Texas Cookin'

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Texas Cookin'
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Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded American Sound Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length35:17
Label RCA
Producer Neil Wilburn
Guy Clark chronology
Old No. 1
(1975)
Texas Cookin'
(1976)
Guy Clark
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Texas Cookin' is the second studio album by Texas Outlaw country singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 1976.

Contents

It was reissued on CD by Sugar Hill. Both Old No. 1 and Texas Cookin' were re-issued on CD on the Camden label in 2001. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Guy Clark except as noted.

  1. "Texas Cookin'" – 3:50
  2. "Anyhow, I Love You" – 3:55
  3. "Virginia's Real" – 2:59
  4. "It's About Time" – 4:57
  5. "Good to Love You Lady" – 5:04
  6. "Broken Hearted People" – 4:45
  7. "Black Haired Boy" (Guy Clark, Susanna Clark) – 3:10
  8. "Me I'm Feelin' the Same" – 3:32
  9. "The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint" – 3:55
  10. "The Last Gunfighter Ballad" – 2:51

Personnel

Production notes

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1976Billboard Country albums48

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