This Is Me is the ninth studio album by country music star Randy Travis, and was released on April 26, 1994 by Warner Bros.. Producer Kyle Lehning, Travis, and A&R Martha Sharp considered more than 1,000 songs before settling on the final ten. The tracks “Before You Kill Us All”, “Whisper My Name”, “This Is Me”, and “The Box” were all released as singles, peaking at #2, #1, #5, and #8, respectively, on the Billboard country music charts. “Small Y’all” was later recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album It Don’t Get Any Better Than This.
Tracks
1 | Honky Tonk Side Of Town (Eddie Setser, Jerry Phillips, Troy Seals) | 3:07 |
2 | Before You Kill Us All (Keith Follese, Max Barnes) | 3:22 |
3 | That’s Where I Draw The Line (Roger Brown, Trey Bruce) | 3:18 |
4 | Whisper My Name (Trey Bruce) | 3:09 |
5 | Small Y’all (Bobby Braddock) | 2:53 |
6 | Runaway Train (Jerry Steve Smith, Larry Gatlin) | 3:20 |
7 | This Is Me (Thom McHugh, Tom Shapiro) | 3:24 |
8 | The Box (Buck Moore, Randy Travis) | 3:21 |
9 | Gonna Walk That Line (Jamie O’Hara, Kieran Kane) | 3:17 |
10 | Oscar The Angel (Don Schlitz) | 4:23 |
Musicians
1 Honky Tonk Side Of Town
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Guitar | Brent Mason |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Byrom |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Steel Guitar | Doyle Grisham |
Steel Guitar | Kayton Roberts |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Fiddle | Hank Singer |
Sax | Jim Hoke |
Background Vocals | Curtis Young |
2 Before You Kill Us All
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Guitar | Steve Gibson |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Byrom |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Steel Guitar | Paul Franklin |
Fiddle | Hank Singer |
Keyboards | Dennis Burnside |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Background Vocals | Bruce Dees |
Background Vocals | Cindy Walker |
Background Vocals | Curtis Young |
Background Vocals | Dennis Wilson |
Background Vocals | Lisa Silver |
3 That’s Where I Draw The Line
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Byrom |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Steel Guitar | Doyle Grisham |
Fiddle | Hank Singer |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Background Vocals | Bruce Dees |
Background Vocals | Cindy Walker |
Background Vocals | Curtis Young |
Background Vocals | Dennis Wilson |
Background Vocals | Lisa Silver |
4 Whisper My Name
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Guitar | Larry Byrom |
Keyboards | Dennis Burnside |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Background Vocals | Darrell Scott |
Background Vocals | Suzy Ragsdale |
Background Vocals | Verlon Thompson |
5 Small Y’all
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Guitar | Steve Gibson |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Byrom |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Steel Guitar | Doyle Grisham |
Steel Guitar | Kayton Roberts |
Fiddle | Hank Singer |
Keyboards | Dennis Burnside |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Background Vocals | Curtis Young |
6 Runaway Train
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Guitar | Brent Mason |
Guitar | Steve Gibson |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Byrom |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Steel Guitar | Doyle Grisham |
Steel Guitar | Paul Franklin |
Fiddle | Hank Singer |
Keyboards | Dennis Burnside |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Background Vocals | Bruce Dees |
Background Vocals | Cindy Walker |
Background Vocals | Curtis Young |
Background Vocals | Dennis Wilson |
Background Vocals | Lisa Silver |
7 This Is Me
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Acoustic Guitar | Biff Watson |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Steel Guitar | Doyle Grisham |
Keyboards | Dennis Burnside |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Background Vocals | Bruce Dees |
Background Vocals | Cindy Walker |
Background Vocals | Curtis Young |
Background Vocals | Dennis Wilson |
Background Vocals | Lisa Silver |
8 The Box
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Steve Gibson |
Acoustic Guitar | Chris Leuzinger |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Steel Guitar | Doyle Grisham |
Keyboards | Dennis Burnside |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Background Vocals | Curtis Young |
9 Gonna Walk That Line
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Steve Gibson |
Guitar | Jerry Douglas |
Acoustic Guitar | Chris Leuzinger |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Piano | Jay Spell |
10 Oscar The Angel
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Steve Gibson |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Byrom |
Acoustic Guitar | Mark Casstevens |
Steel Guitar | Doyle Grisham |
Fiddle | Mark O’Conner |
Piano | Pig Robbins |
Piano | Dennis Burnside |
Percussion | Tom Roady |
Background Vocals | Curtis Young |
Background Vocals | Dennis Wilson |
Background Vocals | Diane Vanette |
Background Vocals | John Wesley Ryles |
Background Vocals | Lisa Silver |
Background Vocals | Sherri Huffman |
Liner Notes
Producer – Kyle Lehning
Art Direction – Janice Azrak
Design – Garrett Rittenberry, Simon Levy
Photography By – Firooz Zahedi
Record Company – Time Warner
Manufactured By – WEA Manufacturing
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation