If We Ever Make It Home

by Wade Bowen

Overview

On his third studio album, If We Ever Make It Home, Texas singer/songwriter Wade Bowen takes a giant leap forward. Bowen's 2006 Lost Hotel album revealed a raw talent that had yet to be completely fleshed out. Bowen was quick to stake his claim in the Americana market, but it was obvious he had a ways to go to match the music of his heroes, Texas singer/songwriters like Guy Clark and Robert Earl Keen. On If We Ever Make It Home, the Lone Star troubadour proves himself a challenger for the Red Dirt Music throne. Songs like the sensitive "Turn on the Lights," a touching number that finds the singer struggling to pick up the broken pieces of a relationship he's not quite ready to let die, and the lump-in-the-throat "Daddy and the Devil," a bleak track about the fine line we sometimes walk between heaven and hell, hit the emotion button hard. Americana constant Chris Knight adds his crushed-glass vocals to the latter. Bowen treads the same musical territory as fellow Texans Randy Rogers and Kevin Fowler throughout the disc, especially on the fervent "Trouble." Bowen delivers a dusty-throated vocal that his backing band smothers in a jangly, guitar-heavy sauce. In three albums Bowen has gone from up-and-comer to contender. ~ Todd Sterling

Product Details

Release Date:	09/01/2010
Label:	Smith Music Group
UPC:	0662582714227
Rank:	155782

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wade Bowen   Primary Artist
Chris Knight   Primary Artist
Tim Lauer   Keyboards,Pump Organ
Russell Terrell   Vocals (Background)
Tom Bukovac   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Wes Hightower   Vocals (Background)
David Grissom   Guitar (Electric)
Shawn Fichter   Drums
Melodie Crittenden   Vocals (Background)
Ashley Monroe   Vocals (Background)
Dan Dugmore   Guitar (Steel),Lap Steel Guitar
Sonya Isaacs   Vocals (Background)
Kenny Greenberg   Guitar (Electric)
Eric Darken   Percussion
David Santo   Bass
Jedd Hughes   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Audrey Haney   Mandolin
J.R. Rodriguez   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Greg V.   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Charlie Judge   Piano,Accordion,Keyboards,Organ (Hammond)
Ilya Toshinskiy   Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Chuck Cannon   Composer
Tom Bukovac   Composer
Brady Barnett   Digital Editing
Matt Powell   Composer
Jim Beavers   Composer
Radney Foster   Composer
Randy Rogers   Composer
Todd Tidwell   Assistant Engineer
Michael Cox   Composer
Sean McConnell   Composer
Ken Love   Mastering
Stephony Smith   Composer
Wade Bowen   Composer
Jedd Hughes   Composer
J.R. Rodriguez   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Garrett Miller   Digital Editing,Mixing Assistant
Todd Purifoy   Photography
Shauna Dodds   Design,Art Direction
Cambria Lyn Harkey   Photography
Jonathan Craig   Digital Editing
Sarah Dodds   Design,Art Direction