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Fast Texas

Steve James
1 disc

1. Fast Texas
2. Texas Tommy
3. Sukey
4. Jack O'Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Play)
5. Freestone County Blues
6. Where Shall I Be?
7. Day's Lonesome
8. Cocaine Blues
9. Chicken Stuff
10. Blues Come to Stay
11. Fisherman's Reel
12. 4 or 5 Times
13. Rain Done Fell on Me
14. Waiting for a Train
15. Bye Bye Baby Blues
16. Rain Done Fell on Me (Reprise) - (Reprise)
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 48
Credits

Producer Steve James
Engineer Gary Hickinbotham; Stuart Sullivan; Bobby Arnold
Personnel: Steve James (vocals, arranger, 6- & 12-string acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin); Ruthie Foster, Cyd Cassone (vocals); Cindy Cashdollar (acoustic & electric guitars, dobro); Del Rey (guitar).
Recorded at Wire Studios, Austin, Texas and Fire Station Studios, San Marcos, Texas in October 2002.
Personnel: Steve James (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, slide guitar, resonator guitar, banjo, mandolin); Ruthie Foster (vocals); Cindy Cashdollar (guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, resonator guitar, dobro); Del Rey (guitar, resonator guitar).
Recording information: Fire Station Studio, San Marcos, TX (10/07/2002-10/18/2002); Wire Recording Studio, Austin, TX (10/07/2002-10/18/2002).
Photographer: George Brainard.
Arranger: Steve James.
Critic Reviews

Living Blues (6/03, p.81) - "...Both his original songs and his reworkings of older material sound natural and timeless....All in all, this is probably James's most mature and cohesive album to date..."