"Capitol Collection: 1990-2000 [Box]" (06/04/2002) Country LeDoux, Chris, Capitol Nashville RecordsTHE CAPITOL COLLECTION box compiles 6 of Chris LeDoux's previously released CDs: HAYWIRE, ONE ROAD MAN, STAMPEDE, UNDER THIS OLD HAT, WESTERN UNDERGROUND and WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH A COWBOY. Each disc includes a new, previously unreleased track. Personnel includes: Chris LeDoux (vocals, acoustic guitar); Garth Brooks, Jon Bon Jovi, Charlie Daniels (vocals); Brent Rowan (acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin); Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar); Mark Sissel (electric guitar); Willie Nelson (gut-string guitar); Weldon Myrick, Dan Dugmore (steel guitar); Stuart Duncan, Jimmy Mattingly, Jonathan Yudkin, Rob Hajacos (fiddle); Bobby Wood (piano); Mike Chapman, Alison Priestwood (bass); Bob Jensen (piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer); K.W. Turnbow (drums); Wes Hightower, Camille Harrison (background vocals). Producers include: Jimmy Bowen, Jerry Crutchfield, Jimmy Bowen, Mac McAnally, Alan Schulman. Includes liner notes by Patsi Bale Cox. Personnel: Chris LeDoux (acoustic guitar, harmonica); Jon Bon Jovi (vocals); Brent Rowan (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); Mac McAnally (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, accordion, organ, background vocals); Larry Byrom, Pat Buchanan (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Michael Spriggs (acoustic guitar, dobro); Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar); Pat Puchanan (electric guitar, slide guitar); Chris Leuzinger, Mark Sissel, Jack Pearson, Shawn Lane , J.T. Corenflos (electric guitar); Terry Crisp, Steve Hinson (steel guitar, lap steel guitar); Doyle Grisham, Paul Franklin, Bruce Bouton (steel guitar); Willie Nelson (gut-string guitar); Rob Ickes (dobro); Scooter Muse (banjo); Jonathan Yudkin (mandolin, violin, fiddle); Larry Franklin, Rob Hajacos, Stuart Duncan, Jimmy Mattingly (fiddle); Johnny Neel, Terry McMillan (harmonica); Bobby Jensen (piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Tony Harrell (piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer); Clayton Ivy, John Jarvis, Gary "Bud" Smith , Michael Rojas, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood (piano); Billy Livsey (harmonium, organ, Wurlitzer organ); Carl Marsh (keyboards); Steve Turner (drums, percussion); Gary Bodily, K.W. Turnbow, Greg Morrow, Milton Sledge, Shannon Forrest (drums); Sam Bacco (timpani, percussion); Eric Darken, Tom Roady (percussion); Curtis Young, Dana McVicker, Alisa Carroll, Dennis Locorriere, Billy Bob Shane, Camille Harrison, John Wesley Ryles, Wayland Patton, Wes Hightower, Liana Manis, Kathy Burdick, Charlie Daniels (background vocals). Audio Mixers: John Guess; Justin Niebank; Mark Miller ; Mike Griffith. Liner Note Author: Patsi Bale Cox. Recording information: Abtrax Studio; Jack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville, TN; Javelina Studios, Nashville, TN; La La Land; Masterfonics Studio; Quad, Nashville, TN; Sixteenth Avenue Sound Studios, Nashville, TN; Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN; Sound Stage, Nashville, TN; Studio 6, Nashville, TN; The Castle Studio, Franklin, TN; The Sanctuary, Nashville, TN; Woodland STudios. Photographer: Butch Adams. Capitol Collection: 1990-2000 gathers all six of Chris Ledoux's albums for Capitol -- Haywire, One Road Man, Stampede, Under This Old Hat, Western Underground, and Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy -- into a box set. Along with the hits these albums spawned, such as Under This Old Hat's "Cadillac Ranch" and the title track from Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy, the set also features a bonus track on each disc. At nearly 70 tracks long, this set certainly isn't for casual fans (who would be better served by LeDoux's 20 Greatest Hits), but Capitol Collection is worthwhile for die-hard fans of his contemporary and neo-traditionalist country work. ~ Heather Phares
