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Don Williams Volume Two is the second studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Don Williams.[2] Released in January of 1974 on the JMI Records label, the album reached number thirteen on the US Country Albums Chart.[3] "Atta Way to Go" was released in 1973 as a single preceding the album,[4] and "We Should Be Together" and "Down the Road I Go" were released as singles in 1974.[5]

Background

Williams was no stranger to the country music scene, having been a member of the Texas band The Pozo Seco Singers from 1964 to 1970.[6] He left the music industry briefly, but returned in 1973 with his solo debut, Don Williams Volume One.[7] Williams had signed with JMI records initially as a songwriter, but later at the encouragement of its founder, Jack Clement, recorded a full-length album produced by songwriter Allen Reynolds.[8] It was a strong debut, reaching number five on the 1973 Country Albums Chart,[9] and it had two top 20 country singles.[10]

Six months after the release of his debut album, the formula for success was repeated for Don Williams Volume Two, including producer Allen Reynolds, and many of the same A-Team Nashville studio musicians, notably steel guitarist Lloyd Green, fiddle player Buddy Spicher and drummer Kenny Malone.[7]

Legacy

This would be Williams' final recording with JMI records, which was sold to ABC-DOT Records shortly after the release of the album.[7]

Allen Reynolds would go on to produce and write many successful country songs, including many of Crystal Gayle's biggest hits from the 1970s and 1980s.[11] The song "We Should Be Together," written by Reynolds, would go on to be the title track off of Gayle's 1979 album.[12]

Track listing

from the original JMI Records release:[13]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wish I Was in Nashville"Bob McDill2:25
2."Your Sweet Love"Don Williams2:39
3."She's in Love with a Rodeo Man"McDill3:10
4."Atta Way to Go"Williams2:47
5."We Should Be Together"Allen Reynolds3:02
6."Loving You So Long"Reynolds2:47
7."Oh Misery"Williams3:40
8."Millers Cave"Jack Clement2:37
9."I Don't Think About Her No More"Mickey Newbury3:50
10."Down the Road I Go"Williams3:07

Musicians

from the original album liner notes:[13]

Production

from the original album liner notes:[13]

References

  1. ^ "Volume One/Volume Two - Don Williams | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Don Williams Volume Two". AllMusic. November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Hot Country Songs: Billboard 1944 to 2008. Record Research. ISBN 978-0898201772.
  4. ^ "Billboard Hot Country Singles". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 50. December 15, 1973. p. 27 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  6. ^ "Pozo Seco Singers". Allmusic. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Stambler and Landon, Irwin and Grelun (1997). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 539. ISBN 0312151217.
  8. ^ Carlin, Richard (25 February 2014). Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. pp. see URL. ISBN 9781135361044.
  9. ^ "Billboard Album Charts". Billboard. 1973. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  10. ^ "Billboard Country Charts". Billboard. 1973. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  11. ^ Henderson, Lol, Stacey, Lee (2014). Encyclopedia of Music from the 20th Century. Routledge. p. 239. ISBN 9781579580797.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "We Should Be Together". AllMusic. November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  13. ^ a b c "Don Williams Volume Two - Track List". AllMusic. November 23, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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