The Houston Kid

Studio album by Rodney Crowell

Released

2001

Country

Peter Coleman

Rodney Crowell chronology

Jewel of the South
(1995)

The Houston Kid
(2001)

Fate's Right Hand
(2003)

The Houston Kid is the 10th album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released through Sugar Hill in 2001. The album includes the single "I Walk the Line Revisited", recorded in collaboration with Johnny Cash, which peaked at number 61 on the Hot Country Songs charts in late 1998.^[1]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic rated the album with a full five-star rating.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Rodney Crowell except where noted.

"Telephone Road" – 3:52
"The Rock of My Soul" – 4:50
"Why Don't We Talk About It" – 3:35
"I Wish It Would Rain" – 3:28
"Wandering Boy" – 5:57
"I Walk The Line (Revisited)" (Crowell, Johnny Cash) – 3:51
"Highway 17" – 4:54
"U Don't Know How Much I Hate U" (Crowell, Steve Lukather) – 3:37
"Banks of the Old Bandera" – 3:41
"Topsy Turvy" – 3:47
"I Know Love Is All I Need" – 5:20

Personnel

Pat Buchanan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Johnny Cash - Vocals
Peter Coleman - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Steve Conn - Organ
John Cowan - Vocals
Donivan Cowart - Engineer
Chad Cromwell - Drums
Rodney Crowell - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion Vocals
Jim Dineen - Engineer
Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar
John Hobbs - Organ, Keyboards, Sampling
John Jorgenson - electric guitar
Tim Lauer - Keyboards
Hunter Lee - Pipe
Dan Leffler - Engineer, Second Engineer
Paul Leim - Percussion, Drums
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
Greg Morrow - Drums
Michael Rhodes - Bass
Vince Santoro - Vocals
Steuart Smith - Harmonica, Mandolin, Autoharp, electric guitar, Harmonium, Producer
Benmont Tench - piano
David Thoener - Mixing
Robby Turner - Dobro, steel guitar
Kenny Vaughn - Flamenco Guitar
Ian Wallace - Drums
Produced by Peter Coleman

Chart performance

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	32
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	19

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 109. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Jurek, Thom. "Review: The Houston Kid". Allmusic. Retrieved August 24, 2009.

External links

Rodney Crowell

Studio albums	Ain't Living Long Like This But What Will the Neighbors Think Rodney Crowell Street Language Diamonds & Dirt Keys to the Highway Life Is Messy Let the Picture Paint Itself Jewel of the South The Houston Kid Fate's Right Hand The Outsider Sex & Gasoline Old Yellow Moon (with Emmylou Harris) Tarpaper Sky The Traveling Kind (with Emmylou Harris)

Compilation albums	The Rodney Crowell Collection Greatest Hits Soul Searchin' Super Hits The Essential Rodney Crowell The Platinum Collection The Very Best of Rodney Crowell

Singles	"Elvira" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Ashes by Now" "Ain't No Money" "Stars on the Water" "Victim or a Fool" "When I'm Free Again" "It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash) "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" "She's Crazy for Leavin'" "After All This Time" "Above and Beyond" "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" "If Looks Could Kill" "My Past Is Present" "Now That We're Alone" "Lovin' All Night" "What Kind of Love" "Please Remember Me" "I Walk the Line Revisited"

Other songs	"The Answer Is Yes" "Heartbroke" "I Ain't Living Long Like This" "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Making Memories of Us" "Queen of Hearts" "Song for the Life" "Voilá, An American Dream"

Related articles	Discography Warner Bros. Records Columbia Records MCA Records Roy Orbison The Notorious Cherry Bombs The Notorious Cherry Bombs Emmylou Harris

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