Red Hot + Country

Red Hot + Country
Compilation albumby various artists
Released	September 13, 1994
Genre	Classic country classic rock
Length	67:38
Label	Mercury Nashville
Producer	Jim Rooney Mark Wright
Red Hot Benefit serieschronology
No Alternative (1993) Red Hot + Country (1994) Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (1994)

Red Hot + Country(orRH+C) was the follow-up toNo Alternativein theRed Hot Benefit seriesofcompilation albums,a series produced to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV as well as other related health and social issues. This compilation featured music from theclassic countryandclassic rockgenres performed by an assortment of seasoned old and newcountry musicartists.

RH+Creceived twoGrammynominations following its release. A live show was held at theRyman Auditorium— home to theGrand Ole Opry.A recording of the live show was eventually released onhome video.Wilco,which had formed earlier in 1994, made their recorded debut on the compilation with their cover ofErnest Tubb's "The T.B. is Whipping Me", a duet withSyd Straw.The song would later appear on the band's 2014 rarities collectionAlpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014.

The rendition of "Teach Your Children" from this album, credited to The Red Hots, charted at number 75 onHot Country Songsin October 1994.Although it was not released as a single,Sammy Kershaw's cover of "Fire and Rain" was made into amusic video.

Track listing

1. "Teach Your Children"performed bySuzy Bogguss,Alison KraussandKathy MatteawithCrosby, Stills, and Nash
2. "Fire and Rain"performed bySammy Kershaw
3. "Folsom Prison Blues"performed byBrooks & DunnandJohnny Cash
4. "Rock Me on the Water" performed by Kathy Mattea andJackson Browne
5. "Matchbox" performed byCarl Perkins,Duane Eddy,andThe Mavericks
6. "Crazy" performed byJimmie Dale Gilmore,andWillie Nelson
7. "Willie Short" performed byMary Chapin Carpenter
8. "Forever Young"written byBob Dylanand performed byJohnny Cash
9. "If These Old Walls Could Speak" performed byNanci GriffithandJimmy Webb
10. "Up Above My Head / Blind Bartimus" performed byMarty Stuartwith Jerry Sullivan and Tammy Sullivan
11. "You Gotta Be My Baby" performed byDolly Parton
12. "Close Up the Honky Tonks" performed byRadney Foster
13. "Goodbye Comes Hard for Me" performed byMark Chesnutt
14. "Pictures Don’t Lie" performed byBilly Ray Cyrus
15. "When I Reach the Place I’m Going" performed byPatty Loveless
16. "The T.B. Is Whipping Me" performed byWilcowithSyd Straw
17. "Keep on the Sunny Side" performed byRandy ScruggswithEarl Scruggs,andDoc Watson

Musicians

• Eddie Bayers–drums
• Byrd Burton –electric guitar
• John Catchings –cello
• Joey Click –bass guitar
• Jerry Douglas–dobro
• Stuart Duncan–fiddle,mandolin
• Greg Fletcher – drums
• Pat Flynn–acoustic guitar
• Radney Foster– acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin–steel guitar
• Vince Gill– mandolin
• Emory Gordy Jr.– bass guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Owen Hale – drums
• Brian Hanneman – electric guitar
• Tim Hensley – background vocals
• Corky Holbrook – bass guitar
• James Hooker –synthesizer
• Roy Huskey Jr.–upright bass
• Carl Jackson– background vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis–piano
• Jana King – background vocals
• Ron "Q.B." LaVega – bass guitar, cello
• Mike McAdam – electric guitar
• Paul McInerney –percussion
• Jimmy Maddax – piano
• Larry Marrs – background vocals
• Brent Mason– electric guitar
• Joshua Motohashi – steel guitar
• Bob Mummert – drums
• Steve Nathan – piano
• Don Potter– acoustic guitar
• Carmella Ramsey – background vocals
• Brent Rowan– electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles– background vocals
• Earl Scruggs–banjo
• Randy Scruggs– acoustic guitar, electric guitar,harp,mandolin
• Terry Shelton – electric guitar
• Ricky Skaggs– mandolin
• Barton Stevens –keyboards
• Marty Stuart– background vocals
• Stephanie Sullivan – background vocals
• Christian Teal –violin
• Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals
• Biff Watson– acoustic guitar
• Doc Watson– acoustic guitar
• Jimmy Webb– piano, background vocals
• Willie Weeks– bass guitar
• Bergen White – background vocals
• Kris Wilkinson – violin
• Bob Wray – bass guitar

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position´
CanadianRPMCountry Albums	2
USBillboardTop Country Albums	30
USBillboard200	183