Tell Me Why is the début album by country music artist Jann Browne. Three singles from the album rose to positions on the Billboard Country Singles charts: "You Ain't Down Home" at #19, "Tell Me Why" at #18, and "Louisville" at #75. Also featured on the album is a cover of The Davis Sisters' "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know," a duet with veteran rockabilly artist Wanda Jackson. Emmylou Harris provides backing vocals on "Mexican Wind." The album rose to #46 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Tell Me Why
Studio album by Jann Browne
Released	February 20, 1990
Genre	Country
Label	Curb
Producer	Steve Fishell
Jann Browne chronology
Tell Me Why (1990) It Only Hurts When I Laugh (1991)
Singles from Tell Me Why
"You Ain't Down Home" Released: July 1, 1989 "Tell Me Why" Released: November 25, 1989 "Mexican Wind" Released: July 9, 1990 "Louisville" Released: September 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Tell Me Why" (Gail Davies, Harry Stinson) – 2:54
2. "Ain't No Train" (Jann Browne, Pat Gallagher) – 3:26
3. "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" (Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn) – 3:50
4. "Louisville" (Browne, Gallagher) – 3:11
5. "Mexican Wind" (Browne, Gallagher, Roger Stebner) – 3:53
6. "Losing You" (Paul Kennerley) – 3:20
7. "You Ain't Down Home" (Jamie O'Hara) – 3:41
8. "The One You Slip Around With" (Harlan Howard, Fuzzy Owen) – 2:29
9. "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" (Cecil Null) – 3:16
   • duet with Wanda Jackson
10. "Lovebird" (Steve Spurgin) – 4:13

Personnel

• Byron Berline - fiddle, mandolin
• Michael Bowden - bass
• Jann Browne - vocals, background vocals
• Bill Bryson - bass
• James Burton - guitar
• Sam Bush - mandolin
• John Cowan - bass
• Iris DeMent - harp, harmony vocals
• Steve Fishell - resonator guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel, Weissenborn
• Béla Fleck - banjo
• Rosie Flores - background vocals
• Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
• Glen D. Hardin - piano
• Emmylou Harris - harmony vocals
• Wanda Jackson - vocals
• John Jorgenson - mandolin, Spanish guitar
• Albert Lee - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Richard MacDonald - bass, acoustic guitar
• John Molo - drums
• Weldon Myrick - steel guitar, pedal steel
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• Billy Thomas - drums, percussion, background vocals
• Wanda Vick - fiddle, acoustic guitar
• Don Whaley - bass, background vocals

Cover Version

In 2002 Dwight Yoakam covered "Louisville" for his box set 'Reprise Please Baby.'

Chart performance

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