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Track listing

All songs written by Dave Carter # "Cowboy Singer" # "Snake-Handlin' Man" # "Red (Elegy)" # "The Promised Land" # "Hey Tonya" # "The River Where She Sleeps" # "Long Black Road Into Tulsa Town" # "Texas Underground" # "Workin' For Jesus" # "Gun-Metal Eyes" # "Sarah Turn 'Round"

Credits

– vocals, guitar and banjo *

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– vocals and percussion * Arlene Hale – bass and vocals * Carolyn Laster – accordion and vocals * Susan Martin; vocals * Eric Park – harmonica * Nancy Young-Mathisen – vocals and keys *

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– Engineer

External links

Music page
at official Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer web site (lyrics and sound samples)

at official Tracy Grammer web site (lyrics and sound samples)

Notes and sources

1995 debut albums Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer albums Self-released albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub