Pirates of the Mississippi (album)

Pirates of the Mississippi
Studio album by Pirates of the Mississippi
Released	June 18, 1990 (1990-06-18)
Genre	Country
Length	37:51
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Rich Alves James Stroud
Pirates of the Mississippi chronology
Pirates of the Mississippi (1990) Walk the Plank (1991)

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Pirates of the Mississippi is the self-titled debut album of the American country music band Pirates of the Mississippi. It was released in 1990 on Capitol Records Nashville and contains four singles: "Honky Tonk Blues" (a cover of the Hank Williams song), "Rollin' Home", "Feed Jake", and "Speak of the Devil". "Feed Jake" was the highest charting of these singles, reaching #15 on the Billboard country charts. All of the other singles except "Rollin' Home" reached Top 40 on the same chart.

Track listing

1. "Honky Tonk Blues" (Hank Williams) – 3:00
2. "I Take My Comfort in You" (Guy Clark, Wayland Holyfield) – 3:34
3. "Rollin' Home" (Rich Alves, Bill McCorvey, Gary Harrison) – 3:11
4. "Speak of the Devil" (Alves, McCorvey, Danny Mayo) – 3:04
5. "Feed Jake" (Mayo) – 4:00
6. "Talkin' 'bout Love" (Alves, McCorvey, Larry Gottlieb) – 4:17
7. "Jolly Roger/Pirates of the Mississippi" (Alves, McCorvey) – 5:15
8. "Down and Out in Birmingham" (Alves, McCorvey) – 3:57
9. "Anything Goes" (Mayo, McCorvey, Diana Rae) – 4:09
10. "Redneck Rock & Roll" (Alves, Mayo, McCorvey) – 3:24

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Rich Alves – guitar, Hammond organ, background vocals
• Jimmy Lowe – drums, percussion
• Bill McCorvey – guitar, lead vocals
• Pat Severs – steel guitar, Dobro
• Dean Townson – bass guitar, background vocals

Strings on "Feed Jake" performed by John Kelton.

Chart performance

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