Family/Blue

Personnel: LeAnn Rimes (background vocals); Dann Huff (guitar, acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg (guitar); Johnny Mulhair (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar); Jerry Matheny (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Dan Huff, John Jorgenson, Tom Bukovac, Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore, Paul Franklin , Milo Deering, Bruce Bouton (steel guitar); Jonathan Yudkin (banjo, mandola, fiddle); Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin (violin); Larry Franklin (fiddle); Kris Wilkinson (viola); John Catchings, Carole Rabinowitz-Neuen (cello); Kevin Bailey (harmonica); Tim Lauer (accordion, piano, organ, Farfisa, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer); Mark Douthit (saxophone); Doug Moffet (baritone saxophone); Mike Haynes (trumpet); Barry Green (trombone); Tim Akers (piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards); Paul Goad, Jimmy Kelly, Steve Nathan (piano, keyboards); Mike McLain, John Hobbs, Matt Rollings (piano); Charles Judge (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Kelly Glenn (keyboards); Chris McHugh, Brad Billingsley, Greg Morrow, Fred Gleber, Russ Kunkel, Chad Cromwell (drums); Eric Darken, Terry McMillan (percussion); Lisa Criss, Dennis Wilson Quintet, Crista Carnes, Joy McKay, Kayla Powell, LaDonna Johnson, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pamela Rose, Joanna Janet, Perry Coleman (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Csaba Petocz; Johnny Mulhair; Greg White Hunt; John Kelton; Justin Niebank; Steve Marcantonio.Photographers: Peter Nash; David McClister.This set combines LeAnn Rimes' 1996 debut album, Blue, with an album she recorded much further down the line, 2007's Family, skipping the many genre excursions she went through in the releases that appeared between these two. Only 15 years old when Blue came out, Rimes has shown a surprising willingness to step outside of the country-pop box since, but with Family, she returned to it as a fully grown woman, and this time featuring a group of songs that she either wrote or co-wrote. ~ Steve Leggett

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