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Release Date: 01/13/1992
Run Time: 36:05
Album number three from
the Texas Tornados (and the last until a short-lived reunion four years down the line) followed the same path as their first two entries -- which is to say, if it was fun and came somewhere from the great state of Texas, you'll find a taste of it here. With
"Guacamole," Augie Meyers finally penned a fitting follow-up to
"(Hey Baby) Que Paso";
Freddy Fender shows off his strong but silky pipes on the up-tempo
"A Mover El Bote" and the weepy
"I'm Trying";
Flaco Jimenez celebrates both the accordion and the bottle on the heartbroken
"Ando Muy Borracho"; and
Doug Sahm serves up a lot of
rock and a little
reggae on the title cut and
"La Grande Vida." While the
Tex-Mex influences dominate more strongly on
Hangin' on by a Thread than they had on the first two albums, the album also sounds a bit more cohesive as a result, and
Sahm's more
rock-oriented material still displays a strong sense of the aural and cultural cross pollination that makes Texas music (and
the Texas Tornados) so great. While it hardly sounds like a final gesture, curtain calls were not what this band was about, and
Hangin' on by a Thread did make a better final chapter to
the Texas Tornados' story than their 1996 reunion album,
Four Aces.
~Mark Deming, All Music Guide
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