All American Bluegrass Girl
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All American Bluegrass Girl is the 11th album released from bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

 musician Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Lea Vincent is a bluegrass singer, songwriter, mandolin player, guitarist, and fiddle player.Her musical career started as a child in her family's band, The Sally Mountain Show, and has spanned almost four decades...

. The album was released on May 23, 2006, via Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...

. The album features 12 songs. Three of which Vincent wrote or co-wrote. Also included on the album are two duets. Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 sings on "Heartbreaker's Alibi", which was released as a single, and a duet with Bobby Osborne
Bobby Osborne
Bobby Osborne is a bluegrass musician known for his mandolin playing and high lead vocals.Born December 7, 1931 in Leslie County, Kentucky, Bobby Osborne is known primarily for his collaborations with his brother Sonny Osborne in their band, the Osborne Brothers. He was a pioneer in conceiving the...

 on "Midnight Angel".

The single, "Heartbreaker's Albi" and the title track were both released as singles to radio. Although neither one charted, the album reached #1 on the Top Bluegrass Albums, #43 on the Top Country Albums, and #14 on the Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...

.

Track listing

  1. "All American Bluegrass Girl" (Rhonda Vincent
    Rhonda Vincent
    Rhonda Lea Vincent is a bluegrass singer, songwriter, mandolin player, guitarist, and fiddle player.Her musical career started as a child in her family's band, The Sally Mountain Show, and has spanned almost four decades...

    ) - 3:10
  2. "Forever Ain't That Long Anymore" (Blake Williams, Wayne Southards) - 3:29
  3. "Heartbreaker's Alibi" (Honey Brassfield) - 3:00
    • duet with Dolly Parton
      Dolly Parton
      Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

  4. "God Bless the Soldier" (R. Vincent) - 2:40
  5. "Rhythm of the Wheels" (Al Wood
    Al Wood
    Martin Alphonzo Wood is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round of the 1981 NBA Draft. A 6'6" guard-forward from the University of North Carolina, Wood played in 6 NBA seasons for 4 different teams...

    ) - 3:30
  6. "Midnight Angel" (Bobby Osborne
    Bobby Osborne
    Bobby Osborne is a bluegrass musician known for his mandolin playing and high lead vocals.Born December 7, 1931 in Leslie County, Kentucky, Bobby Osborne is known primarily for his collaborations with his brother Sonny Osborne in their band, the Osborne Brothers. He was a pioneer in conceiving the...

    , Pete Goble, Brian Vincent) - 3:11
    • duet with Bobby Osborne
      Bobby Osborne
      Bobby Osborne is a bluegrass musician known for his mandolin playing and high lead vocals.Born December 7, 1931 in Leslie County, Kentucky, Bobby Osborne is known primarily for his collaborations with his brother Sonny Osborne in their band, the Osborne Brothers. He was a pioneer in conceiving the...

  7. "Till They Come Home" (Byron Hill
    Byron Hill
    Byron Hill , is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than thirty years, his songs have been recorded by over 650 Country and Pop artists.-Music career:...

    , Mike Dekle) - 4:09
  8. "Don't Act" (Connie Leigh) - 2:13
  9. "Jesus Built a Bridge to Heaven" (Mark Kevin Grantt, Glen Duncan
    Glen Duncan
    Glen Duncan is a British author born in 1965 in Bolton, Lancashire, England to an Anglo-Indian family. He studied philosophy and literature at the universities of Lancaster and Exeter....

    ) - 3:06
  10. "Prettiest Flower There" (Val Johnson) - 3:29
  11. "Ashes of Mt. Augustine" (R. Vincent) - 3:29
  12. "Precious Jewel" (Roy Acuff
    Roy Acuff
    Roy Claxton Acuff was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the King of Country Music, Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.Acuff...

    ) - 4:03


Album

Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 43
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 14

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

2006 "Heartbreaker's Alibi" (with Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

)
"All American Bluegrass Girl
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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