West Textures Explained

West Textures
Type:	Album
Artist:	Robert Earl Keen
Cover:	West Textures.jpg
Released:	November 10, 1989
Genre:	Folk, alt.country
Length:	37:59
Label:	Sugar Hill
Producer:	Jim Rooney
Prev Title:	The Live Album
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	A Bigger Piece Of Sky
Next Year:	1993

West Textures is an album by Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen (credited on this album as Robert Earl Keen, Jr.), released in the United States in 1989 on Sugar Hill. It is notable for the track "The Road Goes On Forever" which has become one of Keen's signature songs and has been covered by other bands including the country supergroup The Highwaymen.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted

1. "Sing One For Sister" – 3:03
2. "The Road Goes On Forever" – 5:01
3. "Maria" – 4:30
4. "Sonora's Death Row" (Kevin Farrell) – 4:31
5. "Mariano" – 3:31
6. "Don't Turn Out The Light" (Bob McDill) – 2:51
7. "Leavin' Tennessee" – 2:54
8. "Jennifer Johnson & Me" (Fred Koller, Shel Silverstein) – 3:20
9. "The Five Pound Bass" – 2:57
10. "It's The Little Things" – 2:21
11. "Love's A Word I Never Throw Around" – 3:00

Production

• Produced By Jim Rooney
• Engineer: Bil VornDick
• Mastering: Jim Lloyd

Personnel

• Robert Earl Keen: Lead Vocal, Rhythm Guitar
• Mark Howard: Rhythm & Lead Guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin

Fiddle & Mandolin, Backing & Harmony Vocal

• Roy Huskey, Jr.

Electric & Upright Bass

• Joey Miskulin

Accordion

• Pat McInerney: Drums, Percussion