title: Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll
text: # Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll
  
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  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | Country Standard Time | |
  
  Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll is the debut studio album of American country music artist Keith Anderson. It features the singles "Pickin' Wildflowers", "XXL", "Every Time I Hear Your Name", and "Podunk", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. A remixed version of the title track, featuring Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith, was to have been released as the album's fourth single (following "Every Time I Hear Your Name"), but this single mix was withdrawn before it could chart, and replaced with "Podunk" as the fourth single. The album has been certified gold in the United States by the RIAA. Jeffrey Steele produced the album except for the title track, which was produced by John Rich of Big & Rich.
  
  ## Chart performance
  
  ### Weekly charts
  
  | Chart (2005) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Billboard 200 | 71 |
  | US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 12 |
  
  ### Year-end charts
  
  | Chart (2005) | Position |
  | - | - |
  | US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 51 |
  | Chart (2006) | Position |
  | US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 57 |
  
  ### Singles
  
  | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Single | US Country | US | US Pop | Certifications (sales threshold) |
  | 2004 | "Pickin' Wildflowers" | 8 | 64 | 82 | US: Gold |
  | 2005 | "XXL" | 23 | 122 | — | |
  | 2006 | "Every Time I Hear Your Name" | 7 | 64 | 97 | |
  | 2006 | "Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll" | — | — | — | |
  | 2006 | "Podunk" | 34 | — | — | |
  | "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||
  
  ## Certifications
  
  | Region | Certification |
  | - | - |
  | United States (RIAA) | Gold |
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Keith Anderson – lead vocals, background vocals, "raving mad girlfriend on cell phone on 'Stick It'"
  * Brian Barnett – drums
  * Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
  * Chad Cromwell – drums
  * Eric Darken – percussion, lap steel guitar
  * Tom Hambridge – background vocals
  * Tony Harrell – piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, synthesizer strings
  * Bob Hatter – background vocals, talk box guitar
  * Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar
  * Jerry Jones – electric guitar
  * Steve Mackey – bass guitar
  * Chip Matthews – background vocals
  * Vicky McGehee – background vocals
  * Chris McHugh – drums
  * Greg Morrow – drums
  * Danny Myrick – background vocals
  * Russ Pahl – banjo, "wonk-a-wonk guitar", pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, Jew's harp
  * Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar
  * Kip Raines – background vocals
  * Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
  * John Rich – background vocals
  * Michael Rojas – piano, Hammond organ, keyboards
  * Phillip Sanders – acoustic guitar
  * Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
  * Steven Sheehan – acoustic guitar
  * Jeffrey Steele – background vocals
  * 3 Ring Circus Singers – background vocals
  * John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National steel guitar
  * Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, percussion, strings
  