Top Names Unite for Cindy Walker Tribute Album

Cindy Walker was one of the most important and prolific songwriters in country music history, penning some 500 recorded songs, and some 400 of them charting in the Top 40, and often with the same song being recorded by different stars and in different decades. If you disappeared the legacy of Cindy Walker from country music, it would sound significantly different, and significantly more dull. That’s the reason her plaque rests in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Walker’s legacy has been cemented in country history, but her childhood home in Mexia, TX has fallen into disrepair. An effort to save the home has been underway for multiple years, and inspired by the preservation effort, country artist and famous voice actor Grey DeLisle has taken it upon herself to record a tribute to Cindy Walker called It’s All Her Fault: A Tribute To Cindy Walker, with streaming proceeds going to the Cindy Walker Foundation.

To be released on October 10th via Hummin’bird Records, the album features a who’s who of today’s country artists who are directly inspired by the Cindy Walker catalog, including Summer Dean, Kimmi Bitter, Rosie Flores, Amythyst Kiah, Brennen Leigh, Melissa Carper, Jolie Holland, and more. You also have some top musicians in traditional country appearing on the album, including pedal/lap steel player Chris Scruggs, Deke Dickerson, and drummer Lisa Pankratz.

Ahead of the album, Kelly Willis has released her version of “I Don’t Care,” first recorded by Webb Pierce, which became a 12-week #1 song in 1955 before being re-recorded as a Ricky Skaggs #1 hit in 1982.

“I first heard this song from a Ricky Skaggs record and loved love loved it,” says Kelly Willis. “But I first sang it with Bruce and Charlie Robison at their sister‘s wedding to our longtime bass player. And it was such a beautiful song to sing in that setting and at that occasion, and such a sweet, tender moment. I have just always loved that song, and so when asked which Cindy Walker song I’d like to sing to, it was my first choice.”

With executive producer Grey DeLisle doing a duet with Brennen Leigh on the album on “You’ve Got Me Heart Doing a Tap Dance,” this means all the Wonder Women of Country make an appearance on the record. Along with releasing a double LP earlier this year called The Grey Album, DeLisle has also appeared as a voice actor in The Simpsons, Scooby-Doo, SpongeBob SquarePants, and King Of The Hill among others.

It’s All Her Fault: A Tribute To Cindy Walker is now available for pre-save/pre-order.

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TRACK LIST:

1. You’re From Texas – Katie Shore  
2. Don’t Talk To Me About Men – Summer Dean 
3. Hey, Mr. Bluebird – Kimmi Bitter
4. Goin’ Away Party – Amythyst Kiah
5. It’s All Your Fault – Mozzy Dee 
6. You Don’t Know Me – Rosie Flores
7. I Don’t Care – Kelly Willis
8. You’ve Got My Heart Doing A Tap-Dance – Brennen Leigh, Grey DeLisle
9. Take Me In Your Arms (And Hold Me) – Melissa Carper 
10. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) – Mandy Barnett
11. The Warm Red Wine – Gail Davies
12. Don’t Be Ashamed Of Your Age – Jolie Holland
13. The Day You Left Me – Ginny Mac