Louise Kirchen

My debut CD The Waiting Game contains 13 original songs spanning over four decades of writing, recorded with a dream team (pinch me!) of Austin’s finest musicians, and truthfully, finest anywhere. With the help of these amazing artists and Ace producer Rich Brotherton at the helm, many of my old songs have now been brought to new life. It was certainly a high point for me to be working with all of them, each a virtuoso in his own right. 

Musicians Extraordinaire

Rich Brotherton (Robert Earl Keen, Ulla) acoustic and electric guitars, bass, octave mandolin, cittern, harmony vocals.  Plays on every song!  

Bill Kirchen (Commander Cody, Nick Lowe) electric guitar; Big Hat, No Cattle, Mud on My Boots, Back in the Day, Honky Tonk Song, Mountains of Mexico, Fly on Your Jacket, Trade Winds; acoustic guitar on Dream World  

Rick Richards (Joe Walsh, Ray Wylie Hubbard) drums, bendir; Back in the Day, Mud on My Boots, Fly On Your Jacket, Honky Tonk Song, Just Friends That’s All, Mountains of Mexico, Didn’t They Ever Tell You 

David Carroll (Billy Joe Shaver, Ray Price) upright bass; Big Hat, No Cattle, Mountains of Mexico, Patchwork, Trade Winds 

Floyd Domino (Merle Haggard, Asleep At the Wheel) piano; Big Hat, No Cattle, Consolation Prize, Honky Tonk Song, Didn’t They Ever Tell You, Just Friends, That’s All  

Marty Muse (Robert Earl Keen, Shinyribs) console steel, pedal steel; Big Hat, No Cattle, Consolation Prize  

Warren Hood (Waybacks, BoDeans) fiddle; Consolation Prize, Honky Tonk Song, Patchwork Pattern, Didn’t They Ever Tell You 

Dan Torosian (Copa Kings, Austin Symphony) clarinet; Just Friends, That’s All  

Paul Glasse (Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin) electric mandolin; Just Friends, That’s All 

The Waiting Game was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Rich Brotherton at Ace Recording, Austin TX