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Track Listing
1. Come Away to Belize With Me
2. Barefootin'
3. Gringo in Belize
4. Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby
5. Wanted For Love
6. Boats to Build
7. Sloop John B.
8. Rhythm of the Rain
9. Fred Neil Medley: Dolphins / A Little Bit Of Rain / Everybody's Talkin'
10. Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder, The
11. Cowboy Boots & Bathin' Suits
12. Those Were the Days
13. Untitled
Album Notes
Personnel: Jerry Jeff Walker (vocals, guitar, harmonica); John Inmon (acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Lloyd Maines (guitar, steel guitar, dobro); Riley Osbourn (keyboards); Bob Livingston (bass, background vocals); Freddie Krc (drums, tambourine); Paul Pearcy (congas).
Recorded at Casa Gonzo, The Victoria House & Fido's, San Pedro, Belize. Includes liner notes by Jerry Jeff Walker.
Walker recorded this album (live and in the studio) in Belize, an Island paradise whose Jimmy Buffett-like pleasures apparently revved up his creative juices. His own songs are less nostalgic and reflective than most of his previous 1990s output, although the title song does have something of an autumnal cast. The meat of the album, however, is an array of exceptional covers. Walker pays tribute to one of his major influences in "Fred Neil Medley," a beautiful mix of Neil's "The Dolphins" and "Everybody's Talkin'." He gets rowdy with Robert Parker's 1960s R&B classic "Barefoot," and does a surprisingly moving cover of the Cascade's 1963 doo-wop standard "Rhythm of the Rain" (reprised in a bluegrass version on an unlisted bonus track).
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