Just Us Kids
Just Us Kids | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 15, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2008, Wire Recording, Austin, TX | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 59:28 | |||
Label | Lightning Rod Records | |||
Producer | James McMurtry | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | A−[4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[2] |
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Just Us Kids is an album by singer-songwriter James McMurtry. It was nominated at the 2008 Americana Music Association for Album of the Year, Song of the Year ("Cheney's Toy") and earned McMurtry a nomination for Artist of the Year.[5][6]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by James McMurtry unless otherwise noted.
- "Bayou Tortous" – 4:52
- "Just Us Kids" – 5:10
- "God Bless America (Pat MacDonald Must Die)" – 5:03
- "Cheney's Toy" – 5:51
- "Freeway View" – 3:40
- "Hurricane Party" – 5:58
- "Ruby and Carlos" – 6:38
- "Brief Intermission" (McMurtry, Daren Hess, Ronnie Johnson) – 2:53
- "Fire Line Road" (McMurtry, Tim Holt) – 5:32
- "The Governor" – 5:53
- "Ruins of the Realm" – 4:27
- "You'd A' Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die)" – 5:17
Personnel
[edit]- James McMurtry: lead vocal, guitars, mandoguitar, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer,
- Ronnie Johnson: 4 string and 8 string bass guitars, vocals,
- Daren Hess: drums, percussion, tympany, whistle
- Ian McLagan: organ, piano
- Harmoni Kelly: vocals
- Brian Standefer: cello
- Chris Maresh: bass viol
- Jon Dee Graham: lap steel
- Pat MacDonald: harmonicas, vocals,
- Ephraim Owens: trumpet
- Charlie Richards: guitar, lap steel
- Lee Scott: vocals
- John Nelson: percussion
- Curtis McMurtry: baritone saxophone
- C.C. Adcock: guitar
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ "Robert Christgau review". Archived from the original on July 12, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
- ^ "Artists: James McMurtry". Lightning Rod Records. October 1, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
- ^ "Americana Music Award Nominees 2008". About.com. October 1, 2009. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
External links
[edit]- James McMurtry – information regarding James McMurtry and The Heartless Bastards.