title: Pirates of the Mississippi (album)
text: # Pirates of the Mississippi (album)
  
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  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 #15 on the Billboard country charts. All of the other singles except "Rollin' Home" reached Top 40 on the same chart.
  
  ## 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
  