On February 24, 2015, “Complicated Game Records” label released “Complicated Game”, the ninth James McMurtry studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Nappy Dugout”, “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, Louisiana, “La Louisianne Recording Studios”, “Electric Comoland”, “FHQ Studio” in Lafayette, Louisiana, “Wire Recording” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Mike Napolitano and C.C. Adcock.
Personnel:
James McMurtry – vocal, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, piano, dobro
Sam Broussard – electric guitar, strings arrangements
C. C. Adcock (Charles Clinton Adcock) – electric guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards, dobro, pub gang vocals, mixing
Cornbread (Michael Traylor) – bass, pub gang vocals
Kevin Smith – double bass
Daren Hess – drums, percussion, pub gang vocals
Warren Storm – drums
Mike McGoldrick – bagpipes, low whistle, bodhrán, backing vocals
Rick Nelson – violin, cello
Quintron (Robert Rolston) – loops
Little Isidore – doo wop vocals
Tim Holt – backing vocals, pub gang vocals
David Forman – backing vocals, pub gang vocals
Trina Shoemaker – backing vocals
Doyle Bramhall II – backing vocals
Rory McGoldrick – pub gang vocals
Tony Trundle – pub gang vocals
Mike Napolitano – recording, mixing
Ben Mumphrey, Bobby Tis, David Rachou, Dave Rosser, Erik Flettrich, John Porter, Matt Aguiluz, Rick Nelson, Stuart Sullivan, Tony Daigle, Wes Fontenot – additional engineering