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and liner notes by Jerry Jeff Walker. It was reissued on CD by Sugar Hill. Both ''Old No. 1'' and '' Texas Cookin''' were re-issued on CD on the

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label in 2001. Allmusic entry for re-issue of Old No. 1 and Texas Cookin'/ref>

Track listing

All songs written by Guy Clark.

Side one

# "Rita Ballou" – 2:49 # "

L.A. Freeway "L.A. Freeway" is a song written by Guy Clark in 1970, a few months after he moved from California to Nashville, Tennessee. It was originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker for his self-titled 1972 album, and then released by Clark in 1975 on his d ...

" – 4:43 # "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – 3:27 # "A Nickel for the Fiddler" – 2:45 # "That Old Time Feeling" – 4:10

Side two

# "Texas – 1947" – 3:10 # "

Desperados Waiting for a Train "Desperados Waiting for a Train" is a song written by Guy Clark and originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1973 album ''Viva Terlingua''. It subsequently appeared on Rita Coolidge's 1974 album '' Fall into Spring'', David Allan Coe's thir ...

" – 4:31 # "Like a Coat from the Cold" – 3:18 # "Instant Coffee Blues" – 3:15 # "Let Him Roll" – 4:05

Personnel

*Guy Clark – vocals, guitar *Mike Leach – bass *Jerry Kroon – drums * Larrie Londin – drums *Chip Young – guitar *Pat Carter – guitar, background vocals *Steve Gibson – guitar * Jerry Carrigan – drums * Dick Feller – guitar *Jim Colvard – guitar *

Reggie Young Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019) was an American musician who was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studio house band, The Memphis Boys, and was a leading session musician. He played on various recordings with ...

– guitar *Hal Rugg –

dobro Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars, currently owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally ...

, pedal steel *Jack Hicks – dobro * David Briggs – piano, background vocals *Chuck Cochran – piano * Shane Keister – piano * Johnny Gimble –

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

* Mickey Raphael – harmonica *Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals, piano * Rodney Crowell – background vocals *

Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including ...

– background vocals *Gary B. White – background vocals *Florence Warner – background vocals *

Steve Earle Stephen Fain Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, author, and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. Initially working in the country music g ...

– background vocals *

Sammi Smith Jewel Fay Smith (August 5, 1943 – February 12, 2005), known professionally as Sammi Smith, was an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 1971 country-pop crossover hit "Help Me Make It Through the Night", whi ...

– background vocals

Production notes

*Neil Wilburn – producer, remixing *Paul Brookside – liner notes *Ray Butts – engineer *Pat Carter – associate producer *Susanna Clark – paintings *Gary Hobish – reissue mastering *Nathaniel Russell – reissue art director and design *Filippo Salvadori – reissue producer

Chart positions

References

External links

LP Discography web site.
{{Authority control 1975 debut albums Guy Clark albums RCA Records albums Sugar Hill Records albums