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Jo Dee Messina (album)

Jo Dee Messina is the debut studio album of American country music singer Jo Dee Messina, released in 1996.

Jo Dee Messina

March 26, 1996 (1996-03-26)

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It was co-produced by country music artist Tim McGraw and Byron Gallimore, who has also produced all of McGraw's albums. The album's first two singles ("Heads Carolina, Tails California" and "You're Not in Kansas Anymore") both reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1996, while follow-ups "Do You Want to Make Something of It" and "He'd Never Seen Julie Cry" both failed to enter the Top 40.


The album reached number 22 on the Top Country Albums and number 146 on the Billboard 200. Seven years after its release, it was certified gold in the United States.

Jo Dee Messina - lead vocals, backing vocals

- drums

Kenny Aronoff

Mike Brignardello - bass guitar

- acoustic guitar

Larry Byrom

Glen Duncan - fiddle,

mandolin

Sonny Garrish - , dobro

steel guitar

- electric guitar

Dann Huff

- piano, keyboards

Steve Nathan

Danny Parks - acoustic guitar

Tom Roady - percussion

- piano

Matt Rollings

- electric guitar

Brent Rowan

Milton Sledge - drums

Stephony Smith - backing vocals

Cindy Walker - backing vocals

- drums

Lonnie Wilson

- bass guitar

Glenn Worf

Bob Wray - bass guitar

Curtis Young - backing vocals

Compiled from liner notes.[2]