Did I Shave My Legs For This? [25th Anniversary Edition]

Personnel: Deana Carter (vocals); Cary Park (acoustic & electric guitars); Dan Dugmore (acoustic & steel guitars); Chris Farren (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Biff Watson, Chuck Jones (acoustic guitar); Dan Huff, Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Larry Franklin (mandolin, fiddle); Nashville String Machine (strings); Pete Wasner (piano); John Hobbs (keyboards, piano); Steve Nathan (Hammond B-3 organ); Joe Chaney, Glenn Worf (bass); Lonnie Wilson (drums); Greg Morrow (drums & percussion); Chris DiCroce (background vocals).
Recorded at Emerald Studio, Nashville, Tennessee.
All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
"Strawberry Wine" was nominated for 1997 Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song. "Did I Shave My Legs For This?" was nominated for 1998 Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song.
Deana Carter comes with an impressive country pedigree. Her father, Fred Carter, Jr., was a top-notch session guitarist who penned Ray Price's hit "I Want To Hear It From You" and played with Canadian barnstormer Ronnie Hawkins. His daughter's multi-platinum debut album finds her keeping the family tradition going on 11 tracks (several of which she cowrote) of country heartbreak and redemption. Carter is a technically skilled vocalist, but her voice retains an endearing, girl-next-door quality that draws the listener in.
While several of the songs are about jumping wholeheartedly into romantic relationships, there are a couple of caustic plaints that detail the darker side of love. The standout is the title cut, on which Carter describes a lover whose flame has flickered out. DID I SHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? marks Deana Carter as a pop/country artist destined to stand alongside the likes of Shania Twain and Lorrie Morgan as a major figure in modern-day Nashville.