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The album includes renditions of Keith Whitley's songs by various country music artists, as well as an original composition called "Little Boy Lost", co-written and performed by Daron Norwood. The album also contains four previously unreleased Whitley demos from 1984 that were enhanced by the album's producer, Blake Melvin.
The album, Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album, was released in September 1994 via BNA. It included covers of Whitley's songs from artists such as Alan Jackson , Diamond Rio , and Ricky Skaggs. The album also included four previously unreleased tracks recorded by Whitley in 1987, one of which had Morgan dubbed in as a duet partner.
"Keith Whitley" is a song by American country music singer Morgan Wallen, released on March 3, 2023 from his third studio album One Thing at a Time. The fourteenth track off the album, written by Thomas Archer, Brad Clawson, and Jared Mullins, is a tribute to Country Music Hall of Famer , Keith Whitley . [ 1 ]
In 1994, bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station covered the song for a tribute album to Whitley titled Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album. After this cover began to receive unsolicited airplay, BNA Records, the label that had released the album, issued it to radio in January 1995. [11]
Billboard Magazine announced the release of "Don't Close Your Eyes (Ashamed)" a tribute to the late Keith Whitley on his 60th birthday. The song is performed by Shady Records recording artist Kxng Crooked fka Crooked I (from Slaughterhouse), Truth Ali, Jonathan Hay and Morgan McRae.
Garth Brooks and Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame Museum Honor Keith Whitley's Giant Legacy
In late 1994, Norwood co-wrote and sang "Little Boy Lost" on the BNA Records album Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album, a tribute to Keith Whitley which featured a mix of original songs, covers of Whitley's material, and new compositions. [4] Norwood also sang "Working Elf Blues" on the 1995 multi-artist album Giant Country Christmas, Volume 1. [1] [5]
During a Keith Whitley tribute show at the Opry on October 14, 2023, Garth Brooks presented Whitley's widow, Opry member Lorrie Morgan, with a replica Opry member plaque engraved with Whitley's name, identical to those hanging in the Opry's member gallery backstage. [30] 166 Holly Dunn † [3] October 14, 1989 Retired in 2003 and died in 2016.