Gary Stewart
                      I'm A Texan

                      Gary Stewart
                      Label: Hightone
                      Year: May 28, 1993
                      Length: 43 minutes
                      Original RCA Release
                      Producer: Roy Dea
                       
                    Reviews:  CMJ-NMR
                   
                    Although he's been knocking out honky tonk classics
                    nearly 20 years, Gary Stewart is still at the top of his
                    game. "I'm A Texan" is the kind of country record that
                    grows better with each listen. It brims with Stewart's
                    trademark gruff vocals, the most distinctive in country music along side of George Jones, and the hard,raw
                    sound that Nashville has turned its back on.
                    There's a bit of irony in the title: Stewart was born in
                    Kentucky and currently resides in Florida, although he
                    performs regularly on weekends in the Lone Star State
                    to overflow crowds, which, at least, gives him arguing
                    rights to this title. He builds on his reputation, earned on his past records, as a two fisted drinker-"Hand Me
                    Another" and "Make It A Double" are included here,
                    as is the Southern rock tinged "Draggin' Leather." There's also two finely wrought covers, the smoky        ballad made famous by James Carr, "Dark End Of The Street," and a bluesy take on "One Night," which may cause you to forget that it has long been associated with Elvis Presley.
                             Jim Caligiuri
                       
                      Credits
                      Gary Stewart
                      Piano, Guitar, Bass, Vocals
                      Tom Hitchcock - Engineer
                      Keyboards - Fred Bogert
                      Piano - David Briggs
                      Bass - Larry Paxton
                      Drums - Jerry Kroon
                       Milton Sledge - Drums
                      Dino Zimmerman - Guitar (Acoustic Guitar)
                      Bill Hullett - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
                      Hank Singer - Fiddle
                      Reggie Young - Electric Guitar
                      Steve Hinson -  Guitar (Steel)
                      Paul Franklin -  Guitar (Steel)
                       Tracy Nelson - Harmony Vocals
                      Joe Funderburke -  Engineer
                      Biff Watson Guitar -  Guitar (Acoustic)
                      Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
                       
                     
                      SONGLIST
                      Come On In
                      I'm A Texan
                      Stompin' Grounds
                      Hand Me Another
                      Draggin' Leather
                      It's True
                      Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
                      Dark End Of The Street
                      Make It A Double
                      One Night
                      Those Memories
                      Two More Fools
               
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