Honkytonkville
Honkytonkville is the twenty-second studio album by American country music singer George Strait, released in June 10, 2003 by MCA Nashville. One of only a few albums of his career not to produce a Number One single, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced the singles "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa", "Cowboys Like Us" and "Desperately", at #11, #2 and #6 respectively on the country charts. "Honk If You Honky Tonk" also charted at #45 based on unsolicited airplay.

"She Used to Say That to Me" was originally recorded by Jim Lauderdale on his 1997 album, Whisper.  "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" was originally recorded by Merle Haggard on his 1986 album Out Among The Stars. "Desperately" was originally recorded by Bruce Robison on his 1998 album Wrapped.

Track listing

Personnel 
As listed in liner notes.

Musicians 
 George Strait – lead vocals
 Steve Nathan – keyboards
 Matt Rollings – keyboards
 Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
 Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars 
 Brent Mason – electric guitars, nylon string guitar
 Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
 Paul Franklin – steel guitar
 Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
 Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
 Eddie Bayers – drums
 The Nashville String Machine – strings
 Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor 
 Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor 
 Wes Hightower – background vocals
 Marty Slayton – background vocals

Production 
 Clay Bradley – A&R direction 
 Mike Owens – A&R direction 
 Tony Brown – producer 
 George Strait – producer, additional recording 
 Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing 
 John Guess – additional recording 
 Lisa Richter – recording assistant 
 Jeff Sochor – recording assistant 
 Patrick Murphy – additional recording assistant, mix assistant 
 Todd Tidwell – additional recording assistant 
 Jesse Benfield – mix assistant 
 Jim Cooley – mix assistant 
 Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
 Amy Russell – production coordinator 
 Craig Allen – design 
 Jim Kemp – art direction 
 Tony Baker – photography 
 Robin Geary – hair, make-up 
 Erv Woolsey – management

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

2003 albums
George Strait albums
MCA Records albums
Albums produced by Tony Brown (record producer)