Picnic (album)

Picnic is an album by the Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, released in 1997.[4][5] It was his first album for Arista Records.[6] The album is dedicated to Townes Van Zandt.[7]

This article is about the Robert Earl Keen album. For the Harvest Records sampler, see Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air.

Picnic
Studio album by
Robert Earl Keen
ReleasedApril 29, 1997
GenreFolk, country
Length44:10
LabelArista
ProducerJohn Keane[1]
Robert Earl Keen chronology
No. 2 Live Dinner
(1996)		 Picnic
(1997)		 Walking Distance
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Keen’s vivid scenarios in Picnic pack more punch than the usual Austin twang and bang."[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted

  1. "Undone" – 3:47
  2. "Over the Waterfall" – 4:30
  3. "Levelland" (James McMurtry) – 5:11
  4. "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" – 4:08
  5. "Oh Rosie" – 5:23
  6. "Runnin' with the Night" – 4:15
  7. "The Coming Home of the Son and Brother" (J. D. Hutchison) – 3:53
  8. "Shades of Gray" – 5:07
  9. "Fourth of July" (Dave Alvin) – 3:59
  10. "Then Came Lo Mein" – 3:57

Personnel
  • Nancy Blake – cello (track 10)
  • Rich Brotherton – electric guitar (tracks 2, 3, 7), backing vocals (track 3), acoustic guitar (tracks: 1 to 5, 7)
  • John Keane – steel guitar (tracks 4, 5, 7), mandolin (track 1), keyboards (tracks 2, 10), electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 9), bass (tracks 6, 10), backing vocals (track 9), acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 6, 8, 10)
  • Gurf Morlix – electric guitar (tracks 3, 5, 6, 9)
  • Joel Morris – drums (tracks 3, 6, 9)
  • Tim O'Brien – mandolin (tracks 2, 4, 8)
  • Mark Thomas Patterson – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
  • Dave Schools – bass guitar (track 9)
  • Margo Timmins – vocals (track 10), backing vocals (tracks 4, 7)
  • Bill Whitbeck – bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5)
  • Tim White – organ (track 9), keyboards (track 3), accordion (track 6)
  • Robert Earl Keen – vocals (tracks 1 to 10), acoustic guitar (tracks 1 to 10)

References
  1. Margasak, Peter (August 21, 1997). "Robert Earl Keen/ R.B. Morris". Chicago Reader.
  2. "Picnic - Robert Earl Keen | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Picnic". EW.com.
  4. "Robert Earl Keen Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. "One More Image". www.austinchronicle.com.
  6. "Robert Earl Keen – Picnic". No Depression. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  7. "Robert Earl Keen by Gary Fisketjon - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org.


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