Cooder Graw (album)

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Cooder Graw is the self-titled second album by self-described "loud country" band Cooder Graw. It was released in November 1999 on Three-to-One Records. It was the band's first nationally-released album.

The album features the song "Llano Estacado," which is perhaps the band's most recognizable song.

Track listing

"Motel Lights" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) - 3:49
"Llano Estacado" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) - 2:36
"State Line" (Martindale) - 3:53
"She Loves Too Much" (Martindale) - 4:28
"18 Wheels of Loving" (Martindale) - 2:56
"Two More Tears in Texas" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) - 4:18
"My Give a Damn Is Broken" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) - 3:44 (featuring Asleep at the Wheel)
"Dirty Little Hometown Girl" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) - 3:03
"West Texas Wind" (Martindale) - 4:01 (featuring Kelly Willis)
"Pictures in the Closet" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) - 4:13
"Shotgun Wedding" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) - 4:01
"Memphis, Texas" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) - 4:30

Personnel

Matt Martindale - vocals, acoustic guitar
Kelly Turner - electric guitar
Joe Ammons - drums, vocals
Paul Baker - bass guitar
Jimmy "Url" Whisenhunt - pedal steel guitar
Jason Roberts - fiddle, steel guitar, and mandolin (on "Motel Lights," "She Loves Too Much," "18 Wheels of Loving", "My Give a Damn Is Broken," "West Texas Wind," and "Shotgun Wedding")
Earl Ball - piano (on "Llano Estacado" and "Memphis, Texas")
Ray Benson - producer, backing vocals (on "State Line"), guitar (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
Hayden Nicholas - producer, 12-string acoustic guitar (on "Motel Lights" and "State Line"), electric guitar (on "Two More Tears in Texas" and "Shotgun Wedding")
Chris Booher - piano (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
Cindy Cashdollar - steel guitar (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken"), dobro (on "West Texas Wind")
Michael Francis - saxophone (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
David Miller - bass (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
David Sanger - drums (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
Kelly Willis - duet vocals (on "West Texas Wind")
Larry Seyer - engineer, piano (on "Picture in the Closet")
Mark Nathan - engineer
Cris Burns - engineer
Dave Kembro - assistant engineer
Justin Escue - assistant engineer
Mike Key - road manager/sound technician
P.R. Wylie - art direction and cover design, photos
Bobby Turner - manager
Shelby Morrison - photos
Randy West - photos
R.T. Hicks - band photo

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