Wind in the Wire

1993 studio album by Randy Travis

Wind in the Wire

Studio album by

Randy Travis

Released

August 17, 1993

Genre

Country

Length

28:46

Label

Warner Records

Producer

Steve Gibson

Randy Travis chronology

Greatest Hits, Volume 2
(1992)

Wind in the Wire
(1993)

This Is Me
(1994)

Singles from Wind in the Wire

"Cowboy Boogie"
Released: August 16, 1993
"Wind in the Wire"
Released: December 6, 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C^[2]
Los Angeles Times	^[3]

Wind in the Wire is the eighth studio album released by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on August 17, 1993, by Warner Records. The album was made to accompany a television series also entitled Wind in the Wire.^[1] Two of the album's singles — "Cowboy Boogie" and the title track — entered the Billboard country music charts, peaking at #46 and #65, respectively, making this the first album of Travis's career not to produce any Top 40 hits in the United States.^[5] "Cowboy Boogie", however, was a #10 on the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada.

In addition, this album is also one of three albums not to be produced by Travis' longtime record producer, Kyle Lehning.

Track listing

"Down at the Old Corral" (Roger Brown, Luke Reed) – 3:17
"Cowboy Boogie" (Robert Blythe) – 2:48
"Blue Mesa" (Brown, Reed) – 2:59
"Memories of Santa Fe" (Brown, Rick Peoples) – 3:18
"Roamin' Wyomin'" (Brown, Reed) – 2:30
"Wind in the Wire" (David Wilkie, Stewart MacDougall) – 3:29
"The Old Chisholm Trail" (Traditional) – 3:06
"Paniolo Country" (Marcus Shutte, Jr.) – 2:37
"Hula Hands" (William D. Beasley, J.T. Adams, Jean Norris) – 2:12
"Beyond the Reef" (Jack Pitman) – 2:30

Personnel

Eddie Bayers - drums
Bruce Bouton - dobro, pedal steel guitar
Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
Glen Duncan - fiddle
Sonny Garrish - pedabro, pedal steel guitar
Steve Gibson - dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
David Hungate - bass guitar
John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards
Kapena - background vocals
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
Craig Nelson - bass guitar
Cyril Pahinui - slack key guitar
James Bla Pahinui - ukulele
Martin Pahinui - bass guitar
Gary Prim - keyboards
Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar
Karen Taylor-Good - background vocals
Randy Travis - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Dick Tunney - accordion
Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Bergen White - background vocals
Willie K. - background vocals
Dennis Wilson - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	24
U.S. Billboard 200	121
Canadian RPM Country Albums	5

References

^ ^a ^b AllMusic review
^ Entertainment Weekly review
^ Los Angeles Times review
^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
^ Mansfield, Brian; Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Randy Travis biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-20.