Cooder Graw (album)

Cooder Graw is the self-titled second album by self-described "loud country" band Cooder Graw. It was released in November 1999 on Three-to-One Records. It was the band's first nationally-released album.

Cooder Graw
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1999
RecordedBismeaux Studios, Austin, Texas
GenreLoud country (country/alternative country)
Length45:32
LabelThree-to-One Records
ProducerRay Benson, Hayden Nicholas
Cooder Graw chronology
Home at the Golden Light
(1998)
Cooder Graw
(1999)
Segundo
(2001)

The album features the song "Llano Estacado," which is perhaps the band's most recognizable song.

Track listing

  1. "Motel Lights" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 3:49
  2. "Llano Estacado" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 2:36
  3. "State Line" (Martindale) – 3:53
  4. "She Loves Too Much" (Martindale) – 4:28
  5. "18 Wheels of Loving" (Martindale) – 2:56
  6. "Two More Tears in Texas" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 4:18
  7. "My Give a Damn Is Broken" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 3:44 (featuring Asleep at the Wheel)
  8. "Dirty Little Hometown Girl" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 3:03
  9. "West Texas Wind" (Martindale) – 4:01 (featuring Kelly Willis)
  10. "Pictures in the Closet" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 4:13
  11. "Shotgun Wedding" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 4:01
  12. "Memphis, Texas" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 4:30

Personnel

  • Matt Martindale - vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Kelly Turner - electric guitar
  • Joe Ammons - drums, vocals
  • Paul Baker - bass guitar
  • Jimmy "Url" Whisenhunt - pedal steel guitar
  • Jason Roberts - fiddle, steel guitar, and mandolin (on "Motel Lights," "She Loves Too Much," "18 Wheels of Loving", "My Give a Damn Is Broken," "West Texas Wind," and "Shotgun Wedding")
  • Earl Ball - piano (on "Llano Estacado" and "Memphis, Texas")
  • Ray Benson - producer, backing vocals (on "State Line"), guitar (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
  • Hayden Nicholas - producer, 12-string acoustic guitar (on "Motel Lights" and "State Line"), electric guitar (on "Two More Tears in Texas" and "Shotgun Wedding")
  • Chris Booher - piano (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
  • Cindy Cashdollar - steel guitar (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken"), dobro (on "West Texas Wind")
  • Michael Francis - saxophone (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
  • David Miller - bass (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
  • David Sanger - drums (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
  • Kelly Willis - duet vocals (on "West Texas Wind")
  • Larry Seyer - engineer, piano (on "Picture in the Closet")
  • Mark Nathan - engineer
  • Cris Burns - engineer
  • Dave Kembro - assistant engineer
  • Justin Escue - assistant engineer
  • Mike Key - road manager/sound technician
  • P.R. Wylie - art direction and cover design, photos
  • Bobby Turner - manager
  • Shelby Morrison - photos
  • Randy West - photos
  • R.T. Hicks - band photo
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