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Break Away
The Trouble With Love
Nothing Can Hurt Me Now
Lovin' Me Too
Unwed Fathers
Different Train of Thought
Lion in the Winter
Where is a Woman to Go
Jagged Edge
Not a Day Goes By

Nicholson/Holyfield
Kennedy/Rose/Parton
Kennerly/McDill
Ron Davies
Prine/Braddock
Hewitt/Shouse/Nobles
Hoyt Axton
K.T.Oslin/Gillespie
Igleheart/Joyce
Gail Davies

#19 released 2/25/84




#18 released 10/15/83
#55 released 8/04/84

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Art Direction:

Billy Walker Jr. and Reggie Young
Billy Payne
Leland Sklar
Mike Baird
Vince Gill
Buddy Spicher
Lloyd Green and Paul Franklin
Jerry Douglas
Gail Davies, Walker Igleheart, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy
Gene Morford, Julia & Maxine Waters.
Vince Gill on "Lovin' Me Too" and Dolly Parton on "Unwed Fathers"
Mario Casilli
Bill Brunt

          Gail and her longtime friend and bass player, Leland Sklar, approached the production of this album as a live, band performance, which accounts for the lack of lush strings and heavy overdubs you would normally hear on her earlier recordings. Gail said she and Leland were discussing the album over a drink at the Hall of Fame hotel one evening and heard a stellar steel guitarist playing in the lounge band. They asked if he had done any studio recording before and he said a little, but not as much as he'd like. They booked him to play on the album the following day. This was, I believe, the first major recording session that Paul Franklin ever appeared on.
           Another notable appearance is the voice of Dolly Parton on Unwed Fathers. The single was written by John Prine and Bobby Braddock and caused a bit of a stir with it's controversial message. Newsweek magazine said it was the best country song of 1984 and would have been a bigger hit had there not been so many "unwed fathers" programing country radio stations.
          This was the first Gail Davies album to be released in Europe and Not a Day Goes By, written by Gail but never released as a US single, became extremely popular with the European audiences. As a result, RCA label head, Joe Galante, sent Gail to England to perform at the Wembley Festival. Among the members of her band were Kevin Welch, Gary Nicholson, Jack Sundrud and Wally Wilson.
          Though currently out of print, this vinyl LP can still be obtained at vintage record stores like the Great Escape in Nashville or Jack Lawrence Record Shop: 615/256-9240.
          You can receive a FREE CD of this album when you join Gail's International fanclub. Click here for more details.

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