USA Today - July 14, 1998

MAKEOVERS: Martina McBride, Collin Raye, Patty Loveless and others pay homage to their predecessors with remakes of country classics on Tribute to Tradition, out September 8 on Columbia Records. Among the highlights: Joe Diffie singing the 1973 Charlie Rich hit Behind Closed Doors; Mary Chapin Carpenter's remake of Don Gibson's Oh, Lonesome Me, featuring Mark Knopfler, Vince Gill and Steve Wariner on guitar; and a new tune with an all-star cast including Merle Haggard, Clint Black, Dwight Yoakam and Randy Travis. Sony Music Nashville will donate $50,000 against the album's royalties to help fund a planned retirement community for country artists.

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COUNTRY HELPS IT OWN- Merle Haggard, Randy Travis and Clint Black appear on a new CD intended to raise money for a retirement community for country artists. Due out in September, "Tribute to Tradition" features remakes of country standards by the likes of Martina McBride, Patty Loveless, Dwight Yoakam and Collin Raye. Mary Chapin Carpenter's update of Don Gibson's classic "Oh, Lonesome Me" has Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler and Steve Wariner trading guitar licks.