No More Mr. Nice Guy | ||||
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Released | March 12, 1996 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 42:17 | |||
Label | Arista Nashville | |||
Producer | Steve Wariner | |||
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No More Mr. Nice Guy is an instrumental album released in 1996 by American country music artist Steve Wariner. His final album for Arista Records, it comprises twelve instrumental tracks. No singles were released from it, although "The Brickyard Boogie" was nominated for Best Country Instrumental at the Grammy Awards of 1997.[1] This song features former Pearl River member Derek George (who would later go on to found the band Williams Riley), former Boy Howdy member Jeffrey Steele, as well as Bryan White and Bryan Austin. Jimmy Olander, guitarist for Diamond Rio, is featured on the track "Hap Towne Breakdowne".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" |
| Vince Gill and Nolan Ryan | 4:04 |
2. | "Big Hero, Little Hero" | Wariner | Chet Atkins | 4:34 |
3. | "Prelude / Practice Your Scales Somewhere Else" | Wariner | Mark O'Connor and Sam Bush | 2:57 |
4. | "The Theme" |
| Larry Carlton and Randy Goodrum | 2:57 |
5. | "Forever Loving You" | Wariner | 4:17 | |
6. | "Next March" |
| Béla Fleck | 3:19 |
7. | "If You Can't Say Something Good" |
| Mac McAnally | 3:46 |
8. | "Hap Towne Breakdowne" |
| Carl Jackson, Mark O'Connor, and Jimmy Olander (of Diamond Rio) | 3:28 |
9. | "For Chester B" | Wariner | 1:50 | |
10. | "The Brickyard Boogie" |
| Bryan White, Derek George, Bryan Austin, and Jeffrey Steele | 3:29 |
11. | "Don't Call Me Ray" |
| Leo Kottke | 3:09 |
12. | "Guitar Talk" | Wariner | Lee Roy Parnell and Richie Sambora | 3:46 |