Hillbilly Rock

For the song, see Hillbilly Rock (song).

Hillbilly Rock
Studio album by Marty Stuart
Released	October 17, 1989
Studio	Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country country rock rockabilly
Length	32:42
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Richard Bennett Alan Messer
Marty Stuart chronology
Marty Stuart (1986) Hillbilly Rock (1989) Tempted (1991)
Singles from Hillbilly Rock
"Cry! Cry! Cry!" Released: August 1989 "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long" Released: November 1989 "Hillbilly Rock" Released: March 1990 "Western Girls" Released: September 1, 1990

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Hillbilly Rock is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Marty Stuart. It was released in October 1989 by MCA Nashville. It peaked at #19 on the Top Country Albums chart but failed to chart on the Canadian charts. It was certified Gold in both countries. The songs "Cry! Cry! Cry!", "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long", "Hillbilly Rock", and "Western Girls" were released as singles.^[1]

Content

Several songs on this album are covers or would later be covered by other artists. Johnny Cash's "Cry! Cry! Cry!" first appeared on his 1957 album With His Hot and Blue Guitar. "Me and Billy the Kid" was written and recorded by Joe Ely for his album Lord of the Highway and would later be covered by Pat Green and Kevin Welch and the Overtones. "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long" was covered by Gary Allan on his 1998 album It Would Be You.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hillbilly Rock"	Paul Kennerley	2:38
2.	"Western Girls"	Kennerley, Marty Stuart	3:38
3.	"Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long"	Stuart, Kostas	3:22
4.	"The Coal Mine Blues"	Stuart	3:05
5.	"The Wild One"	Tillman Franks, Merle Kilgore	3:12
6.	"Me and Billy the Kid"	Joe Ely	3:56
7.	"Cry! Cry! Cry!"	Johnny Cash	2:20
8.	"When the Sun Goes Down"	Stuart, Mark Collie	2:42
9.	"Easy to Love (Hard to Hold)"	Stuart, Kennerley	2:53
10.	"Since I Don't Have You"	Stuart, Collie	5:33

Personnel

• Richard Bennett - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 6 string bass
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Glen Hardin - piano
• Paul Kennerley - background vocals
• Kostas - background vocals
• Joey Miskulin - concertina
• Ralph Mooney - steel guitar
• Leland Sklar - bass guitar
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• WS "Fluke" Holland - drums
• Marty Stuart - lead vocals, electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar
• Billy Thomas - drums, background vocals
• Alan Messer- photographer

Production

• Produced By Tony Brown & Richard Bennet
• Engineers, Assistant Engineers: Dave Boyer, Mark J. Coddington, Marty Williams
• Mixing: Chuck Ainlay
• Overdub Engineers: Chuck Ainlay, Mark J. Coddington
• Digital Editing: Milan Bogdan
• Mastering, Master Tape Preparation: Glenn Meadows

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1989–1990) Peak position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] 19

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 36

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1989	"Cry! Cry! Cry!"	32	59
1990	"Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long"	42	25
	"Hillbilly Rock"	8	6
	"Western Girls"	20	16

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[4]	Gold	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)[5]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
2. "Marty Stuart Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
3. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
4. "Canadian album certifications – Marty Stuart – Hillbilly Rock". Music Canada. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
5. "American album certifications – Marty Stuart – Hillbilly Rock". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 31, 2020.