"Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man" is a song from American alternative rock band Concrete Blonde, which was released in 1992 as the lead single from their fourth studio album Walking in London.
[6][7] On its release, The Hard Report described "Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man" as "a rhythm driven 'lil devil", with "witty, intelligent lyrics" and a "semi-campy arrangement".
"[9] Jordan Zivitz of the Montreal Gazette commented, "The song is far better than most of the rubbish on radio nowadays, but Concrete Blonde has set such high expectations for themselves that this new track is disappointing.
"[10] In his top ten list of single releases for the first half of 1992, Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times picked the song as number seven and commented, "Combines the authority and gallop of the Pretenders with the mysterious but arty currents of film director Wim Wenders.
"[11] In a review of Walking in London, Parry Gettelman of The Orlando Sentinel described the song as "a cowboy-ghost-story-romance set to cattle-drive rhythms".
He added, "Mankey turns into the Ennio Morricone of the guitar [and] Napolitano's delivery is full-throttle, but she strikes a note of wry detachment, half-speaking humorous lines.
"[12] Barbara Jaeger of The Record commented, "The jaunty tune, with its spaghetti western feel fueled by Napolitano's dusky vocals [is] unlike anything the trio has done before.