Cooder Graw (album)

Cooder Graw
Studio album by Cooder Graw
Released	November 1999
Recorded	Bismeaux Studios, Austin, Texas
Genre	Loud country (country/alternative country)
Length	45:32
Label	Three-to-One Records
Producer	Ray Benson, Hayden Nicholas
Cooder Graw chronology
Home at the Golden Light (1998) Cooder Graw (1999) Segundo (2001)

Cooder Graw is the self-titled second album by self-described "loud country" band Cooder Graw. It was released in November 1999 on Three-to-One Records. It was the band's first nationally-released album.

The album features the song "Llano Estacado," which is perhaps the band's most recognizable song.

Track listing

1. "Motel Lights" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 3:49
2. "Llano Estacado" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 2:36
3. "State Line" (Martindale) – 3:53
4. "She Loves Too Much" (Martindale) – 4:28
5. "18 Wheels of Loving" (Martindale) – 2:56
6. "Two More Tears in Texas" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 4:18
7. "My Give a Damn Is Broken" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 3:44 (featuring Asleep at the Wheel)
8. "Dirty Little Hometown Girl" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 3:03
9. "West Texas Wind" (Martindale) – 4:01 (featuring Kelly Willis)
10. "Pictures in the Closet" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 4:13
11. "Shotgun Wedding" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 4:01
12. "Memphis, Texas" (Cooder Graw, Martindale) – 4:30

Personnel

• Matt Martindale - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Kelly Turner - electric guitar
• Joe Ammons - drums, vocals
• Paul Baker - bass guitar
• Jimmy "Url" Whisenhunt - pedal steel guitar
• Jason Roberts - fiddle, steel guitar, and mandolin (on "Motel Lights," "She Loves Too Much," "18 Wheels of Loving", "My Give a Damn Is Broken," "West Texas Wind," and "Shotgun Wedding")
• Earl Ball - piano (on "Llano Estacado" and "Memphis, Texas")
• Ray Benson - producer, backing vocals (on "State Line"), guitar (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
• Hayden Nicholas - producer, 12-string acoustic guitar (on "Motel Lights" and "State Line"), electric guitar (on "Two More Tears in Texas" and "Shotgun Wedding")
• Chris Booher - piano (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
• Cindy Cashdollar - steel guitar (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken"), dobro (on "West Texas Wind")
• Michael Francis - saxophone (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
• David Miller - bass (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
• David Sanger - drums (on "My Give a Damn Is Broken")
• Kelly Willis - duet vocals (on "West Texas Wind")
• Larry Seyer - engineer, piano (on "Picture in the Closet")
• Mark Nathan - engineer
• Cris Burns - engineer
• Dave Kembro - assistant engineer
• Justin Escue - assistant engineer
• Mike Key - road manager/sound technician
• P.R. Wylie - art direction and cover design, photos
• Bobby Turner - manager
• Shelby Morrison - photos
• Randy West - photos
• R.T. Hicks - band photo