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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Type
Public
Traded as
NASDAQ: CBRL
S&P 400 Component[1]
ISIN
US22410J1060
Industry
Restaurants
Founded
September 19, 1969; 48 years ago (1969-09-19)
Founder
Dan Evins
Headquarters
Lebanon, Tennessee, United States
Number of locations
640 at Sept. 19, 2016[2]
Area served
United States
Key people
Michael A. Woodhouse (Director & Executive Chairman)
Sandra B. Cochran (President & CEO)[3]
Revenue
US$2.91 billion (fiscal 2016)[2]
Operating income
US$280.47 million (fiscal 2016)[2]
Net income
US$189.30 million (fiscal 2016)[2]
Total assets
US$1.50 billion (fiscal 2016)[2]
Total equity
US$526.43 million (fiscal 2016)[2]
Number of employees
approx. 73,000 at July 29, 2016 [2]
Website
www.crackerbarrel.com
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is an American chain of combined restaurant and gift stores with a Southern country theme. The company was founded by Dan Evins in 1969; its first store was in Lebanon, Tennessee, which remains the company headquarters. The chain's stores were at first positioned near Interstate highway exits in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, but has expanded across the country during the 1990s and 2000s. As of September 18, 2012[update],[4] the chain operates 639 stores in 43 states.
Cracker Barrel's menu is based on traditional Southern cuisine, with appearance and decor designed to resemble an old-fashioned general store. Each restaurant features a front porch lined with wooden rocking chairs, a stone fireplace, and decorative artifacts from the local area. Cracker Barrel is known for its partnerships with country music performers. It has received attention for its charitable activities, such as its assistance of victims of Hurricane Katrina and injured war veterans. Employees there wear a choice of either white, yellow, blue or pink shirts.
During the 1990s, the company was the subject of controversy for its official stance against gay and lesbian employees and for discriminatory practices against African-American customers and female employees. In 2004, a U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) investigation found that Cracker Barrel discriminated against minority customers; patrons complained of racially segregated seating and service quality. In an agreement with the USDOJ, Cracker Barrel implemented non-discrimination policies and pledged to focus on improving minority representation and civic involvement, particularly in the black community. Company shareholders added sexual orientation to the company's non-discrimination policy in 2002.
Contents
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1 History
1.1 First location and early company history
1.2 New markets and refocus
1.3 Recent operations
2 Restaurants
2.1 Food and gift shop
2.2 Locations, service, and decor
2.3 Awards
3 Corporate overview
3.1 Investment and business model
3.2 Community involvement
4 Controversies
4.1 LGBT policies
4.2 Race- and gender-based discrimination lawsuits
5 Licensed products
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
First location and early company history[edit]
Cracker Barrel was founded in 1969 by Dan Evins, a sales representative for Shell Oil, who developed the restaurant and gift store concept initially as a plan to improve gasoline sales.[5] Designed to resemble the traditional country store that he remembered from his childhood, with a name chosen to give it a Southern country theme,[6] Cracker Barrel was intended to attract the interest of highway travelers.[5] The first restaurant was built close to Interstate 40, in Lebanon, Tennessee.[7] It opened in September 1969,[8] serving Southern cuisine including biscuits, grits, country ham, and turnip greens.[7]
Evins incorporated Cracker Barrel in February 1970,[5] and soon opened more locations. In the early 1970s, the firm leased land on gasoline station sites near interstate highways to build restaurants.[6] These early locations all featured gas pumps on-site; during gasoline shortages in the mid to late 1970s, the firm began to build restaurants without pumps.[5] Into the early 1980s, the company reduced the number of gas stations on-site, eventually phasing them out altogether as the company focused on its restaurant and gift sales revenues.[8] Cracker Barrel became a publicly traded company in 1981 to raise funds for further expansion.[5][7] It floated more than half a million shares, raising $4.6 million.[6] Following the initial public offering, Cracker Barrel grew at a rate of around 20 percent per year;[9] by 1987, the company had become a chain of more than 50 units in eight states, with annual net sales of almost $81 million.[5]
New markets and refocus[edit]
A Cracker Barrel in Minnesota
The company grew consistently through the 1980s and 1990s, attaining a $1 billion market value by 1992.[7][10][11] In 1993, the chain's revenue was nearly twice that of any other family restaurant.[6]
In 1994, the chain tested a carry-out-only store, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Corner Market, in suburban residential neighborhoods.[11] In addition, it expanded into new markets through the establishment of more traditional Cracker Barrel locations, the majority of them outside the South, and tested alterations to its menus to adapt to new regions.[12] The chain added regional dishes to its menus, including eggs and salsa in Texas and Reuben sandwiches in New York, but continued to offer its original menu items in all restaurants.[10]
By September 1997, Cracker Barrel had 314 restaurants, and aimed to increase the number of stores by approximately 50 per year over the following five years.[12] The firm closed its Corner Market operations in 1997 and refocused on its restaurant and gift store locations. Its then president, Ron Magruder, stated that the chain was concentrating on strengthening its core theme, offering traditional foods and retail in a country store setting, with good service and country music.[9] The chain opened its first restaurant and gift store not located near a highway in 1998, in Dothan, Alabama.[13] In the 2000s, in the wake of incidents including charges of racial discrimination and controversy over its policy of firing gay employees, the firm launched a series of promotional activities including a nationwide book drive and a sweepstakes with trips to the Country Music Association Awards and rocking chairs among the prizes.[14]
