| 01 - Don't Want Me Too 02:36 |
| 02 - Mona Lisa 02:54 |
| 03 - Just A Heart 03:27 |
| 04 - The Parakeet 02:22 |
| 05 - Floor To Crawl 02:49 |
| 06 - What Little I Got Left 02:28 |
| 07 - The Pain Of Loving You 03:06 |
| 08 - Ain't A Goin 02:33 |
| 09 - Midnight Run 03:22 |
| 10 - Leavin' For Good 03:01 |
| 11 - Don't Depend On Me 03:26 |
| 12 - Men Like Me Can Fly 02:11 |
| A local legend in West Texas, James Hand spent the better part of four |
| decades writing and playing pure honky tonk country before he earned any |
| significant attention outside the Lone Star State, when Rounder Records |
| released his first nationally distributed album, 2006's The Truth Will |
| Set You Free. James Hand was born in 1952 in Waco, TX, and developed a |
| passion for country music early in life, joining a band that was playing |
| local roadhouses at the age of 12. While Hand loved music, 15 dollars a |
| night and free beer wasn't enough to keep body and soul together, and he |
| took up a career as a horse trainer. (Hand says of his work with |
| animals, "People act like it's some big deal, like this whole horse |
| whispering thing. But I'll tell you something you can whisper to 'em, |
| you can get down on your knees and act like 'em, but the horse knows you |
| ain't a horse.") But over the years Hand kept writing songs and playing |
| them at various Lone Star honky tonks, and slowly but surely he earned a |
| following of loyal fans, including Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Ray Benson |
| (of Asleep at the Wheel), and legendary University of Texas football |
| coach Darrell K. Royal. In 1996, Hand cut his first album, Shadows Where |
| the Magic Was, for a small local label; the album earned solid reviews, |
| and his next effort, 2000's Evil Things, fared even better. In 2005, |
| word about Hand's work finally began to spread east, and the venerable |
| roots music label Rounder Records signed Hand to a recording contract. |
| Hand's first album for Rounder, The Truth Will Set You Free, was |
| produced by Lloyd Maines and hit stores in the spring of 2006. |
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