My Honky Tonk History

My Honky Tonk History
My Honky Tonk History
Studio album by Travis Tritt
Released	August 17, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Country
Length	40:58
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Travis Tritt; Billy Joe Walker, Jr.
Travis Tritt chronology
Singles from My Honky Tonk History
	"The Girl's Gone Wild"; Released: May 8, 2004; "What Say You"; Released: August 30, 2004; "I See Me"; Released: March 5, 2005;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
Billboard	(favorable)^[3]
People	^[4]

My Honky Tonk History is the American country music artist Travis Tritt's ninth studio album, released on Columbia Records in 2004. It features the singles "The Girl's Gone Wild", "What Say You" (feat. John Mellencamp), and "I See Me", which peaked at #28, #21 and #32 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. The duet was Mellencamp's first Top 40 entry on the country charts.

The track "Circus Leaving Town" was previously recorded by its writer, Philip Claypool, on his 1995 debut album A Circus Leaving Town. Claypool's version of the song peaked at #70 on the country charts that year.

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Duet partner(s)	Length
1.	"Honky-Tonk History"	Luke Bryan, Patrick Jason Matthews		3:35
2.	"Too Far to Turn Around"	Cory Mayo, Jon McElroy, Gretchen Wilson		3:25
3.	"The Girl's Gone Wild"	Bob DiPiero, Rivers Rutherford		2:49
4.	"What Say You"	Michael Bradford, Frank J. Myers	John Mellencamp	3:54
5.	"Circus Leaving Town"	Philip Claypool		4:08
6.	"Monkey Around"	Delbert McClinton, Benmont Tench, Gary Nicholson		3:13
7.	"I See Me"	Casey Beathard, Chris Mohr		3:48
8.	"When Good Ol' Boys Go Bad"	Kendell Marvel, Philip O'Donnell		2:58
9.	"We've Had It All"	Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart		3:19
10.	"It's All About the Money"	Jody Harris, Donny Kees		3:28
11.	"Small Doses"	Jerry Salley, Chris Stapleton		5:18
12.	"When in Rome"	Marvel, Rutherford, Boyd Houston Robert		6:23
Total length:				46:18

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[5]

Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
Lisa Cochran – background vocals
Tammy Cochran – background vocals
John Cowan – background vocals
Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
Eric Darken – percussion, cowbell, vibraphone
Amber Dotson – background vocals
Dan Dugmore – steel guitar, Dobro
Béla Fleck – banjo on "What Say You"
Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Jim Hoke – harmonica
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
Eddie Kilgallon – background vocals
Brent Mason – electric guitar
John Mellencamp – duet vocals on "What Say You"
Greg Morrow – drums, percussion, tambourine
Richard Richardson – background vocals
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Neil Thrasher – background vocals
Travis Tritt – lead vocals, background vocals
Robby Turner – steel guitar, Dobro
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Joy Lynn White – background vocals
Hurshel Wiginton – background vocals
Gretchen Wilson – background vocals
Reggie Young – electric guitar, electric sitar
Jonathan Yudkin – banjo

Strings on "I See Me" performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by D. Bergen White.

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard 200	50

References

^ About.com review
^ Allmusic review
^ Billboard review
^ People review
^ My Honky Tonk History (Media notes). Travis Tritt. Columbia Records Nashville. 2004. CK 92084.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)