The Houston Kid Explained

The Houston Kid
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rodney Crowell
Cover:	Rodney_Crowell_The_Houston_Kid.jpg
Released:	2001
Genre:	Country
Label:	Sugar Hill
Producer:	Peter Coleman
Prev Title:	Jewel of the South
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Fate's Right Hand
Next Year:	2003

The Houston Kid is the 10th album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released through Sugar Hill in 2001. The album includes the single "I Walk the Line Revisited", recorded in collaboration with Johnny Cash, which peaked at number 61 on the Hot Country Songs charts in late 1998.^[1]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic rated the album with a full five-star rating.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Rodney Crowell except where noted.

1. "Telephone Road" – 3:52
2. "The Rock Of My Soul" – 4:50
3. "Why Don't We Talk About It" – 3:35
4. "I Wish It Would Rain" – 3:28
5. "Wandering Boy" – 5:57
6. "I Walk The Line (Revisited)" (featuring Johnny Cash) (Crowell, Johnny Cash) – 3:51
7. "Highway 17" – 4:54
8. "U Don't Know How Much I Hate U" (Crowell, Steve Lukather) – 3:37
9. "Banks Of The Old Bandera" – 3:41
10. "Topsy Turvy" – 3:47
11. "I Know Love Is All I Need" – 5:20

Personnel

• Pat Buchanan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Johnny Cash - Vocals
• Peter Coleman - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Steve Conn - Organ
• John Cowan - Vocals
• Donivan Cowart - Engineer
• Chad Cromwell - Drums
• Rodney Crowell - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, vocals
• Jim Dineen - Engineer
• Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar
• John Hobbs - Organ, Keyboards, Sampling
• John Jorgenson - electric guitar
• Tim Lauer - Keyboards
• Hunter Lee - Pipe
• Dan Leffler - Engineer, Second Engineer
• Paul Leim - Percussion, Drums
• Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
• Greg Morrow - Drums
• Michael Rhodes - Bass
• Vince Santoro - Vocals
• Steuart Smith - Harmonica, Mandolin, Autoharp, electric guitar, Harmonium, Producer
• Benmont Tench - piano
• David Thoener - Mixing
• Robby Turner - Dobro, steel guitar
• Kenny Vaughan - Flamenco Guitar
• Ian Wallace - Drums
• Produced by Peter Coleman

Chart performance

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	32
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	19

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 109. 0-89820-177-2.
2. Web site: Thom . Jurek . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=the-houston-kid-r520432/review|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''The Houston Kid'' ]. . August 24, 2009.