''Just Us Kids'' is an album by singer-songwriter

James McMurtry James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American rock and folk rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and occasional actor (''Daisy Miller'', ''Lonesome Dove'', and narrator of ''Ghost Town: 24 Hours i ...

. It was nominated at the 2008

Americana Music Association The Americana Music Association is a not-for-profit trade organization advocating for American Roots Music around the world. It is a network for Americana artists, radio stations, record labels, publishers, and others with the goal of developi ...

for Album of the Year, Song of the Year ("Cheney's Toy") and earned McMurtry a nomination for Artist of the Year.

Track listing

All songs written by James McMurtry unless otherwise noted. #"Bayou Tortous" – 4:52 #"Just Us Kids" – 5:10 #"God Bless America ( Pat MacDonald Must Die)" – 5:03 #"Cheney's Toy" – 5:51 #"Freeway View" – 3:40 #"Hurricane Party" – 5:58 #"Ruby and Carlos" – 6:38 #"Brief Intermission" (McMurtry, Daren Hess, Ronnie Johnson) – 2:53 #"Fire Line Road" (McMurtry, Tim Holt) – 5:32 #"The Governor" – 5:53 #"Ruins of the Realm" – 4:27 #"You'd A' Thought ( Leonard Cohen Must Die)" – 5:17

Personnel

: lead vocal, guitars, mandoguitar, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, *

Ronnie Johnson Te'Ron Stephon Johnson (born December 12, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Niagara River Lions of the NBL Canada. He played college basketball for Purdue, Houston and Auburn. High school career Johnson attended North ...

: 4 string and 8 string bass guitars, vocals, *Daren Hess: drums, percussion, tympany, whistle * Ian McLagan: organ, piano *Harmoni Kelly: vocals *Brian Standefer: cello *Chris Maresh: bass viol *

Jon Dee Graham Jon Dee Graham is an American musician, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas, United States. Graham was named the Austin Musician of the Year during the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference in 2006. He was inducted into the Austin Mu ...

: lap steel *Pat MacDonald: harmonicas, vocals, *

Ephraim Owens Ephraim Owens (born November 5, 1972) is an American musician, composer, and jazz bandleader who plays trumpet and flugelhorn. He has toured and recorded with the Tedeschi Trucks Band since 2015. He is one of the most highly regarded jazz musicia ...

: trumpet *Charlie Richards: guitar, lap steel *Lee Scott: vocals *John Nelson: percussion *Curtis McMurtry: baritone saxophone *

C.C. Adcock C. C. Adcock (born Charles Clinton Adcock, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and blues rock musician, noted for his cajun, zydeco, electric blues and swamp pop-influenced sound and for his efforts to preserve and promote swa ...

: guitar

References

External links

''James McMurtry''
– information regarding James McMurtry and The Heartless Bastards. James McMurtry albums 2008 albums Lightning Rod Records albums {{2000s-country-album-stub