Recent operations[edit]
The number of combined restaurants and stores owned by Cracker Barrel increased between 1997 and 2000, to more than 420 locations. In 2000 and 2001, the company addressed staffing and infrastructure issues related to this rapid growth by implementing a more rigorous recruitment strategy and introducing new technology, including an order-placement system.[15] From the late 1990s to the mid-2000s, the company focused on opening new locations in residential areas to attract local residents and workers as customers.[13] It updated its marketing in 2006 to encourage new customers, changing the design of its highway billboard advertisements to include images of menu items. Previously the signs had featured only the company's logo.[16] By 2011, Cracker Barrel had opened more than 600 restaurants in 42 states.[17][18][19] On January 17, 2012, company founder Dan Evins died of bladder cancer.[20]
Restaurants[edit]
A Cracker Barrel gift shop
Food and gift shop[edit]
As a Southern-themed chain, Cracker Barrel serves traditional Southern comfort food often described as "down-home" country cooking and sells gift items including simple toys representative of the 1950s and 1960s, toy vehicles, puzzles, and woodcrafts. Also sold are country music CDs, DVDs of early classic television, cookbooks, baking mixes, kitchen novelty decor, and early classic brands of candy and snack foods.[21][22] Breakfast is served all day, and there are two menus: one for breakfast, the other for lunch and dinner. Since the first restaurant opened, the menu has featured Southern specialties, including biscuits, fried chicken, and catfish;[5] seasonal and regional menu items were added during the 1980s and 1990s.[5][12] In 2007, Cracker Barrel announced plans to remove artificial trans fats from its menu items.[23][24]
Locations, service, and decor[edit]
A Cracker Barrel guest playing peg solitaire
For much of its early history, Cracker Barrel decided to locate its restaurants along the Interstate Highway System,[5] and the majority of its restaurants remain close to interstate and other highways.[25][26][27] Cracker Barrel is known for the loyalty of its customers,[10] particularly travelers who are likely to spend more at restaurants than locals.[12]
The locations are themed around the idea of a traditional Southern U.S. general store. Items used to decorate each store are authentic artifacts,[7] including everyday objects from the early 1900s and after.[28] Each restaurant features a front porch lined with wooden rocking chairs, a wooden peg solitaire game on every table,[29] and a stone fireplace with a deer head displayed above the mantel.[30] In fact, each location has five common items: a shotgun, a cookstove, a deer head, a telephone, and a traffic light.[31] The peg games have been present in Cracker Barrel since the opening of the first store, and continue to be produced by the same family in Lebanon, Tennessee.[32] The decor at each location typically includes artifacts related to the local history of the area, including antique household tools, old wall calendars and advertising posters, and antique photographs;[26] these are centrally stored in a warehouse in Tennessee, where they are cataloged and stockpiled for future use by individual store locations.[33]
Awards[edit]
Destinations magazine has presented the chain with awards for best chain restaurant,[34] and in 2010 and 2011, the Zagat survey named it the "Best Breakfast".[35][36] The chain was selected by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America as the 2011 OBIE Hall of Fame Award recipient for its long-standing use of outdoor advertising.[37] It was also named the "Best Family Dining" restaurant by a nationwide "Choice in Chains" consumer poll in Restaurants & Institutions magazine for 19 consecutive years.[30]
Corporate overview[edit]
Investment and business model[edit]
Cracker Barrel restaurants are aimed at the family and casual dining market as well as retail sales.[9] The chain also advertises to people traveling on the interstate highways, as the majority of its locations are close to highway exits.[11] The company has promoted its cost controls to investors.[38][39] The company has stated its goal to keep employee turnover low, to provide better trained staff.[39] Since the 1980s, the firm has offered a formal training program with benefits for progressing through it to all of its employees.[5][40]
The board of directors of Cracker Barrel has repeatedly been at odds with the largest shareholder, Biglari Holdings Inc.[41] The owner of Biglari Holdings, Sardar Biglari, controls a 19.9% share of the company,[42] just short of the 20% needed to trigger a shareholder rights plan, more commonly termed a "poison pill".[43] The poison pill was adopted after Biglari Holdings sought approval to purchase a 49.99% share of the company and join the board of directors.[43]
Biglari Holdings purchased shares of Cracker Barrel in 2011, and has been often critical of the transparency to shareholders, overspending on advertising, lack of customer value,[44] capital funds mismanagement,[45] and not maximizing shareholder value.[46] Biglari has requested to be on the board of directors three times, and has been denied each time by a vote of shareholders.[41] Biglari Holdings has also put forward a request for a one-time $20/share dividend to address perceived overly conservative capitalization,[46] which was also rejected by shareholders.[45] Cracker Barrel has responded by claiming Biglari has a "hidden agenda" and a conflict of interest by holding shares in other restaurant chains such as Steak 'n Shake.[47][48]
Community involvement[edit]
Cracker Barrel has supported a wide range of charities through one-off donations, promotional events, and partnerships with charitable organizations.[49] The chain has supported charities and causes in communities where its restaurants are located, including the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina in 2005[50] and Nashville after severe flooding in 2010. In the same year, Cracker Barrel established Cracker Barrel Cares Inc., an employee-funded non-profit organization that provides support to Cracker Barrel employees.[51] Cracker Barrel has also formed a partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project, a charity for injured veterans.[52] In attempts to rebuild its image after several race-related controversies,[53] the firm has provided a scholarship through the National Black MBA Association,[54] and job skills programs and sponsorships with 100 Black Men of America[53][55] and the Restaurant and Lodging Association.[56]
