''Texican Badman'' is the 1980 release by country rock / bluegrass musician

Peter Rowan Peter Rowan (born July 4, 1942) is an American bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin, yodels and sings. Biography Rowan was born in Wayland, Massachusetts to a musical family. From an early age, he had an interest ...

. Guest musicians include Jerry Garcia (steel guitar), David Grisman (mandolin),

Flaco Jimenez José María Avizanda Glaría (born 24 May 1966), better known as Flaco, is a Spanish football coach and former player. He won the Norwegian Football Cup with Molde in 1994. Flaco has played for Rayo Vallecano from 1986 to 1990, where he was a t ...

(accordion), and

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

(drums). Four of the songs were studio recordings from 1974, and the other six were recorded live in 1979. The standout tracks are "Sweet Melinda", "Four Corners/A Vacant Sea", "Texican Badman", and "What of Alicia".

Track listing

#"Sweet Melinda" (Peter Rowan) – 3:59 (*) #"Four Corners" ( Terry Allen) – 2:45 (**) #"A Vacant Sea" (Allen) – 2:45 (**) #"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" ( Hank Williams) – 2:58 (**) #"Squeeze Box Man" (Jordan) – 4:34 (**) #"Texican Badman" (Allen) – 2:53 (**) #"What of Alicia" (Allen) – 2:50 (**) #"While the Ocean Roars" (Rowan) – 3:53 (*) #"Awake My Love" (Rowan) – 3:31 (*) #"On The Blue Horizon" (Rowan) – 5:54 (*) (*) Recorded in 1974 @ The Record Plant, Sausalito, California (**) Recorded in 1979, Live @

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, Austin, Texas

Personnel

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandola, vocals * Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar, electric guitar * David Grisman – mandolin *Chris Rowan – harmony vocal *Lorin Rowan – harmony vocal *

John Kahn John Kahn (June 13, 1947 – May 30, 1996) was an American electric and acoustic bassist. From 1970 to 1995, Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal musical collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead. Biography John Kahn was born in Memphis, Tennessee ...

– bass *Roger Mason – bass *

– drums *Issac Garcia – drums *Hugo Gonzalez – bass, bajo sexto *

Flaco Jiménez Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez (born March 11, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter and accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. He is known for playing Norteño, Tex Mex and Tejano music. Jiménez has been a solo performer and session musician, as ...

– accordion * Jimmy Fuller – steel guitar *Jack Bonus – saxophone

Production

*Producer: Peter Rowan/Franco Ratti *Recording Engineer: Billy Wolf *Mixing: Lee Parvin/Billy Wolf *Mastering: Daniel Ryman *Cover Design/Artwork: Gigi Barbieri *Photography: Lisa Law

External links

* {{Discogs release, 1809634-Peter-Rowan-Texican-Badman, type=album Peter Rowan albums 1980 albums