Rise and Shine (Randy Travis album)

Rise and Shine is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on October 15, 2002 by Word Records. It was produced the single "Three Wooden Crosses", which in 2003 became his first Number One single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart since 1994's "Whisper My Name". The only other single release from this album was "Pray for the Fish", which peaked at #48.

Personnel

 * Randy Travis – lead vocals
 * John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano
 * Gordon Mote – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13)
 * Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar (1-4, 6-13)
 * John Jorgenson – electric guitars (1)
 * Brent Mason – electric guitars (2-4, 6-13)
 * Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar (5)
 * Steve Gibson – electric guitars (5, 7), mandolin (5)
 * Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar (7-10)
 * Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (1)
 * Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2-4, 6-13)
 * Doyle Grisham – steel guitar (5)
 * David Hungate – bass guitar
 * Paul Leim – drums
 * Eric Darken – percussion (2-8, 10-13)
 * Nina Rodriguez – percussion (2, 3)
 * Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (2, 3, 6-12)
 * Pastor Matthew Hagee – backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
 * Sandra Hagee – backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
 * Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (1, 10, 13)
 * Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1, 3, 5-12)
 * Christina Ketterling – backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
 * Lisa Silver – backing vocals (1, 10, 13)
 * Cindy Walker – backing vocals (1, 10, 13)

String section on "If You Only Knew"
 * Bergen White – arrangements
 * Tom McAnich – copyist
 * Bob Mason – cello
 * Gary Vanosdale and Kris Wilkinson – viola
 * David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Lee Larrison and Pamela Sixfin – violin

Production

 * Barry Landis – executive producer
 * Kyle Lehning – producer, mixing, string recording (10)
 * Jason Lehning – engineer, vocal recording
 * Steve Tillisch – engineer
 * Casey Wood – overdub recording, assistant engineer, mix assistant, string recording assistant (10)
 * Walker Barnard – vocal recording assistant
 * Sang Park – string recording assistant (10)
 * Robert Hadley – mastering
 * Doug Sax – mastering
 * The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
 * Mark Lusk – artist development
 * Tammie Harris Cleek – creative administrator
 * Karrine Caulkins – art direction, design
 * Buddy Jackson – art direction, design
 * John Dolan – photography
 * Elizabeth Travis – management