Cracker Barrel sponsored the NASCAR Atlanta 500 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2001[57] and the Grand Ole Opry from 2004 to 2009. The company was the first presenting sponsor of the Grand Ole Opry.[58] This sponsorship allowed the company to make connections within the Nashville music industry, following which it entered into partnership with a number of country music performers.[59] The chain has established partnerships with artists including Alison Krauss, Charlie Daniels, Josh Turner, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, and Alabama, to offer CD releases and merchandise.[59][60][61]
Controversies[edit]
LGBT policies[edit]
In early 1991, an intra-company memo called for employees to be dismissed if they did not display "normal heterosexual values". According to news reports, at least 11 employees were fired under the policy on a store-by-store basis from locations in Georgia and other states.[6][12] After demonstrations by gay rights groups, the company ended its policy in March 1991 and stated it would not discriminate based on sexual orientation.[62][63] The company's founder, Dan Evins, subsequently described the policy as a mistake.[6] From 1992 onward,[64] the New York City Employees Retirement System, then a major shareholder, put forward proposals to add sexual orientation to the company's non-discrimination policy. An early proposal in 1993 was defeated, with 77 percent against and only 14 percent in support, along with 9 percent abstaining.[65] It was not until 2002 that the proposals were successful; 58 percent of company shareholders voted in favor of the addition.[62]
Cracker Barrel achieved the lowest score (15 out of 100) of all rated food and beverage companies in the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBT workplace equality.[66] Their score for 2011 had increased to a 55. The 2011 survey noted that the firm had established a non-discrimination policy and had introduced diversity training that included training related to sexual orientation.[67] However, the company's score for 2013 dropped to a 35 out of 100, not having obtained the points related to non-discrimination toward gender identity and health benefits for partners of LGBT employees and transgender-inclusive benefits.[68]
On December 20, 2013, Cracker Barrel announced it would no longer sell certain Duck Dynasty products which it was "concerned might offend some of [its] guests"[69] after Phil Robertson, a star of the reality TV show, remarked in a GQ interview[70]
Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right.
--Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson
Robertson also made "comments likening homosexuality to terrorism and bestiality" in the interview, and expressed views about race which attracted criticism. On December 22, less than two days after pulling the products from its shelves, Cracker Barrel reversed its position after protests from customers.[71][72][73]
Race- and gender-based discrimination lawsuits[edit]
In July 1999, a discrimination lawsuit was filed against Cracker Barrel by a group of former employees, who claimed that the company had discriminated against them on the grounds of race.[74][75] In December 2001, twenty-one of the restaurant's customers, represented by the same attorneys, filed a separate lawsuit, alleging racial discrimination in its treatment of guests.[76][77][78] Regarding both accusations, Cracker Barrel officials disputed the claims and stated that the company was committed to fair treatment of its employees and customers.[75][77][79]
In 2004, an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department found evidence that Cracker Barrel had been segregating customer seating by race; seating or serving white customers before seating or serving black customers; providing inferior service to black customers, and allowing white servers to refuse to serve black customers.[80] The Justice Department determined that the firm had violated Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The company was required to sign a five-year agreement to introduce "effective nondiscrimination policies and procedures." The terms included new equal opportunity training; the creation of a new system to log, investigate, and resolve complaints of discrimination; and the publicizing of its non-discrimination policies. They were required to hire an outside auditor to ensure compliance with the terms of the settlement.[81]
In 2006, Cracker Barrel paid a $2 million settlement to end a lawsuit alleging race and sexual harassment at three Illinois restaurants.[82][83] Cracker Barrel stores subsequently began displaying a sign in the front foyer explaining the company's non-discrimination policy,[80] and added to its website and menu the policy and details on how to make a complaint.[84]
Since the early 2000s, Cracker Barrel has provided training and resources to minority employees, to improve its image on diversity. These efforts involved outreach to minority employees, along with testing a training plan to help employees whose first language is Spanish to learn English.[53] As of 2002[update], minorities made up 23 percent of the company's employees, including over 11 percent of its management and executives.[54]
Cracker Barrel is on the Corporate Advisory Board for the Texas Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),[85] and is a corporate sponsor of the NAACP Leadership 500 Summit.[86] The company has been praised for its gender diversity, particularly on its board of directors, which includes three women out of eleven total board members.[87] Its chief executive officer (CEO), Sandra Cochran, is the second woman in Tennessee to hold that office in a publicly traded company.[87]
Licensed products[edit]
In November 2012, Cracker Barrel licensed its name to Smithfield Foods' John Morrell Division in a deal to create a line of meat products to be sold in supermarkets and through other retail channels.
