John Wayne (album)
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John Wayne is the title of the third solo album by Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos is a rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. Current members include bassist Tim Chandler, guitarist Greg Flesch and drummer Ed McTaggart...

 frontman, Terry Scott Taylor
Terry Scott Taylor
Terry Scott Taylor is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies . Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group, Lost Dogs. He is currently based in San Jose, California, USA.Taylor is highly regarded for...

, released in 1998 on KMG Records
KMG Records
KMG Records was a Christian record label. The label was established in 1997 by Buddy Killen as a subunit of the Killen Music Group / Buddy Killen Enterprises and sold in late 1998 to Cal Turner III, who is related to the Cal Turner of Dollar General stores...

.

Track listing

  1. "Writer's Block" (Taylor)
  2. "Mr. Flutter" (Taylor)
  3. "Too Many Angels" (Taylor)
  4. "Boomtown" (Taylor)
  5. "You Told Them Exactly What I Didn't Say" (Taylor)
  6. "Big Shot & Miniature Girl" (Taylor)
  7. "Ten Gallon Hat" (Taylor)
  8. "Hey John Wayne" (Taylor)
  9. "Chicken Crosses The Road" (Taylor)
  10. "You Lay Down" (Taylor)

Personnel

  • Terry Scott Taylor: vocals
    Singing
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    , Lead and Rhythm guitar
    Guitar
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  • Mike Roe: guitar
    Guitar
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  • Derri Daugherty
    Derri Daugherty
    Derri Daugherty is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for band The Choir....

    : guitar
    Guitar
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  • Tim Chandler
    Tim Chandler
    Tim Chandler is a bass guitar player, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies and The Choir....

    : Bass
    Bass guitar
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     Guitars
  • Ed McTaggart
    Ed McTaggart
    Ed McTaggart is an American drummer and artist. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Daniel Amos.McTaggart joined DA in 1976, after years of playing with Bill Sprouse Jr.'s band The Road Home....

    : drums
    Drum kit
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  • Gene Eugene
    Gene Eugene
    Gene "Eugene" Andrusco was a Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the funk/rock band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies and as a founding member of the roots music supergroup Lost Dogs.-Acting:Andrusco was a child...

    : keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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  • Phil Madeira
    Phil Madeira
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    : keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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    , Accordion
    Accordion
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     & Lap Steel
  • Andy Prickett: guitar
    Guitar
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  • Burleigh Drummond: percussion
    Percussion instrument
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Production notes

  • Produced by Terry Scott Taylor.
  • Recorded by Gene Eugene and Terry Scott Taylor at the Green Room
    The Green Room
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    , Huntington Beach, California
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  • Mixed by Gene Eugene.
  • Photos by Anna Cardenas.
  • Design by Tom Gulotta
    Tom Gulotta
    Tom Gulotta is best known as the head of the Stunt Records label, which was formed in 1990 with Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor....

    , Court Patton and Anna Cardenas.
  • Map Illustration by Douglas TenNapel.


A Special Thanks to Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, O'Connor wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries...

 for "Exactly", to Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager is an American syndicated radio talk show host, syndicated columnist, author, and public speaker. He is noted for his conservative political and social views emanating from conservative Judeo-Christian values. He holds that there is an "American Trinity" of essential principles,...

 (my radio mentor) for the few hours of sanity each day, to Fred Buechner
Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner is an American writer and theologian. Born July 11, 1926 in New York City, he is an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of more than thirty published books thus far. His work encompasses different genres, including fiction, autobiography, essays and sermons, and his...

(who I consider my friend and my spiritual pastor), and above all to the One who keeps me "under the mercy".
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