It’s been a decade since Chris Wall has given fans a new dose of his smart, insightful and highly listenable country music, but that drought is ending with release of El Western Motel. A collection of intimate, mostly acoustic tunes inspired by his beloved American West and such influences as the words of Hemingway, Faulker, James Dickey and Richard Hugo, El Western Motel captures this Texas troubadour reflecting on the peaks and valleys of a singular life.
Chris Wall — vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, harmonica Lloyd Maines — lead and rhythm electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel, resonator; mandolin on “We’re All in This Together” Cody Braun — fiddle, mandolin, harmony vocals Merel Bregante — harmony vocals Sarah Pierce — harmony vocals
Track Listing 1. Six Shiny Strings 2. Cruel to You 3. I Should Have Called 4. I'm Here With You 5. El Western Motel 6. So Long, I Love You 7. Blues for the Big Highway 8. Hat Full of Trouble 9. Silver Hair and Silver Wings 10. That's What They Say 11. We're All in This Together 12. Hello, I'm in Old Country Song