Personnel: Jeffrey Smith (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, 6-string bass, background vocals); David Grissom (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Russ Pahl (electric guitar, 12-string guitar, steel guitar, banjo); Larry Franklin, Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Clayton Ryder (accordion, Hammond b-3 organ); Jim "Moose" Brown (Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards); Glenn Worf, Darren Theriault (bass guitar); Steven J. Caldwell, Chad Cromwell (drums); Eric Darken (percussion).
In addition to covering most of singer-songwriter Phil Vassar's country hits from his first half-decade as a Nashville star--"Carlene" and "Just Another Day In Paradise" to name a pair--GREATEST HITS: VOLUME 1 features three brand new songs, "Last Day of My Life," "21," and "The Woman In My Life." Vassar, who was a successful Music Row writer-for-hire for several years before he began his solo career, also presents his own versions of the hits he's written for heavyweights like Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina, Alan Jackson, and Collin Raye.