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1. Teach Your Children - Suzy Bogguss/Alison Krauss/Kathy Mattea/Crosby, Stills & Nash2. Fire And Rain - Sammy Kershaw3. Folsom Prison Blues - Brooks & Dunn/Johnny Cash4. Rock Me On The Water - Kathy Mattea/Jackson Browne5. Matchbox - Carl Perkins/Duane Eddy/The Mavericks6. Crazy - Jimmie Dale Gilmore/Willie Nelson7. Willie Short - Mary Chapin Carpenter8. Forever Young - Johnny Cash9. If These Old Walls Could Speak - Nanci Griffith/Jimmy Webb10. Up Above My Head / Blind Bartimus - Marty Stuart/Jerry & Tammy Sullivan11. You Gotta Be My Baby - Dolly Parton12. Close Up The Honky Tonks - Radney Foster13. Goodbye Comes Hard For Me - Mark Chesnutt14. Pictures Don't Lie - Billy Ray Cyrus15. When I Reach The Place I'm Going - Patty Loveless16. T.B. Is Whipping Me, The - Wilco/Syd Straw17. Keep On The Sunny Side - Randy Scruggs/Earl Scruggs/Doc WatsonRED HOT + COUNTRY, in addition to supporting AIDS research, will fund a special education project which will target rural communities throughout the nation."Teach Your Children" was nominated for Best Country Vocal Collaboration, and "Keep On The Sunny Side" was nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.RED HOT + COUNTRY is the fourth album in the very successful RED HOT series of genre-specific recordings benefiting AIDS Awareness. This time it's country music's turn, and under the guidance of Kathy Mattea, numerous contemporary Nashville superstars chose a song or a style representing an influence on their own artistry. For the most part they chose songs of hope and healing.From the opening "Teach Your Children" featuring Mattea, Suzy Bogguss, Alison Krauss, and Crosby Stills & Nash to the closing Carter Family tune, "Keep On The Sunnyside," featuring bluegrass greats Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson, the entire album offers a ray of light in these fearful times.