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What I Live to Do
Studio album by James Bonamy
Released	February 20, 1996
Recorded	1995
Studio	Emerald Sound Javelina The Money Pit Music Mill Quad Studios Recording Arts Sound Stage The Work Station (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	34:42
Label	Epic
Producer	Doug Johnson
James Bonamy chronology
What I Live to Do (1996) Roots and Wings (1997)

What I Live to Do is the debut studio album by American country music artist James Bonamy. Released in February 1996, it includes the single "I Don't Think I Will", a number 2 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and "She's Got a Mind of Her Own" and "All I Do Is Love Her". The first single, "Dog on a Toolbox", was withdrawn by the label and replaced with "She's Got a Mind of Her Own".

Critical reception

Dan Kuchar of Country Standard Time gave a mixed review. He thought that Bonamy's singing voice had "power and flair", but criticized the songwriting of most songs other than "I Don't Think I Will" and "The Devil Goes Fishin'".

Track listing

Personnel

• James Bonamy – lead vocals
• Joe Chemay – bass guitar
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
• Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
• John Hobbs – piano, electric piano, Hammond organ
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Carl Jackson – background vocals
• Michael Jones – background vocals
• Dan Kelly – fiddle
• Paul Leim – drums
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Blue Miller – background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
• John Willis – acoustic guitar

Charts

References

1. Kuchar, Dan. "What I Live to Do review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
2. "James Bonamy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. "James Bonamy Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
4. "James Bonamy Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

External links

• What I Live to Do at Allmusic

• 1996 debut albums
• James Bonamy albums
• Epic Records albums
• Albums produced by Doug Johnson (record producer)