In response, Kraft Foods filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit in February 2013. Kraft has sold cheese in retail stores under their Cracker Barrel brand since 1954. The corporation said that Cracker Barrel stores have not made significant sales of retail food products beyond their restaurant menu, and asked that the Smithfield Foods deal be nullified by the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois.[88]
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Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
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"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Part I"
Single by James Brown
from the album Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
B-side
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Part II"
Released
June 1965 (1965-06)
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
February 1965
Studio
Arthur Smith Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina
Genre
Soul, rhythm and blues
Length
1:55 (Part I)
2:12 (Part II)
Label
King (5999)
Songwriter(s)
James Brown
Producer(s)
James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Have Mercy Baby"
(1964) "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Part I"
(1965) "Try Me"
(1965)
"Have Mercy Baby"
(1964) "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Part I"
(1965) "Try Me"
(1965)
Audio sample
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"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by James Brown.[1] Released as a two-part single in 1965, it was Brown's first song to reach the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten, peaking at number eight, and was a number-one R&B hit, topping the charts for eight weeks.[2][3] It won Brown his first Grammy Award, for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording.[4]
Consolidating the rhythmic innovations of earlier James Brown recordings such as "I've Got Money" and "Out of Sight", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is considered seminal in the emergence of funk music as a distinct style. As Brown sings the praises of an old man brave enough to get out on the dance floor of a nightclub ("brand new bag" meaning new interest, taste, or way of doing something[5][6]), his band provides a horn-heavy backdrop with a prominent rhythm and an electric guitar riff for a hook. Both singer and musicians place overwhelming emphasis on the first beat of each measure ("on the One"). The song is Brown's first recording to feature Jimmy Nolen on guitar.
The taped recording of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was edited and sped up for its single release, increasing the tempo and raising the pitch by a half step. In 1991 the recording was released in unedited form at its original speed on the box set Star Time.[7] The track includes lead-in studio chatter, with Brown throatily (and presciently) shouting "This is a hit!" just before the drum and horn intro.
Contents
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1 Legacy
2 Other recordings
3 Cover versions
4 Personnel
5 Similarly named songs
6 References in popular culture
7 References
8 External links
Legacy[edit]
In 2004, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was ranked number 72 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. (In 2010 the magazine updated its list, and the song was moved up a rank to number 71.)[8] The song is currently ranked as the 80th greatest song of all time, as well as the sixth best song of 1965, by Acclaimed Music.[9]
Other recordings[edit]
An instrumental version of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was released as the B-side of Brown's 1965 Smash single "Try Me". He also recorded a big band jazz arrangement of the song with the Louie Bellson Orchestra for his 1970 album Soul on Top.
Live performances of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" appear on the albums Hot on the One, Live in New York, Soul Session Live, Live at the Apollo 1995, and the 2009 Expanded Edition of Live at the Garden. It is also featured in medleys on Love Power Peace and Say It Live and Loud.
Cover versions[edit]
In 1965, The Fabulous Echoes covered the song on their album Lovin' Feeling.
In 1965, Buddy Guy played the song participating in the European tour American Folk Blues Festival. The song is not on the record but in the movie that was made of the tour.
In 1965, The McCoys released a version of the song on their debut album, Hang on Sloopy.[10]
In 1968, Atco Records released a single by Otis Redding, from the posthumously released LP In Person at the Whisky a Go Go.
In 1968, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band released a version of the song on their album, Together.[11]
In 1971, Fadoul, a Moroccan musician, covered the song in Arabic.[12]
In 1987, Roger Troutman covered the song on his album Unlimited!.
In 1995, Jimmy Smith recorded an instrumental version on his album Damn!
In 1999, The Sugarman 3 covered the song on Sugar's Boogaloo.
In 2006, Bebi Dol covered the song on her album Čovek rado izvan sebe živi.[13]
Personnel[edit]
James Brown - lead vocals
with the James Brown Band:
Joe Dupars - trumpet
Ron Tooley - trumpet
Levi Rasbury - trombone
Wilmer Milton - trombone
Nat Jones - alto saxophone
Maceo Parker - tenor and baritone saxophones
St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
Eldee Williams - tenor saxophone
Al "Brisco" Clark - tenor saxophone
Nat Jones - organ
Jimmy Nolen - guitar
Sam Thomas or Bernard Odum - bass
Melvin Parker - drums
Similarly named songs[edit]
An instrumental recorded by the band Pigbag, "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag", was a worldwide hit in 1981.
In 1995 Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Allstarz project recorded "Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag)", which peaked at #6 in the UK Singles Chart.
The Capitol Steps recorded the parody "Papa's Got A Brand New Baghdad" for their 2004 album of the same name.
"Lil Poppa Got A Brand New Bag" by rapper Young Bleed released on January 20, 1998
References in popular culture[edit]
"Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse," an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, was named for the song. The song's title was also played on for The Simpsons episode "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge".
2013 musical Kinky Boots contains the line "Papa's got a brand new shoe" in the song "Everybody Say Yeah" (music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper).
Towards the end of one of the mixes of Public Enemy's 1994 song Give it up, Flavor Flav is heard to say "Papa's got a brand new bag." The same line is also heard in the rap part of Color Me Badd's 1991 single Color Me Badd and Big Daddy Kane's 1989 song Warm It Up, Kane.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ James Brown interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1970)
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 84.
Jump up ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
Jump up ^ Brown at AllMusic.
