Call You Cowboy is an American Western album released by Brenn Hill in 2001. The album was nominated as Traditional Western Album of the Year by the Western Music Association.[1]

Call You Cowboy
Studio album by
ReleasedJul 31, 2001
Recorded2001
GenreCountry, cowboy
Length44:53
LabelReal West Productions
ProducerBruce Innes, Duke Davis
Brenn Hill chronology
Trail Through Yesterday
(2000)
Call You Cowboy
(2001)
Endangered
(2004)

"Call You Cowboy"

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The title track was chosen by the Members of the Western Writers of America as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[2] In the song, the singer talks to another person whose "father calls you a drifter, but I call you cowboy", then describes what are, to him, the attributes of a "cowboy" — intricacy, complexity, innovation, survivability, and unwillingness to conform.[3][4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Brenn Hill, except as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Call You Cowboy" 4:02
2."Roundup Fire" 2:49
3."Lady Idaho" 2:58
4."Night Horse"Chuck Pyle4:04
5."Rewin the West" 3:27
6."Cottonwood" 2:06
7."Greys River Road" 2:38
8."Wyoming Wind" 3:39
9."Nights Like This" 3:33
10."Fall Comin On" 3:38
11."Bitter Creek" 3:47
12."Powder River Queen" 2:49
13."Hill Family Song" 5:23
Total length:44:53

Personnel

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  • Scotty Burns - violin
  • Gary Carlson - electric bass
  • Duke Davis - bass guitar
  • Matt Flinner - mandolin
  • Bruce Innes - acoustic guitar
  • Rich O'Brien - guitars
  • Andy Poling - percussion
  • Jeffery Rew - upright bass
  • Kenny Sears - dobro
  • Wayne 'Bullhide' Shrubsall - banjo
  • Ryan Shupe - mandolin
  • Russell Terrell - background vocals
  • Paul Todd - harmonica
  • Byron Walcher - pedal steel guitar
  • Brenn Hill - vocals, background vocals

References

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  1. ^ "Call You Cowboy". CowboyPoetry.com. Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  2. ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Call You Cowboy". Billboard. 2001-08-25. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  4. ^ Lohr, Michael (2010-01-01). "Brenn Hill". Cowboys & Indians. Retrieved 2015-01-13.