Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy
Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy is the second album by Brides of Funkenstein, a female funk group. It was released in 1979 on Atlantic Records and later reissued in 2011 by Wounded Bird. By this release the band had become a trio: Dawn Silva, Sheila Horne, and Jeanette McGruder, with Horne and McGruder later singing backup on P-Funk tours.
The album won the Cashbox Rhythm & Blues Award in 1980 for Best Female Group. The nominated song was the 1979 single “Didn’t Mean To Fall In Love,” written and produced by Ron Dunbar. The title track, “Never Buy Texas From a Cowboy,” was a regional hit in the Midwest, Europe, and Asia.
Production was mostly by George Clinton; “Smoke Signals” was co-produced by Clinton and Bootsy Collins, and “Didn’t Mean To Fall In Love” was produced by Ron Dunbar. The album was reissued in the U.S. by Wounded Bird on October 18, 2011.
Critical notes were mixed: the Pittsburgh Press felt it lacked P-Funk’s satirical lyrics, while The Morning Call criticized too much screaming, counter-beats, and dissonance. In 2002, Rolling Stone ranked Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy No. 26 on its list of the 50 “coolest” albums of all time.
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