Michael Peterson (album)

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Michael Peterson
Studio album by Michael Peterson
Released	July 15, 1997 (1997-07-15)
Genre	Country
Label	Reprise
Producer	Robert Ellis Orrall Josh Leo
Professional reviews
All Music Guide – link
Michael Peterson chronology
Michael Peterson (1997) Being Human (1999)

Michael Peterson is the debut album of American country music artist Michael Peterson. Released in 1997 on Reprise Records, it features the singles "Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie", "From Here to Eternity", "Too Good to Be True", "When the Bartender Cries" and "By the Book", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "From Here to Eternity" was a Number One hit on that chart in late 1997.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Lost in the Shuffle" (Michael Peterson, Josh Leo, Robert Ellis Orrall) – 3:36
2. "Love's Great" (Peterson, Arlos Smith) – 2:42
3. "When the Bartender Cries" (Peterson, Hunter Davis) – 3:43
4. "Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie" (Peterson, Paula Carpenter) – 3:01
5. "I Finally Passed the Bar" (Peterson, Michael Puryear, Buddy Brock) – 3:43
   • duet with Travis Tritt
6. "From Here to Eternity" (Peterson, Orrall) – 3:31
7. "Too Good to Be True" (Peterson, Gene Pistilli) – 3:20
8. "Since I Thought I Knew It All" (Peterson, Ashe Underwood) – 3:35
9. "By the Book" (Peterson, Orrall) – 3:02
10. "For a Song" (DeWayne Blackwell) – 4:49

[edit] Musicians

• Michael Black - background vocals
• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Max Carl - background vocals
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
• Thom Flora - background vocals
• Larry Franklin - fiddle
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• John Hobbs - keyboards
• Dann Huff - electric guitar
• Josh Leo - electric guitar
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• Greg Morrow - drums
• Nashville String Machine - string section
• Craig Nelson - bass guitar
• Robert Ellis Orrall - background vocals
• Michael Peterson - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Tom Roady - percussion
• Scott Sanders - steel guitar
• Darrell Scott - acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar

Additional background vocalists on "Love's Great": Steven Bliss, Pat "The Sergeant" Finch, Chad Gates, Curtis Green, Rick Henegar, Rusty Jones, Dillon Leo, Brooke Lundy, Susan E. Niles, Jake Orrall, Jamin Orrall, Justine Orrall, Amanda Peterson, Laura Peterson, Gene Pistilli, Steve Pope, Annie Price, Michael Puryear, Gavin Reilly, Arlos Smith, Neal Spielberg, Peter "Boston" Strickland