FRONT ROOM MUSIC CATALOG
RED RIVER SESSION

RED RIVER SESSION CD
solo acoustic country and ballads

Greetings from Texas
Gone are the Grizzlies
Out from Under Diane
Nashville, Colorado
Lost Treasure
Dallas
Pint-size Cowboy
Grand Ol’ Opry Hall
Man across Town
When Jesus Plays Dobro
Greetings

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NOTES

Released for the first time, one of Jim's finest studio recordings, digitally re-mastered.
All done without overdubs in a single session on July 4, 1988, at Red River Studios in Bossier City.
Includes several songs that are exclusive to this collection.

Midway through my tenure as an afternoon radio personality at KWKH, I began planning an album. I was hosting the New Louisiana Hayride Show in Bossier City and producing the Louisiana State Fiddlers’ Championship downstate—both of which gave me plenty of inspiration for new song material. On July 4, 1988 I took my Guild D-70 guitar into Red River Studio in Bossier and recorded a set of ten original songs. That solo session—engineered by Charles Smith—included three spontaneous medleys {recorded in one take} with no overdubs. It served as a “demo” for my cassette album Greetings from Texas—released the following year.

In retrospect, the 1988 Red River Session stands out as one of my finest studio recordings. Digitally re-mastered from the original 2-track analog tape, this 29-minute limited edition is now available from Front Room Music for the first time. My belated thanks to Charles for helping with the original recording and to my friend Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio in Austin for bringing RR session back to life two decades later. This CD is respectfully dedicated to the Caddo Indians of the Ark-La-Tex region. The Kadohadacho were among the most accomplished of native American tribes, known for their advanced technical skills and cultural development.