Ready for Confetti

Personnel: Robert Earl Keen (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin); Lloyd Maines (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, resonator guitar, baritone guitar, banjo, dulcimer, mandolin, ukulele); Rich Brotherton (electric guitar, classical guitar, resonator guitar, banjo); Marty Muse (lap steel guitar, dobro, Wurlitzer organ); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Bukka Allen (accordion, Hammond b-3 organ); Riley Osbourne (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Pat Manske (keyboards, congas, percussion); Tom Van Schaik (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Pat Manske.
Recording information: The Zone, Dripping Springs, TX.
Photographers: Peter Figen; Holly Coleman.
Ready for Confetti is Texas songwriter Robert Earl Keen's 16th album, and his second consecutivbely produced by Lloyd Maines. Keen wrote or co-wrote ten of the album's 12 songs, including a redo of "Paint the Town Beige," from 1993's Bigger Piece of Sky. There are some twists and turns, including the Caribbean-flavored, "Waves on the Ocean," the summery country swing of "Top Down," and covers of Todd Snider's "Play a Train Song" and the early 20th century gospel-blues nugget, "Soul of a Man."