Where Your Road Leads

Personnel includes: Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks (vocals); Larry Byrom (acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin); Steve Gibson, Brent Mason (acoustic & electric guitar); Al Anderson (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar); Steuart Smith, Chris Leuzinger (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Sam Bush (mandolin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Steve Nathan (piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, strings); Bobby Wood (piano, organ); Matt Rollings, John Hobbs (piano, keyboards); Michael Rhodes, Mike Chapman (bass); Paul Leim, Milton Sledge (drums, percussion); Tim Buppert, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Harry Stinson, Kim Richey, John Wesley Ryles, Tabitha Fair, Buddy Miller (background vocals).
Producers: Tony Brown, Trisha Yearwood, Allen Reynolds.
Recorded at Ocean Way Studios and Jack's Tracks Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
WHERE YOUR ROAD LEADS was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Country Album.
"There Goes My Baby" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. "Where Your Road Leads" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
Personnel: Trisha Yearwood (vocals, background vocals); Harry Stinson, Buddy Miller (vocals, background vocals); Steve Gibson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); Kenny Greenberg, Larry Byrom, Brent Mason (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Al Anderson (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar); Chris Leuzinger, Steuart Smith (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar, lap steel guitar); Sam Bush (mandolin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Steve Nathan (strings, piano, keyboards); Connie Ellisor, Jim Grosjean, Pamela Sixfin, Bob Mason (strings); Bobby Wood (piano, organ); John Hobbs, Matt Rollings (piano, keyboards); Paul Leim (drums, snare drum, percussion); Milton Sledge (drums, percussion); Gordon Kennedy, John Wesley Ryles, Tabitha Fair, Tim Buppert, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Kim Richey (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Chuck Ainlay; Mark Ralston; Mark Miller .
Audio Remasterers: Jeff Levison; Ric Wilson .
Recording information: Capitol Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Jack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN.
Editor: Don Cobb.
Photographer: Russ Harrington.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Mary Beth Felts; David Hall ; Glenn Spinner; Paul Franklin .
Arrangers: Connie Ellisor; Bergen White.
WHERE YOUR ROAD LEADS is another winner from Trisha Yearwood, a singer of undeniable talent and often astonishing prowess. This is an excellent collection of songs about relationships, good and bad. Yearwood's vocal chops get a serious workout on the opening track, "There Goes My Baby," as she soars to Roy Orbison-like heights to tell the story of a woman who lets a good man slip away. She handles ballads like "Love Wouldn't Lie To Me" with a delicate, Tammy Wynette-like finesse, but she's at her most impressive when belting out you-done-me-wrong rockers like "Wouldn't Any Woman."
Another highlight is "I'll Still Love You More," a killer ballad written by Diane "How Do I Live" Warren. Garth Brooks provides harmony on the title track, a big production number complete with a choir. But the real winner is "Bring Me All Your Loving," in which Trisha's longing vocals (and Buddy Miller's harmonies) bring to life a track purposely designed to echo the Stones' "Wild Horses." Note to Country fans: follow this ROAD.