Album
The Houston Kid
2001 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Houston Kid is a Country album by Rodney Crowell, originally released in 2001. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
<i>The Houston Kid</i> is replete with the imagery of a Texas childhood. The power pop tune “Telephone Road” summarizes all the sense memories Rodney Crowell can conjure, but in a larger way <i>The Houston Kid</i> is about those memories’ thorniness. As much as Crowell remembers the fun he had as a youngster, his memories also bring back the terrors of “The Rock of My Soul” and “U Don’t Know How Much I Hate U,” both of which address his father’s violence. In spite of its uptempo demeanor, “Topsy Turvy” is one of music’s more harrowing portraits of domestic violence, told from a 10-year-old’s perspective: “Momma's on the sofa with a big black eye/I cross my heart and tell myself I hope they die.” Country music has long had a preoccupation with nostalgia, and it’s to Crowell’s credit that he refuses to burnish his childhood memories by erasing his pain. <i>The Houston Kid</i> is uniquely powerful for how it incorporates moments of fear and rage alongside the sights and smells of Houston in the ‘60s.
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Tracklist
- 1Telephone Road3:52
- 2The Rock of My Soul4:50
- 3Why Don't We Talk About It3:35
- 4I Wish It Would Rain3:28
- 5Wandering Boyd5:57
- 6I Walk the Line3:51
- 7Highway 174:54
- 8U Don't Know How Much I Hate U3:37
- 9Banks of the Old Bandera3:41
- 10Topsy Turvy3:47
- 11I Know Love Is All I Need5:20
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- warm
- earnest
- heartland
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Rodney CrowellVOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION WRITTEN BY, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION, VOCALS
- Benmont TenchELECTRIC PIANO
- Chad CromwellDRUMS
- Charlie McCoyHARMONICA
- Fletcher WatsonACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Greg MorrowDRUMS
- Ian WallaceDRUMS
- John CowanVOCALS
- John HobbsKEYBOARDS ORGAN ORGAN, ELECTRIC PIANO
- John JorgensonELECTRIC GUITAR
- Johnny CashVOCALS WRITTEN BY, VOCALS
- Kenny GreenbergELECTRIC GUITAR
- Kenny VaughanFLAMENCO GUITAR GUITAR
- Michael RhodesBASS
- Pat BuchananACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOCALS
- Paul LeimDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Robby TurnerDOBRO, STEEL GUITAR
- Steuart SmithBOUZOUKI, ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, BOUZOUKI, HARMONICA
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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