It's Not Big It's Large is an album by Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, released in 2007 (see 2007 in music). The recording was made live in studio (recorded with all instruments as if a concert venue, but done in a studio).
The title is a play on the name Lovett has given to his touring band since 1988. Lovett explains the title in an interview: "We've always done arrangements that border on blues music, that border on jazz arrangements, that border on what folks might think of as 'big band', but we don't really play big band music. But we've always had a lot of people in the band so that's why I call the band the 'Large Band' and not the 'Big Band'. But invariably people refer to the band as the 'Big Band' and ... it's not big... you get the idea."Interview posted as a video clip at Amazon.com
The album debuted at number 18 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 25,000 copies in its first week.Jonathan Cohen, "'High School Musical 2' Starts Third Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, September 5, 2007.
Track listing "Tickle Toe" "I Will Rise Up/Ain't No More Cane" "All Downhill from Here" "Don't Cry a Tear" "South Texas Girl" "This Traveling Around" "Up in Indiana" "The Alley Song" "No Big Deal" "Make It Happy" "Ain't No More Cane" "Up in Indiana" (acoustic)
Personnel "Tickle Toe" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks: electric guitar, first guitar solo Mitch Watkins, electric guitar, second guitar solo Paul Franklin: steel guitar Stuart Duncan: fiddle, fiddle solo Gene Elders: fiddle John Hagen: cello James Gilmer: percussion Dan Higgins: orchestration, alto sax, tenor sax Gary Grant: trumpet Warren Luening: trumpet, trumpet solo William Reichenbach: trombone, bass trumpet solo Steve Marsh: horn arrangement "I Will Rise Up]/Ain't No More Cane" Viktor Krauss: additional horn arrangement, bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks and Mitch Watkins: electric guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Sam Bush: mandolin Gene Elders: fiddle John Hagen: cello James Gilmer: percussion Dan Higgins: orchestration, alto sax, tenor sax Gary Grant, Steve Herman and Jerry Hey: trumpet Andy Martin: trombone Charlie Rose: horn arrangement, trombone Harvey Thompson and Steve Marsh: tenor sax Arnold McCuller, Jason Eskridge, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens and Francine Reed: harmony vocals "All Downhill" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Ray Herndon and Mitch Watkins: electric guitar Dean Parks: electric baritone guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Sam Bush: mandolin Stuart Duncan: fiddle "Don't Cry A Tear" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks: electric guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle John Hagen: cello "South Texas Girl" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks: electric guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle Sam Bush: mandolin John Hagen: cello Jon Randall: harmony vocals Guy Clark: intro and outro acoustic guitar, intro vocals James Gilmer, Steve Jones, Jeff White and Billy Williams: outro group vocals "This Traveling Around" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks and Mitch Matkins: electric guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle Sam Bush: mandolin John Hagen: cello James Gilmer: percussion Jon Randal: harmony vocals "Up In Indiana" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks: electric guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle Sam Bush: mandolin Jon Randal: harmony vocals Jeff White: pre-production mandolin and harmony vocals "The Alley Song" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks: electric guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle John Hagen: cello "No Big Deal" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks: electric guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle "Make It Happy" Viktor Krauss: bass Russ Kunkel: drums Matt Rollings: piano Dean Parks: electric guitar Paul Franklin: steel guitar Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle Sam Bush: mandolin Arnold McCuller, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Lamont Van Hook and Joseph Powell: harmony vocals "Ain't No More Cane" Viktor Krauss: bass Matt Rollings: piano Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle Sam Bush: mandolin Jerry Douglas: dobro Arnold McCuller, Jason Eskridge, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens, Francine Reed, Lamont Van Hook and Josef Powell: harmony vocals "Up In Indiana" (acoustic) Viktor Krauss: bass Lyle Lovett: acoustic guitar, vocals Stuart Duncan: fiddle Sam Bush: mandolin Jerry Douglas: dobro Béla Fleck: banjo Jeff White: pre-production mandolin and harmony vocals
Chart performance +Chart performance for It's Not Big It's Large Chart (2007) Peakposition
References
Further reading "Lyle Lovett Argues Semantics with New Album" by Rebecca Bowen, Paste online, August 1, 2007