: It is characterized by its blues-rock influence, featuring Rea’s signature gravelly baritone and "weeping" slide guitar. 3. Production and Media
: Produced by Rea and Jon Kelly , the track features Max Middleton on keyboards and Martin Ditcham on percussion. Chris Rea - Texas
: Rea wrote the song after a conversation with a neighbor about the state's vast, open roads and lack of traffic—a stark contrast to the gridlock of British motorways that themed much of the album. : It is characterized by its blues-rock influence,
: An earlier, entirely different track released on the album Water Sign . : Rea wrote the song after a conversation
: At the time, critics praised its "nicely loose" feel and the "optimism" it provided amidst the darker social commentary of The Road to Hell . The Atlantic has since described it as a testament to the "European fascination" with the Lone Star State.