Trouble in Mind (Hayes Carll album)

Trouble in Mind
Studio album by Hayes Carll
Released	April 8, 2008 (US)
Recorded	Alex the Great Studios, Nashville, Tennessee Aerie Studio's, Austin, Texas
Genre	Country
Length	50:40
Label	Lost Highway
Producer	Brad Jones
Hayes Carll chronology
Little Rock (2005) Trouble in Mind (2008) KMAG YOYO (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
PopMatters	7/10 [2]
Americana UK	– [3]

Trouble in Mind is an album released by American singer Hayes Carll in 2008. The album debuted at number 18 of the Top Heatseekers chart. ^[4]

Track listing

Songs written by Hayes Carll unless otherwise stated.

1. "Drunken Poet's Dream" (Hayes Carll, Ray Wylie Hubbard) – 3:28
2. "It's a Shame" – 3:46
3. "Girl Downtown" – 3:27
4. "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart" (Scott Nolan) – 4:22
5. "Beaumont" – 3:26
6. "I Got a Gig" – 4:00
7. "Faulkner Street" – 3:25
8. "Wild as a Turkey" – 2:28
9. "Don't Let Me Fall" (Carll, Jonny Burke) – 3:45
10. "A Lover Like You" – 4:22
11. "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" (Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan) – 3:36
12. "Knockin' Over Whiskeys" – 2:53
13. "Willing to Love Again" (Carll, Darrell Scott) – 3:26
14. "She Left Me for Jesus" (Carll, Brian Keane) – 4:02

Personnel

• Hayes Carll – lead vocals, steel-string acoustic guitar, baritone acoustic guitar
• Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar, banjo, Dobro, lap steel guitar
• Brad Jones – bass guitar, vibraphone, electric guitar, baritone electric guitar, organ, piano, harmonium, nylon string acoustic guitar
• John Gardner – drums, percussion
• Pat Buchanan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, bass guitar
• Will Kimbrough – baritone electric guitar, banjo, electric guitar
• Fats Kaplin – Dobro, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, violin, mandolin
• Brad Fordham – bass guitar
• George Bradfute – baritone electric guitar
• Lisa Pankratz – drums
• Thad Cockrell – background vocals
• Dan Baird – electric guitar, background vocals
• Carey Kotsionis – background vocals
• Carl Broemel – electric guitar
• Darrell Scott – Weisenborn slide guitar, background vocals
• Chris Carmichael – violin
• Robert Kearns – background vocals

References

1. Trouble in Mind at AllMusic
2. Horowitz, Steve (April 9, 2008). "Hayes Carll: Trouble in Mind". PopMatters . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
3. Finnie, Jim (May 5, 2021). "Classic Americana Albums: Hayes Carll - Trouble in Mind". Americana UK. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
4. Billboard chart data