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Where There's Smoke... is the debut album of the American country music band Gibson/Miller Band. It was released in 1993 via Epic Records. The album includes five singles: "Big Heart", "High Rollin'", "Texas Tattoo", "Small Price", and "Stone Cold Country".[1] Except for "Small Price", these all charted within Top 40 on Hot Country Songs between 1992 and 1994.

Where There's Smoke...
Studio album by Gibson/Miller Band
Released	January 12, 1993 (1993-01-12)
Recorded	The Money Pit, The Reflections, Sound Emporium, The Music Mill, Champagne Studio
Genre	Country
Label	Epic
Producer	Doug Johnson Blue Miller
Gibson/Miller Band chronology
Where There's Smoke... (1993) Red, White & Blue Collar (1994)

The track "Where There's Smoke" was later recorded by Archer/Park on their 1994 album We Got a Lot in Common,[2] and was a No. 29 single for them in 1994.[3]

Critical reception

A review from People was positive, stating that "Fueled by tongue-in-cheek lyrics...and Dave Gibson’s weathered tenor, their debut album conjures up freewheeling, fast-drinking honkytonk nights."[4]

Track listing

1. "High Rollin'" (Dave Gibson, Blue Miller) – 3:31
2. "Where There's Smoke" (Bobby P. Barker, Mark Collie) – 2:47
3. "Your Daddy Hates Me" (Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson) – 3:21
4. "Small Price" (Austin Cunningham, Thom McHugh) – 3:26
5. "Texas Tattoo" (Gibson, Miller) – 3:08
6. "She's Gettin' a Rock" (Garry Laron Phelps) – 3:19
7. "Big Heart" (Gibson, Miller, Freddy Weller) – 3:43
8. "An Offer Her Heart Can't Refuse" (Gibson, Miller) – 3:30
9. "Thank Virginia" (Bunch, Johnson) – 3:15
10. "Stone Cold Country" (Gibson, Miller) – 3:31
11. "Southern Man" (Gibson, Richard Leigh) – 3:59

Personnel

Adapted from Where There's Smoke liner notes.[5]

Gibson/Miller Band

• Mike Daly – steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Dave Gibson – lead vocals, guitar
• Bryan Grassmeyer – bass guitar, background vocals
• Steve Grossman – drums, percussion
• Blue Miller – lead vocals, lead guitar

Additional musicians

• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Mark Morris – percussion
• Steve Nathan – Hammond B-3 organ
• Biff Watson – rhythm guitar
• John Willis – rhythm guitar

Technical

• Tommy Cooper – engineering
• Doug Johnson – producer, engineering
• Blue Miller – associate producer
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Ed Seay – recording, mixing

References

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