Just Us Kids Explained
| Just Us Kids |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | James McMurtry |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | April 15, 2008 |
| Recorded: | 2008, Wire Recording, Austin, TX |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 59:28 |
| Label: | Lightning Rod Records |
| Producer: | James McMurtry |
| Prev Title: | Childish Things |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Live in Europe |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Just Us Kids is an album by singer-songwriter James McMurtry. It was nominated at the 2008 Americana Music Association for Album of the Year, Song of the Year ("Cheney's Toy") and earned McMurtry a nomination for Artist of the Year.[1] [2]
Track listing
All songs written by James McMurtry unless otherwise noted.
- "Bayou Tortous" – 4:52
- "Just Us Kids" – 5:10
- "God Bless America (Pat MacDonald Must Die)" – 5:03
- "Cheney's Toy" – 5:51
- "Freeway View" – 3:40
- "Hurricane Party" – 5:58
- "Ruby and Carlos" – 6:38
- "Brief Intermission" (McMurtry, Daren Hess, Ronnie Johnson) – 2:53
- "Fire Line Road" (McMurtry, Tim Holt) – 5:32
- "The Governor" – 5:53
- "Ruins of the Realm" – 4:27
- "You'd A' Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die)" – 5:17
Personnel
lead vocal, guitars, mandoguitar, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer,
4 string and 8 string bass guitars, vocals,
- Daren Hess: drums, percussion, tympany, whistle
- Ian McLagan
organ, piano
- Harmoni Kelly: vocals
- Brian Standefer: cello
- Chris Maresh: bass viol
- Jon Dee Graham
lap steel
trumpet
- Charlie Richards: guitar, lap steel
- Lee Scott: vocals
- John Nelson: percussion
- Curtis McMurtry: baritone saxophone
- C.C. Adcock
guitar
References
- Web site: Artists: James McMurtry . Lightning Rod Records . October 1, 2009. June 9, 2010.
- Web site: Americana Music Award Nominees 2008 . About.com . October 1, 2009 . June 9, 2010 . March 5, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305171107/http://folkmusic.about.com/od/awardsetc1/qt/Americana2008.htm . dead .
External links
- James McMurtry – information regarding James McMurtry and The Heartless Bastards.
