Tracy Lawrence’s new CD, Then & Now : The Hits Collection features re-recordings of 14 of Tracy’s past hits, the original version of “Paint Me A Birmingham,” and two brand new songs, “Used To The Pain” and “If I Don’t Make It Back.”
ACountry presents your chance to an incredible Tracy Lawrence Then & Now Prize Package, including an autographed copy of Then & Now : The Hits Collection, a Tracy Lawrence t-shirt, and a Tracy Lawrence ball cap. One lucky fan will also win our grand prize — a pair of tickets to see Tracy Lawrence live at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City on the George Strait tour! “Tracy Lawrence is without a doubt one of our favorite radio guests of all time. When he comes in to do the show he just takes over. He is a blast and just happens to be our favorite country singer. When a Tracy Lawrence song comes on the radio you know who it is because he doesn’t sound like anyone else and nobody else sounds like him. He sings truly great songs in his unique & genuine style. His music makes us laugh, cry, two-step, drink beer, give thanks, and tear our hearts out! We love Tracy. A true original.”
–Tim and Willy, 102.5 KNIX Phoenix
To enter, click the “Win Prize Package” link below and enter a few comments about your favorite Tracy Lawrence song. Multiple winners will be selected and notified via email. One lucky grand prize winner will also win a pair of tickets to see Tracy Lawrence live January 20, 2006 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City on the George Strait tour (travel not included). Good luck!
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Tracy Lawrence on recording Then & Now : The Hits Collection
“There are 17 songs in this hits collection. I re-recorded 14 of my past hits, included the original version of “Paint Me A Birmingham,” and recorded two brand new songs. It’s important for my fans to understand why we re-recorded the hits. The short answer is simply that I now record for Mercury Records Nashville under the Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) umbrella. The rights to all of my previous master recordings are owned by the record label where I spent the bulk of my recording career. The UMGN team and I felt that timing was appropriate for us to re-record and issue my hits.
In making this record, I got the chance to study myself as a vocalist and as a person. I listened to what I did with “Sticks And Stones” all the way through what I did with “Paint Me A Birmingham.” It was pretty educational to go back through 14 years of my life and pick myself apart. I learned a lot about myself.
We were intent on recapturing the magic for this CD. I wanted the cuts to be as close sonically to the original recordings as we could make them. We matched tempos, snare sounds and guitar licks–everything. I even sang along with the originals to try to get my phrasing as close as possible. We did all that we could, short of stepping back in time, to get as close to reliving the moments those records were recorded.
We worked with a lot of the same players that played on my original recordings. We talked about the studios we played in. We cut up and reminisced about all of the good times on the road during those years. We talked about the path my music had traveled with different producers. I could hear my growth and I could hear the strain in my voice during the times when there was pain in my life. It brought it all back to life for me. In a lot of ways I found the whole process healthy and therapeutic.”
Tracy Lawrence : Then & Now: The Hits Collection track listing:
1. Used To The Pain
2. Pain Me A Birmingham
3. If I Don’t Make It Back
4. If The World Had A Front Porch
5. Sticks and Stones
6. Is That A Tear
7. Time Marches On
8. I See It NOw
9. How A Cowgirl Says Goodbye
10. Alibis
11. Today’s Lonely Fool
12. Can’t Break It To My Heart
13. Lessons Learned
14. Texas Tornado
15. Stars Over Texas
16. My Second Home
17. If The Good Die Young
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