Give Me Some Wheels

Not long after recording Simpatico with her friend and mentor, Chet Atkins, Bogguss took a hiatus to start a family. Sixteen months after the birth of her son, she was back with her sixth solo album on Liberty entitled Give Me Some Wheels. During her absence, however, the climate of country music had changed considerably. Overshadowed by the aggressively promoted, pop-friendly offerings from a new crop of sexed-up female singers that included Martina McBride, Faith Hill, and Shania Twain, Bogguss's more traditional style failed to connect with younger listeners.

For the album's title track and lead-off single, Bogguss reunited with Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison, the co-writers of one of her most successful singles, "Hey Cinderella". However, lacking any real support from her label, "Give Me Some Wheels" barely scraped the bottom of the country charts. Her follow-up single, the blues-tinged "No Way Out" (later recorded by Julie Roberts on her self-titled debut album, fared marginally better.

Track listing

1. "Give Me Some Wheels" (Matraca Berg, Suzy Bogguss, Gary Harrison) – 2:37
2. "Feeling 'Bout You" (Angela Kaset, Don Schlitz) – 3:35
3. "Let's Get Real" (Bob Regan, Billy Spencer) – 3:28
4. "Traveling Light" (Tom Shapiro, George Teren) – 3:29
5. "Live to Love Another Day" (Liz Hengber, Will Robinson) – 3:43
6. "No Way Out" (Marcus Hummon, Darrell Scott) – 3:19
7. "Fall" (Trey Bruce, Craig Wiseman) – 4:01
8. "Saying Goodbye to a Friend" (Kaset, Doug Gill) – 3:29
9. "She Said, He Heard" (Bogguss, Schlitz) – 3:54
10. "Far and Away" (Bogguss, Doug Crider) - 3:43

Personnel

• Suzy Bogguss - vocals
• David Campbell - arranger
• Michael Spriggs - acoustic guitar
• J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Dann Huff, Brent Rowan - electric guitar
• Billy Crain - acoustic slide guitar
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin - mandolin, fiddle
• Pamela Sixfin, Lee Larrison, Alan Umstead, Kristin Wilkinson, Robert Mason, Anthony Lamarchina - strings
• Matt Rollings - piano
• Reese Wynans - Hammond B-3 organ
• Bill Cuomo - synthesizer
• Leland Sklar - bass
• Lonnie Wilson - drums
• Tom Roady - percussion
• Steve Hornbeak, Harry Stinson, Lisa Greg, Karen Staley, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Marcus Hummon, Darrell Scott, Gerald Boyd, Deborah Allen - background vocals

Production

• Producer: Scott Hendricks, Trey Bruce
• Engineer: Mike Bradley, David Buchanan, Steve Marcantonio, Scott Hendricks, Russ Martin
• Distributor: EMI Music Dist.
• Studio: Sound Shop, Recording Arts and The Tracking Room, Nashville, TN.

Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Release details

External links

• Amazon.com review
• Rate Your Music review