Pat Green - Wave on Wave

On his eighth album, Texas frat party darling Pat Green takes a giant step into the big time to detrimental effect. Green may make a lot of his Texas raising and his Austin base -- as well as his record-setting Houston concerts -- but he sounds more like a Nash Vegas hack every day. "Wave on Wave," the title track and single, is proof in the pudding that Green's rootsy, humble, humorous, Robert Earl Keen-derived style has gone the way of a cool breeze in Austin in August. There is little to distinguish not only his sound but his lyrics from those being written by the Nash Vegas Top Ten club. Contrast Green with songwriters such as Troy Campbell, Mary Gautheir, and Billy Joe Shaver and the distinction becomes painful. Green needs to go back to the woodshed and seek out that reckless country music muse that gave him the life he enjoys and beg its forgiveness before churning out anything else. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bob Ludwig Mastering Brendon Anthony Violin Brent Rowan Guest Appearance, Guitar (Electric) Brett Danaher Guitar (Baritone), Banjo, Guitar (Electric) Chad Cromwell Guest Appearance, Drums Corey Roberts A&R Curtis Wright Guest Appearance, Vocals (Background) David Neuhauser Guitar (Electric), Organ (Hammond), Piano, Slide Guitar, Guitar (Baritone), Wurlitzer, Guitar (Acoustic) Don Gehman Producer, Mixing Doug Morris Producer Frank Rosato Assistant Jay Adams Executive Producer Jennifer Paola Production Coordination Jim Perkins Executive Producer Jimmy Bruch Photography John Guess Engineer John Jarvis Piano, Guest Appearance Jon Carroll Guitar (Electric), Guest Appearance Jondan McBride Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Guitar (Tenor), Vocal Harmony, Guitar (12 String) Justin Pollard Drums, Percussion Kevin Meeker Assistant Larry Greenhill Assistant Mark Dearnley Mixing, Engineer Michael Tarabay Guitar (Bass) Mike Daly Guest Appearance, Dobro, Guitar (Steel) Pat Green Vocals (Background), Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals Patrick Murphy Engineer Ray Benson Guest Appearance, Vocals Ray Wylie Hubbard Guitar (Acoustic), Guest Appearance, Vocals Sandy Brummels Art Direction Sasha Ostrovsky Guest Appearance, Guitar (Steel) Tom MacKay A&R Tony Brown Producer Trish Murphy Guest Appearance, Vocals Valencia Bruch, Annalee Art Direction, Design Walt Wilkins Guest Appearance, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocal Harmony Waylon Payne Guest Appearance, Vocal Harmony, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals Willie Nelson Vocals, Guest Appearance