Jump up ^ Definition of bag, sense 6, Oxford Dictionaries.
Jump up ^ Definition of bag, sense 6, Merriam-Webster.
Jump up ^ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
Jump up ^ "'Rolling Stone' Updates '500 Greatest Songs' List". 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010.
Jump up ^ "Acclaimed Music Top 3000 songs". Acclaimed Music. 27 May 2009.
Jump up ^ The McCoys, Hang on Sloopy Retrieved June 24, 2015
Jump up ^ The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Together Retrieved August 6, 2016.
Jump up ^ The Arabic Funk Of Fadoul Retrieved August 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ Čovek rado izvan sebe živi at Discogs
External links[edit]
AllMusic review
Preceded by
"In the Midnight Hour" by Wilson Pickett Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single
August 14, 1965 – October 2, 1965 (eight weeks) Succeeded by
"I Want To (Do Everything For You)" by Joe Tex
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1959
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"I'll Go Crazy"
"Think"
"You've Got the Power"
"This Old Heart"
"The Bells"
1961
"Bewildered"
"I Don't Mind"
"Baby, You're Right"
"Just You and Me, Darling"
"Lost Someone"
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"Night Train"
"Shout and Shimmy"
"Mashed Potatoes U.S.A."
"Three Hearts in a Tangle"
"I've Got Money"
1963
"Like a Baby"
"Every Beat of My Heart"
"Prisoner of Love"
"These Foolish Things"
"Signed, Sealed, and Delivered"
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"Oh Baby Don't You Weep"
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"Caldonia"
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"Out of Sight"
"Have Mercy Baby"
1965
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
"Try Me"
"I Got You (I Feel Good)"
1966
"Lost Someone"
"I'll Go Crazy"
"Ain't That a Groove"
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
"Money Won't Change You"
"Don't Be a Drop-Out"
"Sweet Little Baby Boy"
1967
"Bring It Up"
"Kansas City"
"Think"
"Let Yourself Go"
"Cold Sweat"
"Get It Together"
"I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)"
"There Was a Time"
1968
"You've Got to Change Your Mind"
"I Got the Feelin'"
"Licking Stick – Licking Stick"
"America Is My Home"
"I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry"
"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud"
"Goodbye My Love"
"Tit for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)"
1969
"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"
"Soul Pride"
"I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)"
"The Popcorn"
"Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)"
"Lowdown Popcorn"
"World"
"Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn"
"Ain't It Funky Now"
1970s
1970
"It's a New Day"
"Funky Drummer"
"Brother Rapp"
"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"
"Super Bad"
"Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay"
"Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved"
1971
"Spinning Wheel"
"Soul Power"
"I Cried"
"Escape-ism"
"Hot Pants"
"Make It Funky"
"I'm a Greedy Man"
1972
"Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing"
"King Heroin"
"There It Is"
"Honky Tonk"
"Get on the Good Foot"
"I Got a Bag of My Own"
"What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin'"
1973
"I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want to Dance)"
"Down and Out in New York City"
"Think"
"Sexy, Sexy, Sexy"
"Stoned to the Bone"
1974
"The Payback"
"My Thang"
"Papa Don't Take No Mess"
"Funky President (People It's Bad)"
"Coldblooded"
1975
"Reality"
"Sex Machine"
"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)"
"Superbad, Superslick"
"Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)"
1976
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
"Get Up Offa That Thing"
"I Refuse to Lose"
"Bodyheat"
1977
"Kiss in 77"
"Give Me Some Skin"
"If You Don't Give a Doggone About It"
1978
"Eyesight"
"The Spank"
"For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes"
1979
"It's Too Funky in Here"
"Star Generation"
1980s
1980
"Regrets"
"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"
1981
"Stay with Me"
1983
"The Night Time Is the Right Time (To Be With the One That You Love)"
1984
"Unity"
1985
"Living in America"
1986
"Gravity"
1987
"How Do You Stop"
1988
"I'm Real"
"Static"
1989
"Gimme Your Love"
1990s
1991
"(So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On"
1993
"Can't Get Any Harder"
UK-only
charting
singles
"Hey America" (1970)
"Bring It On...Bring It On" (1983)
"Froggy Mix" (1985)
"She's the One" (1988)
"The Payback Mix" (1988)
"I Got You (I Feel Good) [James Brown v. Dakeyne]" (1992)
"Funk on Ah Roll" (1999)
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productions
"The Grunt" (1970)
"Gimme Some More" (1971)
"I Know You Got Soul" (1971)
"Pass the Peas" (1972)
"Think (About It)" (1972)
"Doing It to Death" (1973)
"Soul Power 74" (1973)
Other
songs
"(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" (1960)
"Maybe the Last Time" (1964)
"Old Landmark" (1980)
"Killing Is Out, School Is In" (2001)
"Gut Bucket" (2006)
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Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
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"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
Single by Ed Bruce
from the album Ed Bruce
B-side
"It's Not What She's Done (It's What You Didn't Do)"[1]
Released
November 15, 1975
Format
7" single
Genre
Country, Outlaw Country
Length
3:08
Label
United Artists #732
Songwriter(s)
Ed Bruce
Patsy Bruce
Producer(s)
Lary Butler[2]
Ed Bruce singles chronology
"July, You're a Woman"
(1973) "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1975) "The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again"
(1976)
"July, You're a Woman"
(1973) "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1975) "The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again"
(1976)
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" is a country music song first recorded by Ed Bruce, written by him and wife Patsy Bruce. His version of the song appears on his 1976 self-titled album for United Artists Records. In late 1975–early 1976, Bruce's rendition of the song went to number 15 on the Hot Country Singles charts. This song was featured on Chris LeDoux's album released January 20,1976, Songbook of the American West, and in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game soundtrack, on the fictitious radio station K-Rose. Most recently, it is the title song for Netflix’s “The Ranch”, a show about the ups and downs of a family of ranchers in Colorado.
