Texas Top Hand

• Artist: Don Walser
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• Release Date: March 19, 1996
• Total Time: 39:13
• Genre: Country

Review

After decades of playing Texas dancehalls, Don Walser enjoyed his first national recognition in 1994, thanks to the gleeful celebration of his unmistakable vocal talent in Rolling Stone from Texas. Texas Top Hand finds him enjoying the fruits of his success by taking a few songs uptown. Working again with producer Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel, Walser again yodels with unabashed acrobatic delight and soars with nimble, full-throated joy through country classics and old-sounding new tunes. He sings with a robustly happy spirit, as his sky-high trills convey, and this time he occasionally leads a brassy big band with the same homespun clarity that he lends to steel-driven, peanut-shell dancehall tunes. ~ Michael McCall, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Texas Top Hand	Don Walser, Ray Benson	Don Walser	(2:55)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Bob Nolan	Don Walser	(3:04)
Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now?	Floyd Jenkins	Don Walser	(3:03)
Wine Me Up	Bill Deaton, Faron Young	Don Walser	(3:12)
Weary Blues from Waitin'	Hank Williams	Don Walser	(3:44)
Signposts of Life	Don Walser	Don Walser	(2:48)
You Walk By	Don Walser	Don Walser	(3:53)
Divorce Me C.O.D.	Merle Travis	Don Walser	(2:23)
Whispering Pines	Mahlon Merrick	Don Walser	(3:47)
Mexicali Rose	Helen Stone, Jack Tenney	Don Walser	(4:02)
Big Blue Diamonds	Earl "Kit" Carson	Don Walser	(2:42)
Danny Boy	Frederic E. Weatherly	Don Walser	(5:09)

Credits

David Sanger (Drums), Heinz Geissler (Executive Producer), David Earl Miller (Guitarron), Howard Kalish (Fiddle), Tim Alexander (Accordion), David Miller (Guitarron), Pat Jaspar (Liner Notes), Michael Francis (Saxophone), Scott Walls (Lap Steel Guitar), Kathy Marcus (Design), Scott Walls (Pedal Steel), Ray Benson (Guitar), Bob Meyer (Trumpet), Ray Benson (Vocals (Background)), Ray Benson (Mastering), Cindy Cashdollar (Weissenborn), Wyatt McSpadden (Photography), Rick McRae (Guitar), Don Walser (Liner Notes), Jason Roberts (Fiddle), Phillip Fajardo (Drums), Ray Benson (Producer), John T. Kunz (Executive Producer), Justin Trevino (Vocals (Background)), Floyd Domino (Piano), David Earl Miller (Bass), Kathy Marcus (Art Direction), Larry Seyer (Mastering), John T. Kanz (Executive Producer), Cindy Cashdollar (Lap Steel Guitar), TJ McFarland (Producer), Lucky Oceans (Pedal Steel), Johnny Gimble (Fiddle), Don Walser (Vocals), Cindy Cashdollar (?), David Miller (Bass)