Laughin' and Cryin' with the Reverend Horton Heat
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Laughin' & Cryin' with the Reverend Horton Heat is The Reverend Horton Heat
The Reverend Horton Heat
The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of American musician Jim Heath as well as the name of his Dallas, Texas-based psychobilly trio. Heath is a singer, songwriter and guitarist....

's tenth studio album.

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Heath except as noted.
  1. "Drinkin' and Smokin' Cigarettes" – 4:04
  2. "Ain't No Saguaro in Texas" – 3:41
  3. "Death Metal Guys" (Heath, Simmons, Wallace) – 3:20
  4. "River Ran Dry" – 2:40
  5. "Please Don't Take the Baby to the Liquor Store" (Wallace, Heath) – 2:53
  6. "Aw, the Humanity" – 4:40
  7. "Rural Point of View" – 3:30
  8. "Oh God! Doesn't Work in Vegas" – 4:28
  9. "Spacewalk" – 2:45
  10. "Beer Holder" – 3:48
  11. "Crazy Ex-Boyfriend" – 3:19
  12. "There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas" (Ernest Tubb
    Ernest Tubb
    Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...

    ) – 2:24
  13. "Just Let Me Hold My Paycheck" – 4:26
  14. "Oh By Jingo!
    Oh By Jingo!
    "Oh By Jingo!" is a 1919 novelty song by Albert Von Tilzer with lyrics by Lew Brown.The song was featured in the Broadway show "Linger Longer Letty", and became one of the biggest Tin Pan Alley hits of the post-World War I era....

    " (Lew Brown
    Lew Brown
    Lew Brown was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States.Brown was born as Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russian Empire...

    , Albert Von Tilzer
    Albert Von Tilzer
    Albert Von Tilzer was an American songwriter, the younger brother of fellow songwriter Harry Von Tilzer. He wrote the music to many hit songs, including, most notably, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"....

    ) – 2:08

Personnel

  • Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - vocals, guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Jimbo Wallace - upright bass
  • Paul Simmons - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Tim Alexander - piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , pedal steel guitar
    Pedal steel guitar
    The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...

    , accordion
    Accordion
    The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

    , bajo sexto
    Bajo sexto
    A bajo sexto is a musical instrument with 12 strings in 6 double courses, used in Mexican music. It is used primarily in norteño music of northern Mexico and across the border in the music of south Texas known as "Tex-Mex", "conjunto, or "música mexicana-tejana".A similar instrument with five...

    , producer
  • Paul Osborn - engineer
  • Vince Ruarus - cover art illustration
  • Michael Triplett - design
  • Drew Reynolds - photography
    Photography
    Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

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