It's About Time (Jerry Jeff Walker album)

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It's About Time
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Released2018
StudioMoonHouse Studio
Genre Progressive country
Length42:56
Label Tried & True Music
Producer Jerry Jeff Walker, Chris Gage
Jerry Jeff Walker chronology
Moon Child
(2009)
It's About Time
(2018)
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It's About Time is a progressive country album by Jerry Jeff Walker. Recorded after Walker's battle with throat cancer, it is the final album released before the singer-songwriter's death in 2020. [2] Walker released the album exclusively on his website through his independent record label, Tried & True Music. [3]

Contents

Some material on It's About Time debuted in live performances prior to appearing on the record, including "California Song," one of many tracks that Walker wrote about his wife Susan. The Texas Historical Association's biography of Walker, written by his former bandmate Craig D. Hillis, notes the album's "highly reflective, autobiographical" nature. [4] Like many Walker releases, however, It's About Time features both original songs and covers, including a version of "Somethin' Bout a Boat" by Jerry Jeff's son Django Walker.

Track listing

All songs by Jerry Jeff Walker except as noted.

  1. "That's Why I Play" - 3:53
  2. "California Song" - 4:26
  3. "Because of You" - 3:38
  4. "My Favorite Picture of You" (Guy Clark) - 3:55
  5. "Somethin' Bout a Boat" (Django Walker) - 3:41
  6. "But for the Time" – 4:25
  7. "Ballad of Honest Sam" (Paul Siebel) - 3:32
  8. "South Coast" (Lillian Bos Ross, Richard Dehr, Sam Eskin) – 5:08
  9. "Rain Song" - 4:15
  10. "Old Shep" (Red Foley, Arthur Willis) - 1:58
  11. "Old New Mexico" - 4:05

Personnel

Source: Discogs [5]

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References

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  2. "Jerry Jeff Walker's still fightin', and 'It's About Time' for a new record" . Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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