Keith Gattis is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Keith Gattis. It was released in 1996 via RCA Records. The album includes the singles "Little Drops of My Heart", which peaked at number 53 on Hot Country Songs, and "Real Deal".

Critical reception

Chuck Hamilton of Country Standard Time gave the album a positive review, saying that Gattis "covers a variety of hard country styles and has the vocal equipment to handle it all convincingly." It received 4.5 stars out of 5 from Michael McCall of Allmusic, who compared Gattis' voice favorably to Johnny Paycheck and George Jones.

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Track listing

All songs written by Keith Gattis except as noted. "Real Deal" (Gattis, Jim Dowell) — 3:08 "Everywhere I See You There" — 3:25 "The Puppet" — 3:32 "Back in Your Arms" — 3:12 "Whoop-De-Do" (Jeff Carson, Buddy Blackmon, Vip Vipperman) — 2:50 "Little Drops of My Heart" — 3:51 "Scrapin' Off the Pain" — 3:23 "Heartache Hero" (Kim Williams, Ron Harbin, Kim Tribble) — 2:46 "Only Lonely Fool" — 3:32 "Look Out Below" (Gattis, James T. Heffernan) — 2:42

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Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

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Musicians

Harold Bradley — tic tac bass

Mark Casstevens — acoustic guitar

Glen Duncan and Rob Hajacos — twin fiddles

Keith Gattis — vocals, acoustic guitar

Paul Leim — drums

Larry Marrs — bass guitar, background vocals

Brent Mason — electric guitar

Hargus "Pig" Robbins — piano

Hal Rugg — steel guitar

Marty Stuart — mandolin

Technical

Don Cobb — digital editing

Carlos Greer — digital editing

Joe Hayden — assistant engineer

Amy Hughes — assistant engineer

Ken Hutton — assistant engineer

Sandy Jenkins — assistant engineer

Tom King — assistant engineer

John Kunz — assistant engineer

Warren Peterson — overdubs

Denny Purcell — mastering

Chris Rowe — digital editing

Steve Sexton — assistant engineer

Dave Sinco — overdubs

Brian Tankersley — mixing

Rhett Travis — assistant engineer

King Williams — assistant engineer

Norro Wilson — producer

Chart performance

References

1996 debut albums

RCA Records albums

Keith Gattis albums

Albums produced by Norro Wilson