| Product Summary | | UPC: 00094633994621 | | Release Date: 11/8/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 64012126 | | Item#: M2LWEC | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Rose In Paradise - Waylon Jennings ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Lonely Nights - Mickey Gilley ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Never Been So Loved - Charley Pride ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Corine, Corina - Asleep At The Wheel ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Desperados Waiting For A Train - Jerry Jeff Walker ~ Various Artists | | | 8. My Old Yellow Car - Dan Seals ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Don't Count The Rainy Days - Michael Martin Murphey ~ Various Artists | | | 10. She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Dallas Days & Fort Worth Nights - Chris LeDoux ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Old Coyote Town - Don Williams ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Just Beyond The Moon - Tex Ritter ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Yellow Rose Of Texas, The - Ernest Tubb ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Sunset Woman - B.W. Stevenson ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Long Line Of Love, A - Michael Martin Murphey ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Wabash Blues - Bob Wills ~ Various Artists | | | 18. I Love You - Jerry Jeff Walker ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This 18-track collection of Texas country artists has an impressive track list, with sides from Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Charley Pride, Jerry Jeff Walker, Chris LeDoux, Don Williams, Tex Ritter, and Bob Wills, among others, but the list of Texas troubadours that it doesn't include is perhaps even more telling. There is nothing here by such died-in-the-boots Texans like Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Butch Hancock, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Guy Clark ( although Clark's "Desperados Waiting for a Train" is covered here by Jerry Jeff Walker), Robert Earl Keen, or Billy Joe Shaver, to name just a few, all of whom have helped bring the skill level of writing songs in or about Texas to something close to an art form. Then there's Buddy Holly, which is probably another story, but maybe not. There aren't any of Holly's songs here, in any case, even though he would seem to fit the definition of a Texas troubadour more than someone like Kenny Rogers, who has two tracks included here. This anthology is fine as far as it goes, but to call it Texas Troubadours and not really delve into the deep end of the storied tradition of Texan singers and songwriters makes it just a television marketing device filled with cursory window dressing. ~ Steve Leggett | | A collection of songs by performers who have two things in common: they all come from the Lone Star state, and they're all, in their own ways, masters of their craft. Houston's Kenny Rogers kicks things off with his mellow country smash "Love Will Turn You Around," while Charley Pride's soul-deep baritone on "Never Been So Loved" is a timely reminder of this popular 1960s and '70s artist's enduring appeal. Willie Nelson's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," and fellow Outlaw Waylon Jennings' "Rose in Paradise" both endure as examples of gorgeously simple songwriting, but for pure raucous enjoyment, Bob Wills, whose "Wabash Blues" is a highlight of this collection, still can't be beat. |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/08/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 39946 | | Label : Capitol Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00094633994621 |
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