Don Williams Volume Two

{{Infobox album

| name = Don Williams Volume Two

| type = studio

| artist = Don Williams

| cover = donwilliamsvolumetwo.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 1974

| recorded =

| studio = *Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)

Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)

| genre = Country

| length =

| label = JMI Records

| producer = Allen Reynolds

| prev_title = Don Williams Volume One

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Don Williams Vol. III

| next_year = 1974

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Don Williams Volume Two

| type = Studio

| single1 = Atta Way to Go

| single1date = 1973

| single2 = We Should Be Together

| single2date = 1974

| single3 = Down the Road I Go

| single3date = 1974

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/volume-one-volume-two-mw0000098347|title=Volume One/Volume Two - Don Williams | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Don Williams Volume Two is the second studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Don Williams.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-don-williams-vol-2-mw0000461276|title=Don Williams Volume Two|date=November 23, 2019|website=AllMusic|access-date=November 23, 2019}} Released in January of 1974 on the JMI Records label, the album reached number thirteen on the US Country Albums Chart.{{Cite book|title=Hot Country Songs: Billboard 1944 to 2008|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|publisher=Record Research|year=2009|isbn=978-0898201772}} "Atta Way to Go" was released in 1973 as a single preceding the album,{{Cite magazine|date=December 15, 1973|title=Billboard Hot Country Singles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQkEAAAAMBAJ&q=atta+way+to+go+don+williams&pg=PA27|magazine=Billboard|volume=85|issue=50|pages=27|via=Google Books}} and "We Should Be Together" and "Down the Road I Go" were released as singles in 1974.{{cite book|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2|pages=463–464}}

Background

Williams was no stranger to the country music scene, having been a member of the Texas band The Pozo Seco Singers from 1964 to 1970.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pozo-seco-singers-mn0000488599|title=Pozo Seco Singers|website=Allmusic|access-date=October 30, 2019}} He left the music industry briefly, but returned in 1973 with his solo debut, Don Williams Volume One. Williams had signed with JMI records initially as a songwriter, but later at the encouragement of its founder, Jack Clement, recorded a full-length album produced by songwriter Allen Reynolds.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfzsAgAAQBAJ&q=don+williams|title=Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary|last=Carlin|first=Richard|date=25 February 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135361044|pages=see URL}} It was a strong debut, reaching number five on the 1973 Country Albums Chart,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/1973-12-01|title=Billboard Album Charts|date=1973|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 30, 2019}} and it had two top 20 country singles.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1973-12-01|title=Billboard Country Charts|date=1973|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 30, 2019}}

Six months after the release of his debut album, the formula for success was repeated for Don Williams Volume Two, including producer Allen Reynolds, and many of the same A-Team Nashville studio musicians, notably steel guitarist Lloyd Green, fiddle player Buddy Spicher and drummer Kenny Malone.

Legacy

This would be Williams' final recording with JMI records, which was sold to ABC-DOT Records shortly after the release of the album.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d18K8QWcEo8C&q=don+williams+volume+two&pg=PA539|title=Country Music: The Encyclopedia|last=Stambler and Landon|first=Irwin and Grelun|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|year=1997|isbn=0312151217|location=New York, NY|pages=539}}

Allen Reynolds would go on to produce and write many successful country songs, including many of Crystal Gayle's biggest hits from the 1970s and 1980s.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8W2AgAAQBAJ&q=allen+reynolds+crystal+gayle&pg=PA239|title=Encyclopedia of Music from the 20th Century|last=Henderson, Lol|first=Stacey, Lee|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=9781579580797|pages=239}} The song "We Should Be Together," written by Reynolds, would go on to be the title track off of Gayle's 1979 album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/we-should-be-together-mw0000866518|title=We Should Be Together|date=November 23, 2019|website=AllMusic|access-date=November 23, 2019}}

Track listing

from the original JMI Records release:{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/volume-two-mw0000959378|title=Don Williams Volume Two - Track List|date=November 23, 2017|website=AllMusic|access-date=November 23, 2019}}

{{Track listing

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| title1 = Wish I Was in Nashville

| writer1 = Bob McDill

| length1 = 2:25

| title2 = Your Sweet Love

| writer2 = Don Williams

| length2 = 2:39

| title3 = She's in Love with a Rodeo Man

| writer3 = McDill