''State I'm In'' is the third studio album by American

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musician

Aaron Lewis Aaron Francis Lewis (born April 13, 1972) is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and founding member of the alternative metal band Staind, with whom he released eight studio albums. Since 2010, he has p ...

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. It was released by the Valory Music division of

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on April 12, 2019, a day before Lewis’ 47th birthday.

Buddy Cannon Buddy Cannon (born April 20, 1947 in Lexington, Tennessee) is an American country music songwriter and record producer active since the 1970s best known for his work with Kenny Chesney and Willie Nelson. Career Cannon began working in Nashvill ...

is the album's producer.

Commercial performance

''State I'm In'' debuted on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart at No. 2, with 22,000 copies sold (23,000 in equivalent album units) in the first week. The album has sold 41,600 copies as of February 2020.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. *Wyatt Beard – background vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6) *

Ron Block Ronald Franklin Block (born July 30, 1964) is an American banjo player, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Station. He has won 14 Grammy Awards, 6 International Bluegrass Music ...

– acoustic guitar (track 2) *Jim "Moose" Brown – electric piano (track 4),

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(tracks 2, 8), piano (track 7) *Pat Buchanan – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8) *

– background vocals (track 6) *

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– background vocals (track 1) *Tony Creasman – drums (all tracks) *Sidney Cox – background vocals (track 10) *Suzanne Cox – background vocals (track 10) * Paul Franklin –

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(all tracks) *

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass music, bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after ta ...

– electric guitar (track 7) *Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar (all tracks) *Ben Haggard – electric guitar (track 8) *Ben Isaacs – background vocals (track 3) *

Sonya Isaacs Sonya Melissa Isaacs (born July 22, 1974) is an American country, bluegrass gospel and Christian music singer. Isaacs grew up near Morrow, Ohio, and graduated from Little Miami High School in 1992. Her maternal grandparents are Polish Jewis ...

– background vocals (track 3) *

Jamey Johnson Jamey Johnson (born July 14, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to BNA Records in 2005, Johnson made his debut with his single "The Dollar (song), The Dollar", the title track to his 2006 album ''The Dollar (album ...

– background vocals (track 5) *Ben Kitterman –

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(all tracks except 10) *

Alison Krauss Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer, fiddler and music producer. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of eight and recording for the first time at ...

– background vocals (track 5) *

– lead vocals (all tracks) *

Brent Mason Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American country music guitarist, songwriter and session musician. ''Guitar World'' magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Maso ...

– electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8) *Danny Parks – acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 10) *

Mickey Raphael Michael Siegfried Raphael (born November 7, 1951) is an American harmonica player, music producer and actor likely best known for his work with Willie Nelson, with whom he has toured as part of The Family since 1973. He has performed or record ...

– harmonica (tracks 2, 9) *Mike Rojas – accordion (track 5), piano (tracks 5, 6, 9), organ (tracks 3, 10) *Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 10), electric guitar (tracks 3, 5, 6, 9) *

Dan Tyminski Daniel John Tyminski (born June 20, 1967) is an American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician. He is a former member of Alison Krauss's band Union Station, and has released four solo albums, ''Carry Me Across the Mountain'' (2000) on the ...

– acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 9), mandolin (track 2), background vocals (tracks 2, 8, 9)

Charts

References

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