Pirates of the Mississippi is the debut studio album by the American country music band Pirates of the Mississippi. It was released in 1990 on Capitol Records Nashville and contains four singles: "Honky Tonk Blues" (a cover of the Hank Williams song), "Rollin' Home", "Feed Jake", and "Speak of the Devil". "Feed Jake" was the highest charting of these singles, reaching No. 15 on the Billboard country charts. All of the other singles except "Rollin' Home" reached Top 40 on the same chart.
Track listing
Personnel As listed in liner notes.
Musicians Rich Alves – guitar, Hammond organ, background vocals John Kelton - strings on "Feed Jake" Jimmy Lowe – drums, percussion Bill McCorvey – guitar, lead vocals Pat Severs – steel guitar, Dobro Dean Townson – bass guitar, background vocals
Technical Chuck Ainlay - mixing Rich Alves - producer John Kelton - recording Glenn Meadows - mastering Tom Perry - overdubs James Stroud - producer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1990–1991) Peak position US Billboard 200 80 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 12
Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 30
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