Tennessee Pusher

2008 studio album by Old Crow Medicine Show
Tennessee Pusher
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008
RecordedHollywood, California
Genre
  • Folk
  • country
LabelNettwerk Records
ProducerDon Was
Old Crow Medicine Show chronology
Big Iron World
(2006)
Tennessee Pusher
(2008)
Carry Me Back
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
ChartAttack link[usurped]
The Guardian [2]

Tennessee Pusher is the third studio album by folk/country/old time band Old Crow Medicine Show. Released on September 23, 2008, the album was produced by Don Was. The album reached #1 on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums Chart. The album is the band's first with Gill Landry, who replaced founder member Critter Fuqua. Fuqua provides only backing vocals on the album.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalLength
1."Alabama High-Test"Ketch SecorSecor2:25
2."Highway Halo"SecorSecor3:42
3."The Greatest Hustler of All"Secor, Willie WatsonWatson7:04
4."Methamphetamine"Secor, David RawlingsSecor5:27
5."Next Go 'Round"Secor, WatsonWatson3:38
6."Humdinger"HayesHayes2:29
7."Motel in Memphis"SecorSecor4:25
8."That Evening Sun"Secor, WatsonWatson3:43
9."Mary's Kitchen"Gill LandryLandry2:43
10."Crazy Eyes"Secor, WatsonSecor4:17
11."Tennessee Pusher"SecorSecor5:30
12."Lift Him Up"Blind Alfred Reed, WatsonWatson3:57
13."Caroline"SecorSecor3:33

Personnel

Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Kevin Hayes - guitjo, vocals
  • Morgan Jahnig - upright bass
  • Gill Landry - slide guitar, resonator guitar, vocals
  • Ketch Secor - violin, vocals, guitar, harmonica, banjo
  • Willie Watson - guitar, vocals, harmonica, violin
  • Critter Fuqua - backing vocals
Additional musicians
  • Jim Keltner - drums
  • Benmont Tench - Hammond C-3 organ

Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 7
U.S. Billboard 200 50
  • Old Crow Medicine Show (official site)
  • v
  • t
  • e
  • Ketch Secor
  • Morgan Jahnig
  • Cory Younts
  • Mike Harris
  • Mason Via
  • Dante Pope
  • PJ George
  • Joe Andrews
  • Critter Fuqua
  • Kevin Hayes
  • Gill Landry
  • Chance McCoy
  • Jerry Pentecost
  • Robert Price
  • Willie Watson
  • Charlie Worsham
Studio albums
  • O.C.M.S. (2004)
  • Big Iron World (2006)
  • Tennessee Pusher (2008)
  • Carry Me Back (2012)
  • Remedy (2014)
  • Volunteer (2018)
  • Paint This Town (2022)
  • Jubilee (2023)
Live albumsSongs
  • "Cocaine Habit/Take a Whiff on Me"
  • "See See Rider"
  • "Union Maid"
  • "Wagon Wheel"
Films
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