FRONT ROOM MUSIC CATALOG AN AMERICAN FAMILY ALBUM RETURN TO MUSIC AN AMERICAN FAMILY ALBUM CD folk, americana Texon, My Little Town Billy George’s Mandolin Soldiers Joy Chocolate Soldiers Sweet Redeemer Jewel of Freestone County The Lobster Song When Dianne Was a Baby Chewin’ Fat Mama’s Stereo Church Street Blues Cousin of Mine Chevrolet Canyon Freestone County Folk Song Wake Me Up (when the coffee’s ready) My Favorite Cowboy Uncle Leon Played the French Harp Owens Street America the Beautiful Life’s Railway to Heaven Narrative interludes in order of appearance: Lucille Rosser - family reflection Willie Diez - story about fishing Douglas Hoard - turkey joke Debi Morton - tribute to Bonnie Jim Stricklan - story about Chevrolet Canyon Lucille Rosser - family reflection Dianne Gallaway - radio jingle Lucille Rosser - family reflection Captain Melanie Stricklan - Pledge of Allegiance Darrell Horn - excerpt from poem, "The Long Haul" by Bob Horn Lucille Rosser - family reflection All songs by Jim Stricklan © 2009 Front Room Music / BMI, except: America the Beautiful by: Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward, and Life’s Railway to Heaven (traditional) - recording used by permission. Soldier's Joy (traditional) DEDICATION AN AMERICAN FAMILY ALBUM is dedicated to: both sides of my family, and especially to you… The Hullums and the Terrys by marriage and by blood, The Stricklans and the Daniels; Hoards and Horns, and Ashley Judd… (who sadly is unrelated) The Rossers, Speeds, and Minchews of every shape and size; The Westbrooks and the Harwells, not forgetting Browns and Diez. The Capeks and the Dudas, whose songs are yet unsung; and all our distant relatives— the ancient and the young. Our grandpas and our grandmas— and all our moms and dads— our uncles, aunts, and cousins, nephews, nieces--gals and lads. Too many names to mention, but I sing for one and all— the folks who came before us, and those still too young to crawl. NOTES I’m a fifth generation Texan with many ancestors from North Carolina and Tennessee. Ancestors on both sides {Hullums—on my mother’s side and Stricklans—on my father’s side} fought in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and later settled in Texas. As times were hard and jobs scarce, both families seemed to have moved back and forth from east to west Texas during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Consequently, I claim strong roots in both areas. Although I lived in Denver, Colorado for fifteen years as a young adult, I was born and raised in west Texas, and my wife Leslie and I have lived in central Texas for the past twenty years. I’ve worked on these songs for many, many years and {primarily at my mother’s request} am finally bringing them together with a limited selection of photos as a fitting tribute to my families…our American families. JS ~ 2009 CREDITS Jim Stricklan ~ lead vocals, guitar, and harmonica Greg Lowry ~ dobro, banjo, accordion Doug Taylor ~ bass, backing vocals George Coyne ~ rhythm guitar, dobro Cara Cooke ~ mandolin, harmonica Mike Fowler ~ fiddle Julie Adams ~ cello SOLDIERS JOY (recorded in Lakewood, CO 1980): Eddie Joe Smith: Billy George’s mandolin Jim Stricklan, Jack Mathes, & Steve Fulton: guitars
AN AMERICAN FAMILY ALBUM CD folk, americana Texon, My Little Town Billy George’s Mandolin Soldiers Joy Chocolate Soldiers Sweet Redeemer Jewel of Freestone County The Lobster Song When Dianne Was a Baby Chewin’ Fat Mama’s Stereo Church Street Blues Cousin of Mine Chevrolet Canyon Freestone County Folk Song Wake Me Up (when the coffee’s ready) My Favorite Cowboy Uncle Leon Played the French Harp Owens Street America the Beautiful Life’s Railway to Heaven Narrative interludes in order of appearance: Lucille Rosser - family reflection Willie Diez - story about fishing Douglas Hoard - turkey joke Debi Morton - tribute to Bonnie Jim Stricklan - story about Chevrolet Canyon Lucille Rosser - family reflection Dianne Gallaway - radio jingle Lucille Rosser - family reflection Captain Melanie Stricklan - Pledge of Allegiance Darrell Horn - excerpt from poem, "The Long Haul" by Bob Horn Lucille Rosser - family reflection All songs by Jim Stricklan © 2009 Front Room Music / BMI, except: America the Beautiful by: Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward, and Life’s Railway to Heaven (traditional) - recording used by permission. Soldier's Joy (traditional)
DEDICATION AN AMERICAN FAMILY ALBUM is dedicated to: both sides of my family, and especially to you… The Hullums and the Terrys by marriage and by blood, The Stricklans and the Daniels; Hoards and Horns, and Ashley Judd… (who sadly is unrelated) The Rossers, Speeds, and Minchews of every shape and size; The Westbrooks and the Harwells, not forgetting Browns and Diez. The Capeks and the Dudas, whose songs are yet unsung; and all our distant relatives— the ancient and the young. Our grandpas and our grandmas— and all our moms and dads— our uncles, aunts, and cousins, nephews, nieces--gals and lads. Too many names to mention, but I sing for one and all— the folks who came before us, and those still too young to crawl.
NOTES I’m a fifth generation Texan with many ancestors from North Carolina and Tennessee. Ancestors on both sides {Hullums—on my mother’s side and Stricklans—on my father’s side} fought in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and later settled in Texas. As times were hard and jobs scarce, both families seemed to have moved back and forth from east to west Texas during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Consequently, I claim strong roots in both areas. Although I lived in Denver, Colorado for fifteen years as a young adult, I was born and raised in west Texas, and my wife Leslie and I have lived in central Texas for the past twenty years. I’ve worked on these songs for many, many years and {primarily at my mother’s request} am finally bringing them together with a limited selection of photos as a fitting tribute to my families…our American families. JS ~ 2009
CREDITS Jim Stricklan ~ lead vocals, guitar, and harmonica Greg Lowry ~ dobro, banjo, accordion Doug Taylor ~ bass, backing vocals George Coyne ~ rhythm guitar, dobro Cara Cooke ~ mandolin, harmonica Mike Fowler ~ fiddle Julie Adams ~ cello SOLDIERS JOY (recorded in Lakewood, CO 1980): Eddie Joe Smith: Billy George’s mandolin Jim Stricklan, Jack Mathes, & Steve Fulton: guitars
