf — bass guitar
 * Reese Wynans — Hammond organ, piano