Cracker: David Lowery (vocals, guitar); Johnny Hickman (guitar, background vocals); Davey Faragher (bass, background vocals); Phil Jones (drums, percussion); Michael Urbano (drums).

Recorded at The Soundstage, Pioneertown, California in February & March 1993.

With their second album Cracker have lost the smarmy self-righteousness that plagued their otherwise fine debut, replacing it with a surprisingly solid, rocking core. Kerosene Hat is David Lowery's least affected album yet -- its humor is no stranger than "Dead Flowers" by the Stones or "Fat Man in a Bathtub" by Little Feat, two groups that Cracker strongly recall throughout the album. Kerosene Hat is more blues- and country-based than their debut, but it sounds natural, since their songwriting has improved and they've grown tighter as a unit. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Spin (10/93, p.104) - "...Cracker weaves the language of bluesy rock in a way that feels genuinely well-bred, even in decline....Cracker's thrills are deeply conservative..."

Musician (9/93, p.72) - "...KEROSENE HAT may be the year's most important rock 'n' roll album simply because it shows that the genre hasn't died of overuse--and, more importantly, that it doesn't deserve to..."

NME (Magazine) (6/11/94, p.33) - 7 - Very Good - "...The music does the talking and the gags just make occasional, low-key interuptions....Yet they redeem themselves with a whole heap of trashy but soulful country-rock poses..."