West Textures

West Textures
Studio album by
Robert Earl Keen
ReleasedNovember 10, 1989
GenresFolk, alt.country
Length37:59
LabelSugar Hill
ProducerJim Rooney
Robert Earl Keen chronology
The Live Album
(1988)		 West Textures
(1989)		 A Bigger Piece Of Sky
(1993)
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West Textures is an album by Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen (credited on this album as Robert Earl Keen, Jr.), released in the United States in 1989 on the Sugar Hill record label. It is notable for the track "The Road Goes On Forever" which has become Keen's signature song and has been covered by other bands including the country supergroup The Highwaymen.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted

  1. "Sing One For Sister" – 3:03
  2. "The Road Goes On Forever" – 5:01
  3. "Maria" – 4:30
  4. "Sonora's Death Row" (Kevin Farrell) – 4:31
  5. "Mariano" – 3:31
  6. "Don't Turn Out The Light" (Bob McDill) – 2:51
  7. "Leavin' Tennessee" – 2:54
  8. "Jennifer Johnson & Me" (Fred Koller, Shel Silverstein) – 3:20
  9. "The Five Pound Bass" – 2:57
  10. "It's The Little Things" – 2:21
  11. "Love's A Word I Never Throw Around" – 3:00

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