Kix Brooks (album)
# Kix Brooks (album)

Kix Brooks is the first solo studio album by American country music artist Kix Brooks. It was released on Capitol Nashville in 1989, a year before he joined Ronnie Dunn in the duo Brooks & Dunn. The album was re-released in 1993 on compact disc via Liberty Records. It includes the single "Sacred Ground," which was a minor hits for Brooks on the country charts, and a new version of "Baby, When Your Heart Breaks Down", which was originally released as a single in 1983.

"Sacred Ground" was later covered by McBride & the Ride on their 1992 album Sacred Ground. McBride & the Ride's version peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.

## Track listing

* "Highways and Heartaches" (Kix Brooks, Chris Waters) - 4:05
* "Way Up North Around Shreveport" (Brooks, Don Cook) - 2:45
* "There's a Telephone Ringing" (Brooks, Alan Laney, Kyle Young) - 4:11
* "She Does the Walk On By" (Brooks, Gary Nicholson) - 3:02
* "The River" (Brooks, Russell Smith) - 3:13
* "Baby, When Your Heart Breaks Down" (Brooks) - 3:02
* "The Story of My Life" (Brooks, Roger Murrah) - 4:02
* "Sacred Ground" (Brooks, Vernon Rust) - 2:51
* "A Little Magic on My Mind" (Brooks, Lewis Anderson) - 3:07
* "I'm On to You" (Brooks, Waters, Tom Shapiro) - 3:24
* "The Last Rodeo" (Brooks, Wally Wilson) - 3:19

## Personnel

* Kix Brooks - lead vocals, background vocals
* Sam Bush - mandolin
* Pat Jacobs - drums
* Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
* Edgar Meyer - bowed bass
* Danny Milliner - bass guitar, background vocals
* Matt Rollings - accordion
* Brent Rowan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Dan Seals - background vocals
* Hassell Teekell - piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
* Dennis Wilson - background vocals
* Wally Wilson - piano
