Back Roads (album)

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Back Roads
Back Roads Pat Donohue.jpg
Studio album by
Released1996
StudioHudson Forrester Studios, Minneapolis
Genre Jazz, pop
Length42:30
Label Bluesky
Pat Donohue chronology
Big Blind Bluesy
(1994)
Back Roads
(1996)
Ye Olde Wooden Guitar Christmas
(1997)

Back Roads is an album by guitarist Pat Donohue. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Pat Donohue unless otherwise noted

  1. "Stealin' from Chet" (Chet Atkins, Pat Donohue) – 3:44
  2. "The Road to Kingdome Come" – 3:33
  3. "(The Other End Of) The Mississippi River Blues" – 4:11
  4. "Baby, Can't Get Over You" – 4:13
  5. "I Don't Worry 'Bout the Blues" – 4:24
  6. "Touch 'Em All" – 3:04
  7. "Saguaro Slide" – 2:47
  8. "Love and Desire" – 4:30
  9. "Nothin'" – 2:44
  10. "Stumblin' Through" – 3:58
  11. "Matter of Time" – 3:19
  12. "Summer's End" – 2:03

Personnel

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References

  1. "Back Roads - Pat Donohue | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 March 2019.