Members of the Western Writers of America chose the song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[3]
Contents
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1 Content
2 Chart performance
3 Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson version
3.1 Chart performance
4 Gibson/Miller Band version
5 Other versions
6 Popular culture
7 Chart performance
8 References
9 External links
Content[edit]
The narrator warns mothers not to let their children become cowboys because of the tough and busy life of cowboy culture.[4]
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1975–1976)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 36
Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson version[edit]
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
Single by Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson
from the album Waylon & Willie
B-side
"I Can Get Off on You"[6]
Released
January 1978
Format
7" single
Genre
Country
Length
2:31
Label
RCA
Songwriter(s)
Ed Bruce
Patsy Bruce
Producer(s)
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings singles chronology
"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)"
(1977) "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1978) "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
(1978)
"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)"
(1977) "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1978) "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
(1978)
Willie Nelson singles chronology
"Something to Brag About"
(1977) Something to Brag About1977 "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1978) Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys1978 "If You Can Touch Her at All"
(1978) If You Can Touch Her at All1978
Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson covered the song on their 1978 duet album Waylon & Willie. This rendition peaked at No. 1 in March 1978, spending four weeks atop the country music charts. It also reached 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[6] Also in 1979, Nelson's version was featured in the film The Electric Horseman with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. It is also featured in a 2015 TV commercial for the Volkswagen Passat.
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1978)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 42
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] 33
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 57
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 42
Gibson/Miller Band version[edit]
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
Single by Gibson/Miller Band
from the album Red, White & Blue Collar
B-side
"Johnny Get Your Gun"[10]
Released
1994
Format
CD single
Genre
Country
Length
3:27
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Ed Bruce
Patsy Bruce
Producer(s)
Doug Johnson
Blue Miller
Gibson/Miller Band singles chronology
"Stone Cold Country"
(1994) "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1994) "Red, White and Blue Collar"
(1994)
"Stone Cold Country"
(1994) "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1994) "Red, White and Blue Collar"
(1994)
In 1994, country music group Gibson/Miller Band recorded a cover version on its album Red, White and Blue Collar. This version peaked at #49 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and was featured in the soundtrack for the movie The Cowboy Way.[10] It also appeared on the band's second and final studio album, Red, White and Blue Collar.
Other versions[edit]
A version of the song by Lukas Nelson and Shooter Jennings was used as the theme tune for Netflix comedy The Ranch.[11]
A version of the song was recorded by Lucinda Williams on the "Imus Ranch Record". a benefit compilation of country and roots music released Sept 16, 2008.
Popular culture[edit]
The song is referenced and subverted in the "Weird Al" Yankovic song Dare to Be Stupid, the title track on his album Dare to Be Stupid. The song, a pastiche parody of the band Devo, dares the listener to engage in several "stupid" acts, among them counting chickens before they hatch, selling wine before its time, and letting "babies grow up to be cowboys."[citation needed]
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1994)
Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[12] 71
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 49
Preceded by
"Don't Break the Heart That Loves You"
by Margo Smith Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single
(Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson version)
March 4–25, 1978 Succeeded by
"Ready for the Times to Get Better"
by Crystal Gayle
Preceded by
"To Daddy"
by Emmylou Harris RPM Country Tracks number-one single
(Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson version)
March 18 – April 1, 1978 Succeeded by
"I Might as Well Believe (I'll Live Forever)"
by Carroll Baker
Preceded by
"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"
by Waylon Jennings Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single of the year
(Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson version)
1978 Succeeded by
"I Just Fall in Love Again"
by Anne Murray
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 67. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
Jump up ^ Billboard. Books.google.com. 1976-10-09. p. 43. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
Jump up ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
Jump up ^ Randall, Alice; Carter Little; Courtney Little (2006). My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc. p. 92. ISBN 1-59555-860-8.
