General Store (album)

General Store
Studio album by Owen Temple
Released	December 10, 1997
Recorded	Austin, Texas, June 1997
Genre	Country
Length	37:55
Label	El Paisano
Producer	Lloyd Maines
Owen Temple chronology
General Store (1997) Passing Through (1999)

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General Store is the debut album by American singer/songwriter Owen Temple. It was released in 1997 on El Paisano Records.

All songs (Temple) except where noted

1. “When I Hit San Antone” - 3:59
2. “Me and Maria” - 3:43
3. “Tennessee Highway” (Temple, Lendon Lewis) - 3:58
4. “Dry Creek” - 3:16
5. “Jaded Lover” (Chuck Pyle) - 3:47
6. “The Wanna Wanna Bar” - 4:31
7. “Mary” - 3:57
8. “You Never Can Tell” - 3:00
9. “James' Blues” - 3:28
10. “If You Called” - 3:45

• Owen Temple - Acoustic
• Lloyd Maines - Electric guitar, Acoustic, Pedal steel, Mandolin, and Dobro
• John Inmon - Electric guitar, Acoustic
• Michael Tarabay - Bass
• Richard Bowden - Fiddle, Mandolin
• Rich Brotherton - Mandolin
• Riley Osbourn - keyboards
• Bob Livingston - Harmonica
• Stan Smith - Clarinet
• John Treanor - Washboard
• Bukka Allen - Accordion
• Mark Patterson - drums
• Fred Remmert - percussion
• Cory Morrow - Vocals on "Jaded Lover"
• Pat Green - Vocals on "Jaded Lover"
• Paul Lee - Harmony vocals on "When I Hit San Antone", "Tennessee Highway", "Mary", "The Wanna Wanna Bar", "Jaded Lover", and "You Never Can Tell"
• Terri Hendrix - Harmony vocals on "If You Called"
• Graham Sones - Harmony vocals on "Me and Maria" and "James' Blues"

• Produced by Lloyd Maines
• Engineered by Fred Remmert
• Recorded at Cedar Creek Studios, Austin, Texas^[1]

• Art Direction/Design by Jennifer Jones
• Photography by Stephen L. Clark

The cover art depicts Temple standing in front of the Fischer Store, a structure located in Fischer, Texas that dates back to 1902.^[2]

• Owen Temple website
• El Paisano Records website