Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love

by James Talley

Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1975
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:28:24
  • Community rating: 4.13/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

James Talley's critically lauded debut is a profound, empathetic examination of working-class American struggles and rural poverty. Merging traditional country instrumentation with western swing and sharply observant progressive country lyricism, the album drew immediate, high-profile praise from figures like Rosalynn Carter.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, poverty, nostalgia

Tracklist

  1. W. Lee O'Daniel and the Light Crust Dough Boys (2:47)
  2. Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, but We Sure Got a Lot of Love (2:11)
  3. Red River Memory (3:25)
  4. Give Him Another Bottle (2:00)
  5. Calico Gypsy (2:53)
  6. To Get Back Home (2:20)
  7. Big Taters in the Sandy Land (1:36)
  8. No Opener Needed (3:11)
  9. Blue Eyed Ruth and My Sunday Suit (1:54)
  10. Mehan, Oklahoma (2:41)
  11. Daddy's Song (1:34)
  12. Take Me to the Country (3:53)
  13. Red River Reprise (2:13)
  14. Interview 1 - WKDA Radio (25:22)
  15. Interview 2 - WKDA Radio (30:18)

Credits

  • James Talley - primary artist, acoustic guitar, lead vocals vocal
  • Johnny Gimble - written-by, fiddle mandolin
  • Rick Durrett - accordion electric piano organ piano
  • Doyle Grisham - acoustic guitar electric guitar resonator guitar steel guitar
  • John Hiatt - acoustic guitar
  • Karl T. Himmel - membranophone
  • Steve Hostak - electric guitar
  • Michael Martin - spoons

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