Release Date
January 27, 1998
Recorded at Westwood Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Produced by Paul Worley and Blake Chancey
The Dixie Chicks released their first album with major label backing. One of the points
the Chicks insisted on in their contract was that their tour band could play on one song and they did on "Give It Up
Or Let Me Go". Martie and Emily were allowed to play their own instruments on the record, something that is not usually done
in Nashville. This was another point the Chicks wouldn't concede on in the contract. The photos from the cover and insert
were taken in New Orleans, Louisiana. In fact, the palm reader can still be found in Jackson Square. Wide Open Spaces has
gone on to be the highest selling debut album by a country group.
The Band
Natalie Maines: lead vocals
Emily Erwin: harmony vocals, dobro, banjo, acoustic guitar
Martie Seidel: harmony vocals, fiddle, mandolin
Musicians:
Mark Casstevens: acoustic guitar
Bobby Charles, Jr: bass
Joe Chemay: bass
Billy Crain: acoustic guitar
Lloyd MKaines: steel guitar
Tony Paoletta-: steel guitar
George Marinelli: electric guitar
Greg Morrow: drums
Tommy Nash: electric guitar
Michael Rhodes: bass
Tom Roady: conga, shaker, tambourine
Matt Rollings: B-3 organ, piano
Billy Joe Walker Jr.: acoustic and electric guitar
Paul Worley: acoustic and electric guitar
Songs
1. I Can Love You Better (3:53) written by Kostas and Pamela Brown Hayes
2. Wide Open Spaces (3:44) by Susan Gibson
3. Loving Arms (3:37) by Tom
Jans
4. There's Your Trouble (3:10) by Tia Sellers and Mark Selby
5. You Were Mine (3:37) by Emily Erwin and Martie
Seidel
6. Never Say Die (3:56) by Radney Foster and George Ducas
7. Tonight The Heartache's On Me (3:25) by Mary
W. Francis, Johnny McRae and Bob Morrison
8. Let 'Er Rip (2:49) by Billy Crain and Sandy Ramos
9. Once You've Loved
Somebody (3:28) by Bruce Miller and Thom McHugh
10. I'll Take Care Of You (3:40) by John David Souther
11. Am I The
Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way) (3:25) by Maria McKee
12. Give It Up Or Let Me Go (4:55) by Bonnie Raitt
