Declaration of Independence

by Colt Ford

Overview

Professional golfer turned full-time redneck country-rapper Colt Ford settles into his backwoods groove on his fourth album, Declaration of Independence. The title is a bit defiant and so is the album, Ford boasting how he's a "shotgun toter/Republican voter" on the opening "Answer to No One," a cut that shamelessly cops from Kid Rock and sets the pace for the rest of the album. Ford is certainly more country than Kid, something that the never-ending parade of country stars makes plain, but he certainly has a hard rock streak, going so far as to invert the riff from White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" for his "Dancin' While Intoxicated (DWI)." This helps accentuate his swagger, a swagger that's in full effect here as he brags about the country and everything that comes with it -- the Jack, the trucks, the girls, and the guns. Ford weaves some sentiment into the boasting and it's nearly as effective as the party rockers...if you can embrace Ford's big-boned bravado. Over the course of an album it gets slightly wearying, but taken in doses it has its appeal and he's a little more musically adept than he initially seems, blending to the styles of Darius Rucker, Kix Brooks, Jason Aldean, or Montgomery Gentry. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/07/2012
Label:	Average Joe's / Average Joes Entertainment Group
UPC:	0661869002392
Rank:	109423

Tracks

1. Answer to No One
2. Drivin' Around Song
3. All In
4. Ain't Out of the Woods
5. Lucky
6. Back
7. Dancin' While Intoxicated (DWI)
8. It's All
9. Hugh Damn Right
10. Room at the Bar
11. All of My Tomorrows
12. Happy in Hell
13. 50/50
14. Way Too Early
15. Angels & Demuns

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Colt Ford   Primary Artist
Jake Owen   Primary Artist
Dan Dugmore   Guitar (Steel)
Terry Smith   Featured Artist
Gary Morse   Guitar (Steel)
Dan "Five" Weller   Guitar (Electric),E-Bow
The Colt Ford Vocal Group   Vocals (Background)
Kix Brooks   Featured Artist
Boyz II Men   Featured Artist
Russell Terrell   Vocals (Background)
Wanya Morris   Featured Artist
Rob Hajacos   Fiddle
Robert Wright   Vocals (Background)
Jason Aldean   Featured Artist
Mike Hartnett   Banjo,Loops,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Noah Gordon   Vocals (Background)
Jonathan Yudkin   Fiddle
Jeffrey Steele   Featured Artist
Montgomery Gentry   Featured Artist
Darius Rucker   Featured Artist
LoCash Cowboys   Featured Artist
Laura Bell Bundy   Featured Artist
Paul Chapman   Bass
Brad Henderson   Guitar (Electric)
Rick Brothers   Drums,Percussion
Jonathan Singleton   Featured Artist,Featured Artist
Charlie Judge   Keyboards
Cherie Oakley   Vocals
JJ Lawhorn   Featured Artist
Shaun Balin   Fiddle,Electric Fiddle,Guitar (Acoustic)
Redneck Social Club   Featured Artist
Lamar Williams Jr.   Featured Artist
Russell Dickerson   Featured Artist
Danny Parks   Banjo
Dann Huff   Soloist,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Corey Smith   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Terry Smith   Composer,Producer
Billy Hume   Mixing
Craig Wiseman   Composer
David Huff   Programming
John Morand   Vocal Recording
Lee Davis   Overdub Engineer
Justin Niebank   Mixing
D. Bradley   Composer
Mike Hartnett   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Digital Editing,Overdub Engineer
Noah Gordon   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Mastering,Digital Editing,Overdub Engineer,Executive Producer
Mark Hagen   Engineer
Jeffrey Steele   Composer,Additional Production
Jimmy Dulin   Digital Editing,Overdub Engineer
Craig Headen   Engineer
Lex Lipsitz   Composer,Overdub Engineer
Colt Ford   Composer
Ben Hayslip   Composer
C. Tompkins   Composer
Justin Daniels   Vocal Engineer
DJ KO   Composer,Producer
Justin Francis   Assistant Engineer
Shannon Houchins   Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Michael Zuehsow   Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Brandon Schexnayder   Assistant Engineer
Nick "Ace" Lutz   Engineer
Billy Decker   Mixing,Digital Editing,Overdub Engineer
Jason Domenech   Engineer
Dann Huff   Producer
Phive Starr   Producer
Drew Bollman   Mixing Assistant