Jeff Bates (album)
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Track listing
- "I Can't Have Nothing Nice" (Jeff Bates, Ben Hayslip, Brandon Kinney) – 3:34
- "Lonesome" (Kenny Beard, Casey Beathard, Frank Rogers) – 4:15
- "One Thing" (Bates, Jason Matthews, Jim McCormick) – 3:21
- "A Country Girl Can" (Bates, Hayslip, Matthews) – 3:06
- "Riverbank" (Bates, Robert Arthur, Kirk Roth) – 3:43
- "Chevy Don't Let Me Down" (Bates, Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary) – 3:07
- "Don't Hate Me for Lovin' You" (Bates, Yeary, Kemi Williams, Lonnie Wilson) – 3:25
- "My Wave" (Hayslip, Yeary) – 4:04
- "Some Days" (Bates, Beard, Hayslip) – 2:52
- "He Wasn't Like Us" (Bates, Hayslip, Kinney) – 3:51
- "Dead or Alive" (Bates, Arthur, Roth) – 3:14
- "Country Man" (Bates, Beard, Yeary) – 3:27
- "Somebody's Falling" (Beard, Deborah Allen, Paul Overstreet) – 3:21
Personnel
- Jeff Bates- lead vocals
- Eddie Bayers- drums
- Kenny Beard- background vocals
- Mike Brignardello- bass guitar
- Mickey Jack Cones- background vocals
- Aly Cutter- background vocals
- Glen Duncan- fiddle, mandolin
- Larry Franklin- fiddle
- Paul Franklin- steel guitar
- Tommy Harden- percussion
- Buddy Hyatt- piano
- Mike Johnson- steel guitar
- Wayne Killius- drums
- Jeff King- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Troy Lancaster- electric guitar
- Gordon Mote- keyboards, piano
- Jimmy Nichols- keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, strings, synthesizer, background vocals
- Danny Parks- acoustic guitar
- Scotty Sanders- steel guitar
- Joe Spivey- fiddle
- Bobby Terry- acoustic guitar
- Biff Watson- acoustic guitar
- Lonnie Wilson- drums
Chart performance
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 32 |
| U.S. Billboard Independent Albums | 37 |