''Big Time'' is the second studio album by American

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band

Little Texas Little Texas is an American country music band started in Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Porter Howell (lead guitar, vocals), Del Gray (drums), Dwayne O'Brien (rhythm guitar, vocals), and Duane Propes (bass guitar, vocals). They, alo ...

. The band's breakthrough album, it was released in 1993 on

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, and produced the singles "What Might Have Been", "God Blessed Texas", "My Love", and "Stop on a Dime". Respectively, these peaked at numbers 2, 4, 1, and 14 on the

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charts. "What Might Have Been" was also a crossover hit, reaching 16 on the

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charts. The album is also the band's highest certified album, having been certified 2× Platinum by the

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Track listing

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Little Texas

*Del Gray –

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*Porter Howell –

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, six-string bass guitar,

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, background vocals *Dwayne O'Brien – acoustic guitar, background vocals *Duane Propes –

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, background vocals * Tim Rushlow – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar *

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–

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, keyboards,

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, lead vocals, background vocals

Additional Musicians

*Sam Bacco –

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*Dennis Burnside – string arrangements, conductor *Carl Gorodetzky – concert master *

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– strings *

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– acoustic guitar and rap on "Cutoff Jeans"

Chart performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Big Time (Little Texas Album) Little Texas (band) albums 1993 albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by James Stroud