Texas Moon


Texas Moon is an album recorded by country musician David Allan Coe in 1973, but not released until 1977 on Plantation Records.

Background

Recorded in 1973 on SSS International and sold to Columbia along with Coe's contract, this collection of mostly cover songs was finally released in 1977 on Shelby Singleton’s Plantation Records, a convenient cash-in on the outlaw country movement, which was at its height at the time. The collection displays Coe’s ability as an interpretive singer as he tackles songs written by some of his favourite artists, such as Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, and Johnny Cash. AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek singles out the Jackson Browne composition “These Days” for particular praise, enthusing “unlike its author's version, is devoid of naive sentiment – or Nico’s Gothic, lost-in-darkness version. Instead, with real physicality and empathy, Coe 's delivery reveals the weariness and helplessness in the lyric.”
The album is probably best remembered for its cover, which displays Coe and his cohorts mooning the camera.

Reception

Track listing

  1. "Got You on My Mind"
  2. "These Days"
  3. "A Satisfied Mind"
  4. "Why You Been Gone So Long"
  5. "Why Me"
  6. "Mary Magdeline"
  7. "Fuzzy Was An Outlaw"
  8. "That Old Time Feeling"
  9. "Ride Me Down Easy"
  10. "Give My Love to Rose"