John Anderson - Bigger Hands

Title: Bigger Hands Artist: John Anderson Release Date: 6/9/2009 Label: Country Crossing UPC: 812432010089 Genre: Country Styles: Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist Moods: Earthy, Plaintive, Reflective, Rollicking, Sentimental, Passionate, Relaxed, Rousing, Amiable/Good-Natured, Romantic, Swaggering, Warm, Wistful, Bittersweet, Intimate, Laid-Back/Mellow, Rowdy, Earnest, Melancholy Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. How Can I Be So Thirsty
2. Better News
3. Hawaia in Hawaii
4. The Greatest Story Never Told
5. Shuttin' Detroit Down
6. Cold Coffee and Hot Beer
7. Bar Room Country
8. Missing Her Again
9. Shorty's Long Gone
10. What Used to Turn Me On
11. Fade Out
12. Bigger Hands

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Country Crossing 01003

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Country singer and songwriter John Anderson came roaring back to the front lines on his 2007 star-studded, John Rich-produced album Easy Money. Bigger Hands is a sound horse of a different color. Being on the independent Country Crossing label, Anderson didn't have the same budget he had on Easy Money. In addition, Anderson co-produced the set with James Stroud and wrote or co-wrote everything on the set. While Bigger Hands is not as flashy as its predecessor, it may be a more consistent recording. Anderson does his rowdy, rollicking "too much to drink the night before" thing -- which so many of contemporary country's aces like Trace Adkins have "borrowed" wholesale -- on "How Can I Be So Thirsty." But the album's true strengths lie in the ballads and midtempo honky tonk songs such as "Hawaia in Hawaii," "The Greatest Story Never Told," and "Missing Her Again." That said, some of his honky tonk songs are among the best he's written. Check the single "Cold Coffee and Hot Beer," "What Used to Turn Me On," and "Fade Out." There's also a killer anthem for the end of the industrial economy in "Shuttin' Detroit Down," another single on the set. While the tune is a midtempo two-step, it's really a modern labor and protest song that goes far beyond party implications or the North-South divide and deserves to be heard far and wide. Anderson is at the top of his game here, and it would be a real shame if Nash Vegas radio didn't sit up and take notice again. Everything about this record is contemporary, from the sound of its production to its instrumentation, yet Anderson's songcraft is timeless country music traditionalism. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Biff Watson Musician, Guitar (Acoustic) Brent Mason Guitar (Electric), Musician Chip Martin Musician, Guitar (Acoustic) Doug Rich Production Assistant Eddie Bayers Musician, Drums Elliot Parry Audio Engineer Glen Rose Photography Hank Williams Mastering, Remastering Jake Burns Audio Engineer Jake Burns & The Big Wheel Engineer, Assistant James Stroud Producer, Audio Production Jeff Crump Art Direction, Package Layout Joe Spivey Musician, Mandolin, Fiddle John Anderson Guitar, Producer, Audio Production Julian King Audio Engineer, Mixing, Engineer Larry Paxton Bass, Musician Luellyn Latocki Art Direction Mike Brignardello Guitar (Bass), Bass, Musician Paul Franklin Guitar (Steel), Dobro Rich H. Hanson Audio Engineer Richard Hanson Assistant, Engineer Scotty Sanders Guitar (Steel), Dobro Steve Nathan Piano, Keyboards Tammy Luker Production Assistant Wes Hightower Musician, Vocals (Background)