The Bradley Barn Sessions

The Bradley Barn Sessions
Studio album by George Jones
Released October 11, 1994
Genre Country
Length 32:76
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Brian Ahern
George Jones chronology
Super Hits, Volume 2
(1993)
Bradley Barn Sessions
(1994)
One
(1995)
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The Bradley Barn Sessions is an album released in 1994 by American country music artist George Jones. It is a duet album, comprising eleven of Jones's songs re-recorded as duets with various singers, primarily country music artists. The only release from this album was the re-recording of "A Good Year for the Roses", a collaboration with Alan Jackson which peaked at #56 on the Billboard country charts. Several unreleased tracks recorded during this album's sessions were later included on Jones' 2008 duets album Burn Your Playhouse Down - The Unreleased Duets.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Duet partner(s) Length
1. "One Woman Man"   Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton Marty Stuart 2:50
2. "A Good Year for the Roses"   Jerry Chesnut Alan Jackson 3:38
3. "Why Baby Why"   George Jones, Darrell Edwards Ricky Skaggs 2:32
4. "Golden Ring"   Bobby Braddock, Rafe VanHoy Tammy Wynette 3:05
5. "Say It's Not You"   Dallas Frazier Keith Richards 2:59
6. "Love Bug"   Wayne Kemp, Curtis Wayne Vince Gill 2:27
7. "Where Grass Won't Grow"   Earl Montgomery Trisha Yearwood, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton 3:52
8. "The Race Is On"   Jones, Don Rollins Travis Tritt 2:29
9. "Bartender Blues"   James Taylor Trisha Yearwood 3:54
10. "White Lightnin'"   J.P. Richardson Mark Knopfler 3:31
11. "Good Ones and Bad Ones"   Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins Mark Chesnutt 3:08

Promotion

An hour-long documentary-style special was filmed in late 1994 to promote this duet album. It aired in 1995 on The Nashville Network. Among the guests were the duet partners on this project; the record's two producers, Tony Brown and Brian Ahern; plus Owen Bradley, the owner of Bradley's Barn where the duet album was recorded.

Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 23
U.S. Billboard 200 142
Canadian RPM Country Albums 11