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2006 studio album by Old Crow Medicine Show

Big Iron World

Studio album by Old Crow Medicine Show

Released

August 29, 2006 (U.S.)

Genre

Folk
country

Old Crow Medicine Show chronology

Old Crow Medicine Show
(2004)

Big Iron World
(2006)

Tennessee Pusher
(2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	link
Allmusic	link
Artistdirect	link
PopMatters	link
Plug In Music	B link
Slant Magazine	link

Big Iron World is the second studio album by folk/country/old timey band Old Crow Medicine Show, released on August 29, 2006. The album was produced by David Rawlings who is best known for being Gillian Welch's musical partner. Welch herself plays drums on four tracks on the album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal	Length
1.	"Down Home Girl"	Jerry Lieber Artie Butler	Willie Watson	3:48
2.	"Cocaine Habit"	Traditional	Ketch Secor	2:32
3.	"Minglewood Blues"	Noah Lewis	Watson	2:51
4.	"My Good Gal"	Ketch Secor	Secor	4:19
5.	"James River Blues"	Critter Fuqua Secor Watson David Rawlings	Critter Fuqua	3:07
6.	"New Virginia Creeper"	Fuqua Secor	Fuqua	2:21
7.	"Union Maid"	Woody Guthrie	Secor	2:36
8.	"Let It Alone"	Traditional	Kevin Hayes	3:02
9.	"God's Got It"	Secor Watson Rawlings	Watson	2:39
10.	"I Hear Them All"	Secor Rawlings	Secor	3:05
11.	"Don't Ride That Horse"	Secor Rawlings	Watson	3:04
12.	"Bobcat Tracks"	Fuqua Secor Rawlings	Fuqua	3:04

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	27
U.S. Billboard 200	125
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	2

Personnel

Ketch Secor - Vocals, harmonica, fiddle, banjo
Willie Watson - Guitar, vocals, banjo
Critter Fuqua - Banjo, vocals, slide guitar
Kevin Hayes - Guitjo, vocals on "Let It Alone"
Morgan Jahnig - Upright bass
David Rawlings - Guitar (tracks 4 & 10)
Gillian Welch - Drums (tracks 5,6,10 & 11)

External links

Old Crow Medicine Show (official site)

v t e Old Crow Medicine Show
Ketch Secor Morgan Jahnig Cory Younts Mike Harris Mason Via Dante Pope PJ George Joe Andrews Critter Fuqua Kevin Hayes Gill Landry Chance McCoy Jerry Pentecost Robert Price Willie Watson Charlie Worsham
Studio albums	O.C.M.S. (2004) Big Iron World (2006) Tennessee Pusher (2008) Carry Me Back (2012) Remedy (2014) Volunteer (2018) Paint This Town (2022) Jubilee (2023)
Live albums	50 Years of Blonde on Blonde (2017)
Songs	"Cocaine Habit/Take a Whiff on Me" "See See Rider" "Union Maid" "Wagon Wheel"
Films	Transamerica (2005) Big Easy Express (2012)

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