''Sons of the Golden West'' is the 8th studio album by

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, released in 1999. This album, like ''California Jukebox'' before it, contains a mixture of original and covers and a variety of guest musicians. This was the first album to contain absolutely no contributions from the original lineup as

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had stopped working with the group due to health concerns in 1997 (He appeared on '' Sunset Sundown'' despite having left the group by the time of its release). The album was re-released in Australia in 2002 as ''Honky Tonkin and contained variations in the track order. The track "Ode To Gram" was omitted and replaced with "Wheel of Love" from 1994's '' Eye of A Hurricane'' and "Willin' " from 1997's '' California Jukebox''.

Track listing

# "Sons of the Golden West" (John Beland) 3:40 # "Honky Tonkin' " (

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) 4:31 # "Area 51" (John Beland) 4:29 # "Hungry Eyes" (

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) 3:30 - feat. Merle Haggard # "Pioneer Zephyr Train" (John Beland) 4:05 # "When I Was A Cowboy" (John Beland, Larry Patton) 4:34 - feat.

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and David Roe]l # "Down at the Palomino" (John Beland) 4:31 # "Genuine Healer" (Larry Patton, Ron Knuth) 2:44 # "Pull This" (John Beland) 2:14 # "Anyone Else But You" (John Beland) 2:56 - feat.

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# "Honky Tonk Blues" ( Hank Williams) 6:08 feat.

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# "Up On Sycamore" (John Beland) 4:31 # "Locked Away" (

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, Steve Jordan) 3:30 # "Ode To Gram" (Larry Patton) 2:35

Personnel

;The Flying Burrito Brothers * John Beland - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, mandolin, percussion, vocals, producer * Wayne Bridge - pedal steel, Dobro * Larry Patton - bass, vocals * Gary Kubal - drums, percussion ;Additional personnel * Al Jones - engineer * Lou Bradley - engineer * Steve Lowery - engineer * Paula Wolak - engineer

References

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