A Thousand Winding Roads

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A Thousand Winding Roads
Studio album by Joe Diffie
Released	1990
Genre	Country
Label	Epic
Producer	Bob Montgomery Johnny Slate
Professional reviews
All Music Guide - link
Joe Diffie chronology
A Thousand Winding Roads (1990) Regular Joe (1992)

A Thousand Winding Roads is the debut album of American country music artist Joe Diffie. The album's title is derived from a line in its lead-off single "Home", which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in late 1990. Other singles from this album include "If You Want Me To" (#2) "If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets" (#1), and "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)]]" (#2).

[edit] Track listing

1. "Home" (Fred Lehner, Andy Spooner) – 3:20
2. "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" (Ken Spooner, Kim Williams) – 2:45
3. "If You Want Me To" (Joe Diffie, Larry Williams) – 3:42
4. "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" (Joe Diffie, Lonnie Wilson) – 2:42
5. "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Bill C. Graham, Alan Laney, Tommy Dodson) – 3:14
6. "Almost Home" (Larry Williams, Johnny Slate) – 3:17
7. "I Ain't Leavin' 'Til She's Gone" (Diffie, Wilson, Wayne Perry) – 3:04
8. "Coolest Fool in Town" (Randy Boudreaux) – 3:25
9. "Liquid Heartache "(Diffie, Red Lane) – 2:59
10. "Stranger in Your Eyes" (Joe Chambers, Max D. Barnes, Larry Jenkins) – 2:45

[edit] Personnel

• Mike Chapman – bass guitar
• Walt Cunningham – synthesizer
• Joe Diffie – lead vocals, background vocals
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Tim Mensy – electric guitar
• Johnny Neel – background vocals
• Ron Oates – keyboards
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• Mike Severs – mandolin, acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, background vocals

[edit] References

• A Thousand Winding Roads at All Music Guide
• Liner notes to A Thousand Winding Roads, Epic Records, 1990

v • d • e Joe Diffie Albums A Thousand Winding Roads · Regular Joe · Honky Tonk Attitude · Third Rock from the Sun · Mr. Christmas · Life's So Funny · Twice Upon a Time · Greatest Hits · A Night to Remember · In Another World · Tougher Than Nails Singles "Home" · "If You Want Me To" · "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" · "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" · "Is It Cold in Here" · "Ships That Don't Come In" · "Next Thing Smokin'" · "Not Too Much to Ask" (w/Mary Chapin Carpenter) · "Startin' Over Blues" · "Honky Tonk Attitude" · "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" · "John Deere Green" · "In My Own Backyard" · "Third Rock from the Sun" · "Pickup Man" · "So Help Me Girl" · "I'm In Love With a Capital "U"" · "That Road Not Taken" · "Bigger Than the Beatles" · "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" · "Whole Lotta Gone" · "This Is Your Brain" · "Something Like This" · "Texas Size Heartache" · "Poor Me" · "A Night to Remember" · "The Quittin' Kind" · "It's Always Somethin'" · "In Another World" · "Tougher Than Nails" · "If I Could Only Bring You Back"