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Texican Badman

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Released
  
1980

Length
  
36:02

Artist
  
Peter Rowan

Label
  
Appaloosa

Recorded
  
1974-1979

Texican Badman (1980)
  
Medicine Trail (1980)

Release date
  
1980

Genres
  
Country rock, Folk rock

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Producer
  
Peter Rowan/Franco Ratti

Similar
  
Peter Rowan albums, Country rock albums

Texican Badman is the 1980 release by country rock / bluegrass musician Peter Rowan. Guest musicians include Jerry Garcia (steel guitar), David Grisman (mandolin), Flaco Jimenez (accordion), and Bill Kreutzman (drums). Four of the songs were studio recordings from 1974, and the other six were recorded live in 1979. The standout tracks are "Sweet Melinda", "Four Corners/A Vacant Sea", "Texican Badman", and "What of Alicia".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Melinda" (Peter Rowan) - 3:59 (*)
  2. "Four Corners" (Terry Allen) - 2:45 (**)
  3. "A Vacant Sea" (Allen) - 2:45 (**)
  4. "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (Hank Williams) - 2:58 (**)
  5. "Squeeze Box Man" (Jordan) - 4:34 (**)
  6. "Texican Badman" (Allen) - 2:53 (**)
  7. "What of Alicia" (Allen) - 2:50 (**)
  8. "While the Ocean Roars" (Rowan) - 3:53 (*)
  9. "Awake My Love" (Rowan) - 3:31 (*)
  10. "On The Blue Horizon" (Rowan) - 5:54 (*)

(*) Recorded in 1974 @ The Record Plant, Sausalito, California

(**) Recorded in 1979, Live @ Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas

Personnel

  • Peter Rowan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandola, vocals
  • Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar, electric guitar
  • David Grisman - mandolin
  • Chris Rowan - harmony vocal
  • Lorin Rowan - harmony vocal
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Roger Mason - bass
  • Bill Kreutzman - drums
  • Issac Garcia - drums
  • Hugo Gonzalez - bass, bajo sexto
  • Flaco JimĂ©nez - accordion
  • Jimmy Fuller - steel guitar
  • Jack Bonus - saxophone
  • Production

  • Producer: Peter Rowan/Franco Ratti
  • Recording Engineer: Billy Wolf
  • Mixing: Lee Parvin/Billy Wolf
  • Mastering: Daniel Ryman
  • Cover Design/Artwork: Gigi Barbieri
  • Photography: Lisa Law
  • Songs

    1Sweet Melinda3:59
    2Four Corners
    3Vacant Sea5:30

    References

    Texican Badman Wikipedia