# Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (68/100) |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| 411Mania | (8/10) |
| About.com | |
| AllMusic | |
| Billboard | (favorable) |
| Blender | |
| Country Weekly | (favorable) |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| People | (mixed) |
| Robert Christgau | C+ |
| Rolling Stone | |
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw and the first to feature his band The Dancehall Doctors. It was released in November 26, 2002 by Curb Records and was recorded on a mountaintop studio in upstate New York. Four singles were released. Two songs were in the movie Black Cloud, starring McGraw. The album also included a cover of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer", which was released only to the AC format, although it also reached the country charts from unsolicited airplay. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 602,000 copies.

## Track listing

$^A$Song also featured in the movie Black Cloud

## Personnel

Tim McGraw & the Dancehall Doctors
* Tim McGraw – lead vocals
* Jeff McMahon – keyboards
* Denny Hemingson – electric guitar, baritone guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, Melobar guitar
* Bob Minner – acoustic guitar, dobro
* Darran Smith – electric guitar
* Deano Brown – fiddle, mandolin
* John Marcus – bass
* Billy Mason – drums
* David Dunkley – percussion
Additional Musicians
* Steve Nathan – synth horns (5), organ (5), Wurlitzer electric piano (11)
* John Prestia – electric guitar (10), harmonica (12)
* B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (12)
* Byron Gallimore – electric guitar (14)
* Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica (12)
* Frank Macek – loops (1, 4, 8, 11)
* David Campbell – string arrangements (8, 15)
* Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements (11)
Background vocals
* Greg Barnhill (1, 15)
* Kim Carnes (1, 15)
* Gene Miller (2-6, 8-15)
* Chris Rodriguez (2-6, 8-14)
* Don Henley (7)
* Timothy B. Schmit (7)

## Production

* Byron Gallimore – producer
* Tim McGraw – producer, creative director, photography
* Darran Smith – producer
* Julian King – tracking engineer
* Ricky Cobble – second tracking engineer, additional engineer
* Steve Churchyard – string engineer (8, 11, 15)
* Dennis Davis – additional engineer
* Jason Gantt – additional engineer
* Tony Green – additional engineer
* Hank Linderman – additional engineer
* Erik Lutkins – additional engineer, assistant engineer, Pro Tools engineer
* David Bryant – assistant engineer
* Matthew Cullen – assistant engineer
* Brandon Mason – assistant engineer
* Chris Bittner – Pro Tools engineer
* Cory Churko – Pro Tools mixing
* Mike Shipley – mixing at Record One (Sherman Oaks, California)
* Jeff Burns – mix assistant
* Robert Hadley – mastering
* Doug Sax – mastering
* The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
* Harry McCarthy – technical assistant
* John Prestia – technical assistant
* Joey Supak – technical assistant
* Kelly Clauge Wright – creative director, photography
* Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
* John Marcus – illustration
* Scott Siman – illustration
* Dean Brown – photography
* Marina Chavez – photography
* John Ward – photography
* RPM Management – management

## Charts and certifications
### Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| United States (RIAA) | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||