Red Hot + Country
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| Compilation album Charity Album by Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series (Various Artists) |
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| Released | September 13, 1994 | |
| Genre | [Classic] Country/Rock | |
| Length | 67:38 | |
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |
| Producer(s) | Jim Rooney Mark Wright |
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| Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series (Various Artists) chronology |
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| No Alternative (1993) |
Red Hot + Country (1994) |
Stolen Moments (1994) |
Red Hot + Country (or RH+C) was the follow-up to No Alternative in the Red Hot Series of compilation albums. This compilation featured music from the classic country and classic rock genres performed by an assortment of seasoned old and new country-western artists.
RH+C received two Grammy nominations following its release. A live show was held at the Ryman Auditorium — ancestral home to the Grand Ole Opry. A recording of the live show was eventually released on home video.
[edit] Track listing
- "Teach Your Children" performed by Susy Bogguss, Alison Krauss + Kathy Mattea with Crosby, Stills, and Nash
- "Fire And Rain" performed by Sammy Kershaw
- "Folsom Prison Blues" performed by Brooks & Dunn + Johnny Cash
- "Rock Me On The Water" performed by Kathy Mattea + Jackson Browne
- "Matchbox" Carl Perkins, Duane Eddy + The Mavericks
- "Crazy" performed by Jimmy Dale Gilmore + Willie Nelson
- "Willie Short" performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
- "Forever Young" written by Bob Dylan and performed by Johnny Cash
- "If These Old Walls Could Speak" performed by Nanci Griffith + Jimmy Webb
- "Up Above My Head / Blind Bartimus" performed by Marty Stuart with Jerry Sullivan + Tammy Sullivan
- "You Gotta Be My Baby" performed by Dolly Parton
- "Close Up The Honky Tonks" performed by Randy Foster
- "Goodbye Comes Hard For Me" performed by Mark Chesnutt
- "Pictures Don’t Lie" performed by Billy Ray Cyrus
- "When I Reach The Place I’m Going" performed by Patty Loveless
- "The T.B. Is Whipping Me" performed by Wilco with Syd Straw
- "Keep On The Sunny Side" performed by Randy Scruggs with Earl Scruggs + Doc Watson
