''The Houston Kid'' is the 10th album by American
country music
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singer
Rodney Crowell
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. It was released through
Sugar Hill in 2001. The album includes the single "
I Walk the Line Revisited", recorded in collaboration with
Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
, which peaked at number 61 on the
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
charts in late 1998.
Thom Jurek of
AllMusic
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rated the album with a full five-star rating.
Track listing
All songs written by Rodney Crowell except where noted.
#"Telephone Road" – 3:52
#"The Rock Of My Soul" – 4:50
#"Why Don't We Talk About It" – 3:35
#"I Wish It Would Rain" – 3:28
#"Wandering Boy" – 5:57
#"
I Walk The Line (Revisited)"
(featuring Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
) (Crowell,
Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
) – 3:51
#"Highway 17" – 4:54
#"U Don't Know How Much I Hate U" (Crowell,
Steve Lukather
Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a stea ...
) – 3:37
#"Banks Of The Old Bandera" – 3:41
#"Topsy Turvy" – 3:47
#"I Know Love Is All I Need" – 5:20
Personnel
*
Pat Buchanan
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- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
*
Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
- Vocals
* Peter Coleman - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
* Steve Conn - Organ
*
John Cowan
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- Vocals
* Donivan Cowart - Engineer
*
Chad Cromwell
Chad Cromwell (born June 14, 1957) is an American rock drummer whose music career has spanned more than 30 years. He is the founding member of a band called Fortunate Sons, which released a self-titled album in 2004.
Cromwell has worked with m ...
- Drums
*
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. Crowell has had five number one singles on Hot Country Songs, all from his 1988 album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. ...
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, vocals
* Jim Dineen - Engineer
*
Kenny Greenberg
Kenneth S. "Kenny" Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions.
Biography
Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but attend ...
- electric guitar
* John Hobbs - Organ, Keyboards, Sampling
*
John Jorgenson
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- electric guitar
* Tim Lauer - Keyboards
* Hunter Lee - Pipe
* Dan Leffler - Engineer, Second Engineer
*
Paul Leim
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*Paul (surname), a list of people
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Christianity
* Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
- Percussion, Drums
*
Charlie McCoy
Charles Ray McCoy (born March 28, 1941) is a Grammy-winning American session musician, harmonica player, and multi-instrumentalist. In 2009, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Based in Nashville, McCoy's playing is heard on r ...
- Harmonica
*
Greg Morrow
Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist.
Biography
Morrow was born in Ripley, Tennessee and raised in Memphis. At age 11, Morrow and his band performed on a local TV show, and he par ...
- Drums
*
Michael Rhodes - Bass
* Vince Santoro - Vocals
*
Steuart Smith
Steuart Smith (born 24 June 1952) is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer and producer from Arlington, Virginia, United States. He is a touring member of the American rock band Eagles, where he has performed as one of ...
- Harmonica, Mandolin, Autoharp, electric guitar, Harmonium, Producer
*
Benmont Tench
Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Early years
Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin ...
- piano
* David Thoener - Mixing
*
Robby Turner
Robby Turner is an American pedal steel guitarist, best known for his work with Waylon Jennings and his contributions to recordings by many other artists.
Biography Early years
Turner grew up in a musical family; his parents Doyle and Bernice ...
- Dobro, steel guitar
*
Kenny Vaughan
Kenneth Vaughan is an American guitarist. He is best known as a long-time member of Marty Stuart’s supporting band, The Fabulous Superlatives.
Career Early life
Vaughan was born in Oklahoma, but raised in Denver, Colorado. His guitar instruct ...
- Flamenco Guitar
*
Ian Wallace - Drums
* Produced by Peter Coleman
Chart performance
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Houston Kid
Rodney Crowell albums
2001 albums
Sugar Hill Records albums