Loser's Paradise Explained

Loser's Paradise
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Chris Gaffney
Cover:	Loser's Paradise.webp
Released:	1995
Recorded:	February 1995
Studio:	Congress House Studio, Austin, Texas
Genre:	Country music
Label:	HighTone Records
Producer:	Dave Alvin
Prev Title:	Man of Somebody's Dreams
Prev Year:	1994

Loser's Paradise is an album by country music singer-songwriter Chris Gaffney, released in 1995 on HighTone Records. It was Gaffney's second album released on HighTone, and was produced by Dave Alvin.^[1] It was recorded over a 10-day period in Austin, Texas.^[1]

Track listing

1. "The Eyes of Roberto Duran"
2. "Loser's Paradise"
3. "The Man of Somebody's Dream"
4. "So Far From God (And Too Close You)"
5. "East of Houston, West of Baton Rouge"
6. "Cowboys to Girls"
7. "Azulito"
8. "My Baby's Got a Dead Man's Number"
9. "See The Big Man Cry"
10. "Help You Dream"
11. "Glasshouse"
12. "Sugar Bee"

Personnel

• Dave Alvin - Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Producer
• Ponty Bone - Accordion
• Sarah Brown - Bass
• Jackson Browne

Composer

• Ed Bruce: Composer
• Gene Elders: Fiddle
• Rosie Flores

Vocals

• Chris Gaffney

Accordion, Guitar, Piano, Vocals

• Kenny Gamble: Composer
• Leon Huff: Composer
• Jim Lauderdale

Vocals

• Donald Lindley

Drums, Percussion

• Ian McLagan

Hammond organ

• Danny Ott: Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Background vocals
• Ted Roddy: Harmonica
• Tom Russell: Composer
• Eddie Shuler: Composer
• B.J. Swan: Composer
• James Tuttle: Engineer
• Tony Villanueva: Vocals
• Scott Walls: Pedal Steel
• Dale Watson: Vocals
• Bradley Jaye Williams: Accordion
• Lucinda Williams

Vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chris Gaffney Had Friends Help Out On His Latest Album . Orlando Sentinel . 9 June 1995 . 9 November 2014 . Gettelman, Parry.