Jason Crabb (album)

Jason Crabb is the eponymous Grammy-winning debut album from the artist of the same name. The album was released on June 30, 2009 through Spring Hill Music Group.

Track listing

 * 1) "Somebody Like Me" (Michael Boggs, Neil Thrasher) — 4:26
 * 2) "Walk on Water" (Vicky McGehee, Bobby Pinson, Trent Tomlinson) — 3:58
 * 3) "Daystar" (featuring Gaither Vocal Band) (Steve Richardson) — 5:28
 * 4) "Worth It All" (Gerald Crabb) — 3:30
 * 5) "I Will Love You" (Scott Krippayne, Sue C. Smith) — 3:56
 * 6) "Through the Fire" (Gerald Crabb) — 3:47
 * 7) "Sometimes I Cry" (Gerald Crabb) — 3:11
 * 8) "Hope for Me Yet" (Marc Broussard, Radney Foster, Justin Tocket) — 3:52
 * 9) "One Day at a Time" (James Rueger, Tony Wood) — 3:42
 * 10) "Ellsworth" (featuring Vince Gill) (Michael William Dulaney, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher) — 3:50
 * 11) "No Love Lost" (Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims) — 4:35
 * 12) "Forever's End" (Randy Goodrum, Carl Utbult) — 4:23

Awards
Crabb's debut album won a Grammy Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Also, at the 41st GMA Dove Awards, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year. The song "Somebody Like Me" was nominated for Song of the Year and Country Recorded Song of the Year, winning the latter.

Chart performance
The album peaked at #62 on Billboard 200 and #2 on Billboard's Christian Albums. It stayed 31 weeks on the charts.

Personnel

 * Jason Crabb – vocals, backing vocals (2, 4, 7, 10)
 * Tre Corley – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), Hammond B3 organ (3), string arrangements (5)
 * Carl Hergesell – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Mike Rojas – acoustic piano (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), keyboards (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), Hammond B3 organ (1)
 * Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (2, 4, 5, 7-9), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 4, 5, 7-9), organ (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
 * Justin Ellis – acoustic piano (10), organ (10)
 * Gary Burnette – guitars (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Jerry McPherson – guitars (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Jeremy Medkiff – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), guitars (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), ganjo (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Tommy Sims – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), bass (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Brent Mason – electric guitars (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
 * Zachary Smith – ganjo (8), electric guitars (10)
 * Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 7-9), mandolin (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
 * John Willis – acoustic guitar (10)
 * Scott Sanders – pedal steel guitar (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 4, 5, 7-10)
 * Duncan Mullins – bass (1-9, 11)
 * Larry Paxton – bass (10)
 * Dan Needham – drums (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Shannon Forrest – drums (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
 * Paul Leim – drums (10)
 * Bruce Watkins – fiddle (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Rob Hajacos – fiddle (10)
 * The Nashville String Machine – strings (5)
 * Russell Mauldin – string arrangements (5)
 * Gus Gaches – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
 * Debi Selby – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Adam Crabb – backing vocals (2, 4), harmonica (4, 8)
 * Gaither Vocal Band – backing vocals (3)
 * Shawnel Corley – backing vocals (5)
 * Sonya Isaacs – backing vocals (5)
 * Suzanne Young – backing vocals (8, 9)
 * Vince Gill – backing vocals (10)

Production

 * Barry Jennings – executive producer
 * Tommy Sims – producer (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Tre Corley – additional production (1, 3, 6, 11, 12), mixing (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Jason Crabb – producer (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
 * Norro Wilson – producer (10)
 * Paul Corley – engineer (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Danny Duncan – engineer (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Ben Fowler – engineer (2, 4, 5, 7-9), mixing (2, 4, 5, 7-10)
 * Billy Sherrill – engineer (10)
 * Travis Brigman – assistant engineer (1, 3, 6, 11, 12)
 * Lowell Reynolds – second engineer (10)
 * Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
 * Natthaphol Abhigantaphand – mastering assistant
 * Shelly Anderson – mastering assistant
 * Daniel Bacigalupi – mastering assistant
 * Chad Smith – art direction, design
 * David Bean – photography
 * Lorrie Turk – hair, make-up
 * Celeste Winstead – wardrobe stylist