Dollars and Dimes
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Dollars and Dimes is the fifth album by American
United States
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 singer/songwriter Owen Temple
Owen Temple
Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

. It was released June 9, 2009 on El Paisano Records. A concept album focused on hard times in different regions of North America, that the Chicago Sun-Times
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 stated "delivers the concept richly".

Track listing

All songs (Temple
Owen Temple
Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

) except where noted
  1. "Broken Heart Land" (Temple
    Owen Temple
    Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

    , Jeff Burkhart, Gordy Quist)– 3:32
  2. "Black Diamond" (Temple
    Owen Temple
    Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

    , Adam Carroll, Scott Nolan)– 2:58
  3. "Making a Life" (Temple
    Owen Temple
    Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

    , Gordy Quist, Chris Anderson) – 3:38
  4. "City of the King" (Temple
    Owen Temple
    Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

    , Gordy Quist, Evan Christian)– 4:15
  5. "Dollars and Dimes" (Temple
    Owen Temple
    Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

    , Adam Carroll)– 3:11
  6. "Memphis" – 3:10
  7. "Los Angeles" – 2:49
  8. "I Don't Want to Do What I Do" (Temple
    Owen Temple
    Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

    , Adam Carroll)– 3:14
  9. "Quiet Look" – 3:15
  10. "Golden Age" (Temple
    Owen Temple
    Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

    , Gordy Quist)– 3:35
  11. "Winnipeg Waltz" – 3:06

Musicians

  • Owen Temple
    Owen Temple
    Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...

     - Vocals, Acoustic
    Acoustic guitar
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  • Gabriel Rhodes
    Gabriel Rhodes
    Gabriel Rhodes is an American folk and country music musician and producer based in Austin, Texas.Perhaps best known as an electric and acoustic guitar player, Rhodes is a multi-instrumentalist who has also performed and/or recorded playing piano, dobro, bass, theremin, and percussion.His...

     - Acoustic
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

    , Electric guitar, Pump organ, Piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , Ukelele
  • Will Sexton - Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , Electric guitar, Harmony vocals
  • Hunt Sales
    Hunt Sales
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     - Drums
    Drum kit
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    , Electric guitar, Percussion
  • Brian Standefer - Cello
    Cello
    The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

  • Michael Thompson - Piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

  • Adam Carroll - Harmonica

Production

  • Produced
    Record producer
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     by Gabe Rhodes
  • Engineered by Cris Burns
  • Recorded at Bumshoe Music Services, Austin, Texas
    Austin, Texas
    Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...


Artwork

  • Art Direction/Design by Lance Schriner
  • Photography by Jonathan Lurie
  • Photography by Philip Albert Shane

Charts

date chart position
2009 Freeform American Roots Chart 5
2009 Euro Americana Chart 1

Releases

year format label catalog #
2009 CD
Compact Disc
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El Paisano Records EPR CD 650181
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