''Gringo Honeymoon'' is an album by

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singer-songwriter

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released in the United States in August 1994 on

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. The title track tells of the singer and his wife crossing the

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, to have an eventful visit in the small Mexican town of

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located in the state of

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Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted: #"Think It Over One Time" – 3:50 #"Tom Ames' Prayer" (

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) – 3:23 #"Gringo Honeymoon" – 5:19 #"The Raven And The Coyote" – 5:12 #"Lonely Feeling" – 8:30 #"

Merry Christmas from the Family '"Merry Christmas from the Family" is a holiday song written by alternative country artist Robert Earl Keen. The song was first recorded for Keen's 1994 album, ''Gringo Honeymoon''. A live version also appears on his 1996, ''No. 2 Live Dinner'' ...

" – 4:45 #"Barbeque" – 4:41 #"Lynnville Train" (Robert Earl Keen, LeRoy Preston) – 5:03 #"I'm Comin' Home" – 3:47 #"Dreadful Selfish Crime" – 8:17

Production

*Produced By Garry Velletri *Engineers: Jeff Coppage *Assistant Engineers: Brad Jones *Mixing: Roger Moutenot *Mastering: Randy LeRoy

Personnel

*Jeff Coppage,

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, Rebecca Stout,

Gillian Welch Gillian Howard Welch (; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, countr ...

- backing vocals *Rich Brotherton, George Marinelli,

Gurf Morlix Gurf Morlix (born 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. Career Born in Buffalo, New York, Morlix moved to Texas in 1975 and performed with Blaze Foley. He moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and joined Lucinda Williams's band. He ...

- guitars *Tommy Spurlock -

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*Brad Jones - organ, piano, percussion *

Garry Tallent Garry Wayne Tallent (born October 27, 1949), sometimes billed as Garry W. Tallent, is an American musician and record producer, best known for being bass player and founding member of the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band si ...

- bass *David Heath - upright bass, backing vocals *Bryan Duckworth - fiddle, backing vocals *

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- violin *Dave Durocher, Mark Patterson - drums *Sam Bacco - percussion

References

1994 albums Robert Earl Keen albums Sugar Hill Records albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub