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Mescalero is centered around a variety of Tejano instrumentation including accordion, pedal steel guitar, and harmonica.

The album often features slide guitar and " fuzzy " bass sounds.

It opens with " Mescalero ," a track with marimbas featured throughout the entire song and a solo at the end.

" Two Ways to Play " is a hard rock-inspired track in which Billy Gibbons ' guitar is tuned down a whole step from standard pitch.

" Alley-Gator " made use of the accordion and a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop played by Gibbons.

" Buck Nekkid " is a moderate swing, while " Goin ' So Good " is a slow ballad, the latter of which Gibbons used a 1949 Fender Telecaster prototype and played Steve Cropper-tinged licks ; he traded phrases in call and response form with a pedal steel guitar.

" Me So Stupid " is a moderate rock featuring a clip of Gibbons ' voice remaining constant throughout the track.

Dusty Hill sang lead vocals on " Piece.