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Rainbow Man

Studio album by Jeff Bates

Released

May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)

Genre

Country

Length

36:44

Label

RCA Nashville

Producer

Kenny Beard, Scott Hendricks, David Malloy

Jeff Bates chronology

Rainbow Man
(2003)

Leave the Light On
(2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Country Standard Time	mixed
Entertainment Weekly	(A)

Rainbow Man is the debut studio album by American country music artist Jeff Bates. It was released in 2003 (see 2003 in country music) on RCA Nashville. The album includes eleven songs, all co-written by Bates, of which three were singles: "The Love Song", the title track, and "I Wanna Make You Cry". Respectively, these peaked at numbers 8, 47, and 23 on the Billboard country charts. "Long, Slow Kisses" was re-recorded for his next album, Leave the Light On, from which it was released as the lead-off single.

The album was produced by Kenny Beard and David Malloy, with additional production from Scott Hendricks on tracks 1, 4, and 6.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Country Enough"	Jeff Bates, Kenny Beard, Tim Owens	2:54
2.	"The Love Song"	Bates, Beard, Casey Beathard	4:05
3.	"Long, Slow Kisses"	Bates, Gordon Bradberry, Ben Hayslip	3:26
4.	"Lovin' Like That"	Bates, Beard, Jimmy Yeary	2:23
5.	"I Wanna Make You Cry"	Bates, Beard	3:15
6.	"Your Lovin' Talks to Me"	Bates, Byron Hill)	3:21
7.	"My Mississippi"	Bates, Beard, Dave Loggins	4:28
8.	"Already Spent"	Bates, Terry Clayton	2:36
9.	"Rainbow Man"	Bates, Harley Allen	3:38
10.	"My In-Laws Are Outlaws"	Bates, Hill	3:00
11.	"The Wings of Mama's Prayers"	Bates, Clayton, Kris Bergsnes	3:33

Personnel

Jeff Bates – lead vocals
Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Mickey Jack Cones – background vocals
Eric Darken – percussion
Chip Davis – background vocals
Larry Franklin – fiddle
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
David Grissom – electric guitar
Tony Harrell – keyboards, piano
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
Mike Johnson – steel guitar
Jeff King – electric guitar, slide guitar
Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
Michael Landau – electric guitar
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
Gordon Mote – Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, synthesizer strings, Wurlitzer
Jimmy Nichols – piano
Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
Russell Terrell – background vocals
John Willis – banjo, acoustic guitar
Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Jimmy Yeary – electric guitar
Jonathan Yudkin – octophone, strings

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	14
U.S. Billboard 200	117
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1

References

Rainbow Man at AllMusic
"Jeff Bates - Rainbow Man". Countrystandardtime.com. 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
Alanna Nash (2003-07-11). "Twang Shall Meet Review". EW.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

External links

Rainbow Man at Allmusic

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