A Thousand Memories

A Thousand Memories
Studio album by Rhett Akins
Released	January 3, 1995
Genre	Country
Length	35:11
Label	Decca Nashville
Producer	Mark Wright
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Rhett Akins chronology
A Thousand Memories (1995) Somebody New (1996)

A Thousand Memories is the debut album of American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in 1995 (see 1995 in country music) on Decca Records Nashville. The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard country charts in "What They're Talkin' About" (#35), "I Brake for Brunettes" (#36), "That Ain't My Truck" (#3), and "She Said Yes" (#17).

Akins co-wrote all the tracks on this album except for "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today", which was previously recorded by Alabama on their 1994 album Cheap Seats.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart performance 4 References 5 External links

Track listing

1. "Heart to Heart" (Rhett Akins, Chris Gantry, Mac McAnally) – 3:51
2. "What They're Talkin' About" (Akins, Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) – 3:27
3. "Old Dirt Road" (Akins, Gantry) – 3:26
4. "She Said Yes" (Akins, Joe Doyle) – 3:31
5. "That Ain't My Truck" (Akins, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) – 4:03
6. "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today" (Mickey Cates, John Jarrard) – 3:05
7. "A Thousand Memories" (Akins, Byron Hill) – 4:22
8. "I Brake for Brunettes" (Akins, Sandy Ramos) – 3:23
9. "Same Ol' Story" (Akins, Hill) – 2:43
10. "Those Hands" (Akins, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders) – 3:27

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

• Rhett Akins – vocals
• Barry Beckett – keyboards
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Mac McAnally – background vocals
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Ricky Skaggs – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – background vocals

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; Carl Gorodetzky, concertmaster.

String arrangement on "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today" by Charles Cochran.

Strings on "Those Hands" and "She Said Yes" conducted and arranged by Bergen White.

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	45
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	23
Canadian RPM Country Albums	23

References

External links

• A Thousand Memories at Allmusic