Tell Me Why is the début studio album by American country music artist Jann Browne. Three singles from the album rose to positions on the Billboard Country Singles charts: "You Ain't Down Home" at #19, "Tell Me Why" at #18, and "Louisville" at #75. Also featured on the album is a cover of The Davis Sisters' "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know," a duet with veteran rockabilly artist Wanda Jackson. Emmylou Harris provides backing vocals on "Mexican Wind." The album rose to #46 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel Byron Berline - fiddle, mandolin Michael Bowden - bass Jann Browne - vocals, background vocals Bill Bryson - bass James Burton - guitar Sam Bush - mandolin John Cowan - bass Iris DeMent - harp, harmony vocals Steve Fishell - resonator guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel, Weissenborn Béla Fleck - banjo Rosie Flores - background vocals Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar Glen D. Hardin - piano Emmylou Harris - harmony vocals Wanda Jackson - vocals John Jorgenson - mandolin, Spanish guitar Albert Lee - electric guitar, acoustic guitar Richard MacDonald - bass, acoustic guitar John Molo - drums Weldon Myrick - steel guitar, pedal steel Harry Stinson - background vocals Billy Thomas - drums, percussion, background vocals Wanda Vick - fiddle, acoustic guitar Don Whaley - bass, background vocals
Cover Version
In 2002 Dwight Yoakam covered "Louisville" for his box set 'Reprise Please Baby.'
Chart performance Chart (1990) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 46
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