West Textures

Robert Earl Keen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000000EWH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,779 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #22 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Singer-Songwriters
  • #62 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Folk Rock

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another of the good ones..., February 13, 2001

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J. Hamlin "Hot mama :)" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: West Textures (Audio CD)

Robert Earl strikes again with "West Textures," a perennial road trip, drinking and barbecue favorite.

"The Road Goes On Forever" is the jammin' ballad that turns Keen concerts into revivals, with full-grown men and women frothing at the mouth with a down-with-The-Man fervor. "The Five Pound Bass" is the time-honored search for the fish *thiiiiiiis* big [it's as big as a goddamned BABY], "It's the Little Things" the plight of annoyed married folk far and wide [and adapted by comedian Rodney Carrington in "Little Things" on "Hangin' With Rodney], and "Don't Turn Out the Light" the ever-familiar story of the drunk arriving home after a night at the bar.

In contrast, "Sonora's Death Row" spins a tale of an accidental killing on a cowboy's night off in a Mexican town, the unavoidable weight of a Guanajuato man's separation from his family in "Mariano," and the reflections of first love in "Jennifer Johnson & Me." My personal favorite, however, is "Love's a Word I Never Throw Around," a simple declaration of a man's love in spite of his ending relationship. Robert Earl doesn't often bend to the pressure for a happy ending, and that honesty makes his work stick long after the CD stops playing.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, must buy CD... this is the one that made me a fan, January 17, 1999

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Billy-Bob Garcia (Clarksville, TN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: West Textures (Audio CD)

I bought this tape about 8 yrs ago after watching his show in College Station, TX; ever since then I have wondered why he wasn't a HUGE star. I listened to it on a couple of cross country drives and sang along for about a thousand miles before changing cassetes. Get it, listen to it, live it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Keen CD You Could Buy, January 23, 1999

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This review is from: West Textures (Audio CD)

This is the best. You must listen to it over and over to catch each subtle lyric. Sonora's Death Row is incredible. It's like a little movie in itself. "The Road Goes On Forever" is on this one, but that is one of REK's weaker songs on this CD. Listen to it and you won't be sorry if you're a true Keen fan. You actually feel every song on this CD. True TEXAS music. If I could only write like that! WOW