Jump up ^ "Ed Bruce Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn, p. 209
Jump up ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn, p. 159
Jump up ^ "Netflix Series "The Ranch" Showcases Worthy Country & Roots Artists". savingcountrymusic.com. April 7, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2548." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 1, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Gibson/Miller Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Ed Bruce
Albums
If I Could Just Go Home (1968)
Shades of Ed Bruce (1969)
Ed Bruce (1976)
The Tennessean (1977)
Cowboys & Dreamers (1978)
Ed Bruce (1980)
One to One (1981)
I Write It Down (1982)
You're Not Leaving Here Tonight (1983)
Home Coming (1984)
Tell'em I've Gone Crazy (1984)
Night Things (1986)
Puzzles (1965)
This Old Hat (2002)
Singles
"Last Train to Clarksville"
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
"Texas (When I Die)"
"The Man That Turned My Mama On"
"Girls, Women and Ladies"
"(When You Fall in Love) Everything's a Waltz"
"You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had"
"Love's Found You and Me"
"Ever, Never Lovin' You"
"My First Taste of Texas"
"After All"
"You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)"
"Nights"
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Trey Bruce
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Fire Down Below
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Live albums
Waylon Live
Never Say Die: Live
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Never Say Die: The Final Concert
Notable singles
1960s
"That's the Chance I'll Have to Take"
"Stop the World (And Let Me Off)"
"Anita, You're Dreaming"
"Time to Bum Again"
"(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me"
"Green River"
"Mental Revenge"
"The Chokin' Kind"
"Walk On Out of My Mind"
"I Got You" with Anita Carter
"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"
"Yours Love"
"Something's Wrong in California"
"The Days of Sand and Shovels"
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
1970s
"Singer of Sad Songs"
"The Taker"
"(Don't Let the Sun Set on You) Tulsa"
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"Under Your Spell Again" with Jessi Colter
"Cedartown, Georgia"
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"Pretend I Never Happened"
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"We Had It All"
"You Ask Me To"
"This Time"
"I'm a Ramblin' Man"
"Rainy Day Woman"
"Dreaming My Dreams with You"
"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
"Bob Wills Is Still the King"
"Can't You See"
"Are You Ready for the Country"
"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"
"I've Always Been Crazy"
"Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand"
"Amanda"
"Come With Me"
"I Ain't Living Long Like This"
1980s – 1990s
"Clyde"
"Good Ol' Boys"
"Storms Never Last" with Jessi Colter
"Shine"
"Just to Satisfy You" with Willie Nelson
"Women Do Know How to Carry On"
"Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
"Breakin' Down"
"Hold On, I'm Comin'" with Jerry Reed
"The Conversation" with Hank Williams Jr.
"I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)"
"Never Could Toe the Mark"
"America"
"Waltz Me to Heaven"
"Drinkin' and Dreamin'"
"The Devil's on the Loose"
"Working Without a Net"
"Will the Wolf Survive"
"What You'll Do When I'm Gone"
"Rose in Paradise"
"Fallin' Out"
"My Rough and Rowdy Days"
"If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now"
"How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A."
"Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone)"
"Trouble Man"
"You Put the Soul in the Song"
"Wrong"
"Where Corn Don't Grow"
"What Bothers Me Most"
"The Eagle"
"Just Talkin'"
"Too Dumb for New York City"
"Wild Ones"
"I Know About Me Don't Know About You"
"Outlaw Shit"
Collaborations
Waylon & Willie
Albums: Waylon & Willie
WWII
Take It to the Limit
Clean Shirt
Super Hits
Singles: "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)"
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
"Take It to the Limit"
"If I Can Find a Clean Shirt"
Other collaborations
Country-Folk with The Kimberlys
Leather and Lace with Jessi Colter
Heroes with Johnny Cash
Old 97's & Waylon Jennings with Old 97's
Collaboration singles
"MacArthur Park" with The Kimberlys
"Suspicious Minds" with Jessi Colter
"Good Hearted Woman" with Willie Nelson (Re-recording)
"Suspicious Minds" with Jessi Colter (Re-release from Wanted! The Outlaws)
"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" with Johnny Cash
"Wish I Was Crazy Again" with Johnny Cash
"The Wild Side of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" with Jessi Colter
"Leave Them Boys Alone" with Hank Williams Jr. and Ernest Tubb
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" with Johnny Cash
"Ballad of Forty Dollars" with Johnny Cash
"Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" with John Anderson
"High Ridin' Heroes" with David Lynn Jones
"One Good Love" with Neil Diamond
Compilations
The Best of Waylon Jennings
Don't Think Twice
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
Heartaches by the Number
Greatest Hits
Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
The Best of Waylon
New Classic Waylon
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years
The Journey: Six Strings Away
The Journey: Destiny's Child
The Restless Kid: Live at JD's
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Waylon Jennings
RCA Country Legends
Ultimate Waylon Jennings
16 Biggest Hits
Nashville Rebel
The Essential Waylon Jennings
Related
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Wanted! The Outlaws
"We Are the World"
The Highwaymen
Old Dogs
Jessi Colter
Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings
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1950s
and
