Hillbilly Rock

For the song, see Hillbilly Rock (song).

Hillbilly Rock

Studio album by Marty Stuart

Released

October 17, 1989

Genre

Country, country rock, bluegrass

Length

32:42

Label

MCA Nashville

Producer

Richard Bennett
Tony Brown

Marty Stuart chronology

Marty Stuart
(1986)

Hillbilly Rock
(1989)

Tempted
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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Hillbilly Rock is the fourth studio album by American country music artist, Marty Stuart. It was released in October 1989 by MCA Nashville. It peaked at #19 on the Top Country Albums chart but failed to chart on the Canadian charts. It was certified Gold in both countries. The songs, "Cry! Cry! Cry!", "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long", "Hillbilly Rock" and "Western Girls" were released as singles.

Content

Several songs on this album are covers or would later be covered by other artists. Johnny Cash's "Cry! Cry! Cry!" first appeared on his 1957 album With His Hot and Blue Guitar. "Me and Billy the Kid" was written and recorded by Joe Ely from his album Lord of the Highway and would later be covered by Pat Green and Kevin Welch and The Overtones. "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long" was covered by Gary Allan on his 1998 album, It Would Be You.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hillbilly Rock"	Paul Kennerley	2:38
2.	"Western Girls"	Kennerley/Marty Stuart	3:38
3.	"Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long"	Marty Stuart/Kostas	3:22
4.	"The Coal Mine Blues"	Marty Stuart	3:05
5.	"The Wild One"	Tillman Franks/Merle Kilgore	3:12
6.	"Me And Billy The Kid"	Joe Ely	3:56
7.	"Cry! Cry! Cry!"	J.R. Cash	2:20
8.	"When The Sun Goes Down"	Marty Stuart/Mark Collie	2:42
9.	"Easy To Love (Hard To Hold)"	Marty Stuart/Paul Kennerley	2:53
10.	"Since I Don't Have You"	Marty Stuart/Mark Collie	5:33

Personnel

Richard Bennett - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 6 string bass
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Glen D. Hardin - piano
Paul Kennerley - background vocals
Kostas - background vocals
Joey Miskulin - concertina
Ralph Mooney - steel guitar
Leland Sklar - bass guitar
Harry Stinson - background vocals
Marty Stuart - lead vocals, electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar
Billy Thomas - drums, background vocals

Production

Produced By Tony Brown & Richard Bennet
Engineers, Assistant Engineers: Dave Boyer, Mark J. Coddington, Marty Williams
Mixing: Chuck Ainlay
Overdub Engineers: Chuck Ainlay, Mark J. Coddington
Digital Editing: Milan Bogdan
Mastering, Master Tape Preparation: Glenn Meadows

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	19

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country
1989	"Cry! Cry! Cry!"	32	59
1990	"Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long"	42	25
	"Hillbilly Rock"	8	6
	"Western Girls"	20	16

Sources

Marty Stuart
Studio albums	Busy Bee Cafe Marty Stuart Let There Be Country Hillbilly Rock Tempted This One's Gonna Hurt You Once Upon a Time Love and Luck Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best The Pilgrim Country Music Souls' Chapel Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota Live at the Ryman Cool Country Favorites Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions Nashville, Volume 1: Tear the Woodpile Down Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Way Out West
Compilation albums	The Marty Party Hit Pack 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
Notable singles	"Arlene" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Hillbilly Rock" "Western Girls" "Little Things" "Till I Found You" "Tempted" "Burn Me Down" "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Travis Tritt) "Now That's Country" "Hey Baby" "Kiss Me, I'm Gone" "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (with Travis Tritt) "You Can't Stop Love"
Guest singles	"The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (with Travis Tritt)
Related articles	Discography Columbia Records MCA Records Connie Smith "Honky Tonk Crowd" "I'll Love You Forever (If I Want To)"

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