Thank Heavens for Dale Evans

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Thank Heavens for Dale Evans is the debut studio album by American country band the Dixie Chicks. The group's original membership of Robin Lynn Macy, Laura Lynch, Martie Erwin, and Emily Erwin (whose names were changed to Martie Maguire and Emily Robison upon marriage), would survive intact for only this album and the following Little Ol' Cowgirl, from 1989 to 1992, before first Macy, and then Lynch departed and the current vocalist, Natalie Maines assumed the vocalist position in 1995, creating the trio that became the highly successful band which found great fame in 1998 and remain popular with a large following to this day.

Track listing

1. "The Cowboy Lives Forever" (L. Goza) - 2:57
2. "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Patsy Montana) - 2:17
3. "Thunderheads" (Lisa Brandenburg, Robin Lynn Macy) - 4:17
4. "Long Roads" (John Kirk, Lorie Lichtenwalner) - 2:22
5. "Who Will Be the Next One" (Angela Moore) - 2:01
6. "Brilliancy" (Traditional, Instrumental) - 2:16
7. "Thank Heavens for Dale Evans" (Martie Erwin, Macy, Lisa Brandenburg) - 2:54
8. "This Heart of Mine" (Steven F. Brines, Jim Smoak) - 2:28
9. "Storm Out on the Sea" (Mary Neal Northcut, Macy) - 3:26
10. "West Texas Wind" (Jon Ims) - 3:53
11. "Rider" (Traditional) - 2:53
12. "Green River" (Donna Cary) - 3:16
13. "Salty" (Kenny Baker, traditional, instrumental) - 2:20
14. "Bring It On Home to Me" (Sam Cooke, Charles Brown) - 1:47

Personnel

Dixie Chicks

• Robin Lynn Macy - guitar, vocals, harmony
• Laura Lynch - bass, vocals
• Martie Erwin - fiddle, viola, harmony
• Emily Erwin - banjo, harmony

Additional personnel

• Dave Peters - mandolin