The Blue Rose of Texas

The Blue Rose of Texas
Studio album by Holly Dunn
Released	July 10, 1989
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Holly Dunn Chris Waters
Holly Dunn chronology
Across the Rio Grande (1988) The Blue Rose of Texas (1989) Heart Full of Love (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Blue Rose of Texas is country music artist Holly Dunn's fourth album, and the first with the Warner Bros. Records label. With this album, she achieved her first number 1 Billboard country single, "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me". Another major hit from the album was the number 4 track, "There Goes My Heart Again". Dolly Parton lends supporting vocals on her own "Most of All, Why," and Joe Diffie provides backing vocals on "There Goes My Heart Again." Dunn co-produced the album with her brother, Chris Waters.

Track listing

1. "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" (Holly Dunn, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) – 2:38
2. "You're Still Keeping Me Up at Night" (Dunn, Shapiro, Waters) – 3:32
3. "Most of All, Why" (Dolly Parton) – 3:05
4. "Thunder and Lightnin'" (Val & Birdie, Vince Melamed) – 2:59
5. "No One Takes the Train Anymore" (Waters) – 4:07
6. "The Blue Rose of Texas" (Dunn, Shapiro, Waters) – 2:43
7. "Sometime Today" (Dunn, Shapiro, Waters) – 3:18
8. "There Goes My Heart Again" (Lonnie Wilson, Wayne Perry, Joe Diffie) – 2:42
9. "If I'd Never Loved You" (Dunn) – 2:41
10. "There's No Heart So Strong" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz) – 3:36

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[2]

Musicians

• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonica
• Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, Dobro, Pedabro
• Steve Gibson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Roy Huskey, Jr. - upright bass
• Chris Leuzinger - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Farrell Morris - marimba
• Phil Naish - keyboards
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Background vocalists

• Joe Diffie
• Holly Dunn
• Dolly Parton
• Lee Satterfield
• Chris Waters
• Dennis Wilson
• Curtis Young
• Liana Young

Technical

• Holly Dunn - production
• Mike Psanos - engineering, mixing
• Chris Waters - production
• Hank Williams - mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	30

References

1. The Blue Rose of Texas at AllMusic
2. The Blue Rose of Texas (CD booklet). Holly Dunn. Warner Bros. Records. 1989. 25939.