Onion is the Mike McClure Band's sixth album. It was released in August of 2009. Steve Ripley

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 of the Tulsa

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-based country band, The Tractors

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, lends his vocals in the song, "Warm Inside." Included on the album is a more orchestral version of the Great Divide

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 song, "Nowhere Woman," which originally appeared on the 1999 album, Revolutions. "The Funeral", co-written with Evan Felker, of the Turnpike Troubadours, was recorded and released on their 2010 album, Diamonds & Gasoline.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike McClure except where noted.

1. "Crash Land" - 4:21
2. "Perfect Night" - 3:06
3. "Gonna Be Hard" - 3:24
4. "Deviants" - 2:56
5. "Find It In You" (McClure, Aquino) - 3:34
6. "Light On My Hands" - 3:31
7. "Nowhere Woman" (McClure, Chambers) - 3:37
8. "Pumped Up Charlie" (McClure, Steve Ripley) - 3:27
9. "Warm Inside" - 5:00
10. "The Funeral" (McClure, Evan Felker) - 3:56
11. "Highways" - 3:12

Personnel

• Mike McClure - guitar, vocals
• Eric Hansen - drums
• Tom Skinner - bass
• Joe Hardy - additional instruments, mixing and mastering
• Steve Ripley - vocals
• Cas Haley - vocals