Big Sky Country (song)

"Big Sky Country"
Single by Chris Whitley
from the album Living with the Law
A-side "Big Sky Country"
B-side "Phone Call from Leavenworth"
"Kick the Stones"
Released 1991 (US)
1992 (EU)
Format 7" vinyl
12" vinyl
Compact disc
Recorded Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, LA, USA
Genre Rock
Length 4:21 (single edit)
4:45 (album)
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Chris Whitley
Producer(s) Malcolm Burn
Chris Whitley singles chronology
"Living with the Law" "Big Sky Country" "Poison Girl"

"Big Sky Country" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It was the second single to be released from his 1991 début album, Living with the Law, and became a hit single in the United States, rising to #35 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1991.

Music video

The music video features Whitley singing and playing his 1931 National Triolian in a variety of indoor and outdoor (Spanish mission / cemetery, midway, and American desert) environments.[1] Parts of the video were filmed in stop motion animation. Bassist Alan Gevaert and a drummer appear in some scenes.

Cover versions

John Mayer has covered the song live.[2]

Personnel

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