The Kentucky Headhunters discography
# The Kentucky Headhunters discography

The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock & southern rock band founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother. The band's discography comprises nine studio albums, six compilation albums, two video compilations and 27 singles. Of their albums, their 1989 debut Pickin' on Nashville is certified double platinum in the United States and Canada, while 1991's Electric Barnyard has a gold certification in both countries. Of the band's singles, four have reached Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Their highest chart peak is the number 8 "Oh Lonesome Me", which was originally a Number One single for Don Gibson.

## Studio albums

### 1980s and 1990s

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | CAN | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Pickin' on Nashville | Release date: October 17, 1989 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 2 | 41 | — | CAN: 2× Platinum US: 2× Platinum |
| Electric Barnyard | Release date: April 2, 1991 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette | 3 | 29 | 79 | CAN: Gold US: Gold |
| Rave On! | Release date: 1993 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette | 22 | 102 | — | |
| Stompin' Grounds | Release date: April 29, 1997 Label: BNA Records Formats: CD, cassette | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### 2000s – 2020s

| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | US Country |
| Songs from the Grass String Ranch | Release date: June 13, 2000 Label: Audium Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette | — |
| Soul | Release date: May 6, 2003 Label: Audium Entertainment Formats: CD | — |
| Big Boss Man | Release date: June 21, 2005 Label: CBuJ Entertainment Formats: CD | — |
| Dixie Lullabies | Release date: October 18, 2011 Label: Red Dirt Formats: CD | 75 |
| On Safari | Release date: November 4, 2016 Label: Plowboy Formats: CD, music download | — |
| That's a Fact Jack! | Release date: October 2, 2021 Label: Practice House Formats: CD, music download | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin' | Release date: September 20, 1994 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette |
| Flying Under the Radar | Release date: June 13, 2006 Label: CBuJ Entertainment Formats: CD |
| Authorized Bootleg: Live – Agara Ballroom – Cleveland, Ohio | Release date: September 22, 2009 Label: Mercury Records Nashville Formats: CD |
| The Kentucky Headhunters | Release date: December 8, 2011 Label: Hickory Records Formats: music download |
| Snapshot: Kentucky Headhunters | Release date: June 23, 2014 Label: Hickory Records Formats: CD, music download |
| Dixie Fried : The Best of The Mercury Years | Release date: October 12, 2018 Label: Wrasse Records Formats: CD, music download |
| Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair | Release date: January 11, 2019 Label: Alligator Records Formats: CD, music download |

## Collaborative albums

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| That'll Work (with Johnnie Johnson) | Release date: August 17, 1993 Label: Elektra/Nonesuch Formats: CD, cassette |
| Meet Me in Bluesland (with Johnnie Johnson) | Release date: June 2, 2015 Label: Alligator Records Formats: CD, music download |

## Singles

### 1970s – 1990s

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1973 | "Shotgun Effie" (as Itchy Brother) | — | — | — |
| 1989 | "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" | 25 | — | Pickin' on Nashville |
| 1990 | "Dumas Walker" | 15 | 54 | Pickin' on Nashville |
| 1990 | "Oh Lonesome Me" | 8 | 19 | Pickin' on Nashville |
| 1990 | "Rock 'n' Roll Angel" | 23 | 30 | Pickin' on Nashville |
| 1991 | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | 49 | 82 | Electric Barnyard |
| 1991 | "With Body and Soul" | 56 | 30 | Electric Barnyard |
| 1991 | "It's Chitlin' Time" | 63 | 88 | Electric Barnyard |
| 1991 | "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" | 60 | — | Electric Barnyard |
| 1992 | "Let's Work Together" | — | — | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (soundtrack) |
| 1993 | "Honky Tonk Walkin'" | 54 | 77 | Rave On!! |
| 1993 | "Blue Moon of Kentucky" | — | — | Rave On!! |
| 1993 | "Dixie Fried" | 71 | — | Rave On!! |
| 1994 | "Sunday Blues" (with Johnnie Johnson) | — | — | That'll Work |
| 1994 | "Stumblin" (with Johnnie Johnson) | — | — | That'll Work |
| 1994 | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | — | — | Shared Vision: The Songs of the Beatles |
| 1997 | "Singin' the Blues" | 70 | — | Stompin' Grounds |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

### 2000s – 2020s

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
| - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US Country | Album |
| 2000 | "Too Much to Lose" | 66 | Songs from the Grass String Ranch |
| 2001 | "Louisianna CoCo" | — | Songs from the Grass String Ranch |
| 2002 | "Love That Woman" | — | Songs from the Grass String Ranch |
| 2003 | "Lonely Nights" | — | Soul |
| 2005 | "Big Boss Man" | — | Big Boss Man |
| 2006 | "Chug-a-Lug" | — | Big Boss Man |
| 2006 | "Take These Chains from My Heart" | — | Big Boss Man |
| 2011 | "Great Acoustics" | — | Dixie Lullabies |
| 2016 | "Crazy Jim" | — | On Safari |
| 2017 | "God Loves a Rolling Stone" | — | On Safari |
| 2018 | "Beaver Creek Mansion" | — | On Safari |
| 2021 | "How Could I" | — | That's a Fact Jack! |
| 2021 | "That's a Fact Jack" | — | That's a Fact Jack! |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

## Videography

### Music videos

| Year | Video | Director |
| - | - | - |
| 1989 | "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1990 | "Dumas Walker" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1990 | "Oh Lonesome Me" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1991 | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1991 | "It's Chitlin' Time" | Sherman Halsey |
| 1991 | "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" | Retta Harvey |
| 1992 | "Let's Work Together" | Simon Wincer |
| 1993 | "Honky Tonk Walkin'" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1993 | "Dixie Fried" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1997 | "Singin' the Blues" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 2000 | "Too Much to Lose" | Brent Hedgecock |
| 2001 | "Louisianna CoCo" | Jerad Sloan |
| 2005 | "Big Boss Man" | Stephen Shepherd |
| 2012 | "Great Acoustics" | Stacie Huckeba |
| 2015 | "Stumblin'" | Norry Niven |

### Video compilations

| Title | Album details | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| - | - | - |
| Pickin' on Nashville: Videos | Release date: July 1, 1991 Label: Mercury Records Formats: VHS | US: Gold |
| Best Pickin's | Release date: October 18, 1994 Label: Mercury Records Formats: VHS | |