1960s
1957
"No Place For Me" / "Lumberjack"
1959
"Man With the Blues" / "The Storm Has Just Begun"
1960
"What a Way to Live" / "Misery Mansion"
"Nite Life" / "Rainy Day Blues"
1961
"The Part Where I Cry" / "Mr. Record Man"
1962
"Willingly" / "Chain of Love"
"Touch Me" / "Where My House Lives"
"Wake Me When It's Over" / "There's Gonna Be Love In My House"
"You Dream About Me" / "Is This My Destiny"
1963
"Half a Man" / "The Last Letter"
"Take My Word" / "Feed it a Memory"
1964
"How Long is Forever" / "You Took My Happy Away"
"Am I Blue" / "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight"
"River Boy" / "Opportunity to Cry"
"I Never Cared For You" / "You Left Me (A Long Time Ago)"
"Pretty Paper" / "What A Merry Christmas This Could Be"
1965
"She's Not For You" / "Permanently Lonely"
"Healing Hands of Time" / "One Day at the Time"
"I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye" / "And So Will You, My Love"
1966
"One In A Row" / "San Antonio Rose"
"Colombus Stockade Blues" / "He Sits at my Table"
"I'm Still Not Over You"/ "I Love You Because"
1967
"The Party's Over" / "Make Way for a Better Man"
"Blackjack County Chain" / "Some Other World"
"San Antonio" / "To Make a Long Story Short"
1968
"Little Things" / " Sweet Memories"
"Good Times" / "Where Do You Stand"
"Johnny One Time" / "She's Still Gone"
1969
"Bring Me Sunshine" / "Don't Say Love or Nothing"
"I Hope So" / "Right or Wrong"
1970s
1970
"Once More With Feeling" / "Who Do I Know in Dallas"
"Laying My Burdens Down" / "Truth Number One"
1971
"I'm a Memory" / "Fire and Rain"
"Yesterday's Wine" / "Me and Paul"
1972
"Words Don't Fit the Picture" / "A Moment"
1973
"Shotgun Willie" (mono) / "Sad Songs and Waltzes"
"Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" / "Devil in a Sleepin' Bag"
1974
"I Still Can't Believe You're Gone" / "Heaven and Hell"
"Bloody Mary Morning" / "After the Fire is Gone"(with Tracy Nelson)
"Sister's Comin' Home" (mono) / "Pick Up The Tempo"
1975
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" / "Bandera"
1976
"Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)" / "Time of the Preacher"
"I'd Have to Be Crazy" (mono) / "Amazing Grace"
"If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" / "The Sound in Your Mind"
1977
"Uncloudy Day" / "Precious Memories"
"I Love You A Thousand Ways" / "Mom and Dad's Waltz"
1978
"Georgia on My Mind" / "On The Sunny Side Of The Street"
"Blue Skies" / "Moonlight in Vermont"
"All of Me" / "Unchained Melody"
1979
"Whiskey River" / "Under the Double Eagle"
"September Song" / "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
"White Christmas" / "Blue Christmas"
1980s
1980
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" / "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33"
"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" / "Rising Stars"
"Midnight Rider" / "So You Think You're A Cowboy"
"On the Road Again"/ "Jumpin' Cotton Eyed Joe"(performed by Johnny Gimble)
1981
"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" / "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes"
"Mona Lisa" / "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" / "Over the Rainbow"
"Heartaches of a Fool" / "Uncloudy Day"
1982
"Always on My Mind" / "The Party's Over"
"Let It Be Me" / "Permanently Lonely"
"Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning" / "Old Fords and a Natural Stone"
1983
"Little Old Fashioned Karma" / "Beer Barrel Polka"
"Why Do I Have to Choose" / "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)"
"Take It to the Limit" / "Till I Gain Control Again"
"Without a Song"
1984
"City of New Orleans (Unedited version)" / "Why Are You Pickin' On Me"
1985
"Forgiving You Was Easy" / "You Wouldn't Cross the Street"
"Me and Paul" / "I Let My Mind Wander"
1986
"Living in the Promiseland" / "Bach Minuet in G"
"I'm Not Trying to Forget You" / "I've Got the Craziest Feeling"
1987
"Partners After All" / "Home Away From Home"
"Heart of Gold" / "So Much Like My Dad"
"Island in the Sea" / "There Is No Easy Way"
1988
"Nobody There But Me" / "Wake Me When It's Over"
"Spanish Eyes" (with Julio Iglesias) / "Ole Buttermilk Sky"
"Twilight Time" / "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"
1989
"Nothing I Can Do About It Now" / "If I Were a Painting"
"There You Are" / "Spirit"
"Is The Better Part Over" / "Mr. Record Man"
1990s
1990
"The Highway" / "Spirit"
"Ain't Necessarily So" / "I Never Cared For You" ("Ain't Necessarily So" also on CD Single)
1991
"The Piper Came Today" / "(I Don't Have a Reason) To Go To California Anymore" ("The Piper Came Today" also on CD Single)
"Ten With a Two" / "You Decide"
1993
"Graceland"
"Still is Still Moving to Me" / "Valentine"
1995
"Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing"
1998
"I Never Cared for You"
2000s
and
2010s
2002
"Mendocino County Line" (with Lee Ann Womack) / "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)" (Both single tracks released on CD and 7" record)
2003
"Wurlitzer Prize" (with Norah Jones)
"Beer for My Horses" (with Toby Keith)
2005
"I'm a Worried Man" (with Toots Hibbert)
"The Harder They Come"
2006
"You Don't Know Me"
"Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other"
2008
"Gravedigger"
"You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore"
2011
"The Scientist"
2012
"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die"
"Just Breathe"
"Come On Back Jesus"
2013
"From Here to the Moon and Back" (with Dolly Parton)
"Grandma's Hands" (with Mavis Staples)
"It Won't Be Long" (with The Secret Sisters)
"Somewhere Between" (with Loretta Lynn)
2014
"The Wall"
"Bring It On"
"Laws of Nature"
"Who'll Buy My Memories"
"Summer of Roses" / "December Day"
2015
"It's All Going to Pot"
"Alice in Hulaland"
2016
"Lay Me Down"
2017
"Still Not Dead"
2018
"Last Man Standing"
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