Personnel: Ilya Toshinsky (guitar, resonator guitar, banjo, mandolin); Glen Duncan (guitar, mandolin, fiddle); Luke Wooten, Randy Scruggs, Richard Bennett , Rob McNelley (guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Gordon Mote (piano); Jay Joyce (keyboards); Chad Cromwell (drums, percussion); Eric Darken (percussion); Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Stewart, Wes Hightower, Morgane Hayes (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Luke Wooten.
Recording information: Ben's Studio, Nashville; Jane's Place, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN; Station West Studios, Nashville, TN; Tragedy/Tragedy Studio, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Kristin Barlowe.
Kellie Pickler's third album, the Frank Liddell-produced 100 Proof, led by the lead single "Tough," finds the former American Idol contestant deepening her country roots and continuing to find herself as a songwriter.
Professional Reviews
Billboard (p.36) - "[A]n old-fashioned countrypolitan album -- and a really good one, at that -- is exactly what 100 PROOF is...11 handsome tunes long on fiddle, mandolin and sparkling steel guitar."
