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[Dennie]

Low Country Blues -- CD

Gregg Allman

2011 Rounder Records

Product Description

Gregg Allman's first solo album in 14 years was produced by T Bone Burnett and features 11 covers of songs from legendary bluesmen Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Sleepy John Estes, and many more, PLUS an original song written by Gregg and the Allman Brothers' Warren Haynes called "Just Another Rider." Gregg's backing band on the album includes Dr. John on piano, Doyle Bramhall II on guitar, and the incomparable rhythm section of bassist Dennis Crouch and drummer Jay Bellerose (from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's multiple Grammy-winning `Raising Sand' album).

1. Floating Bridge (Sleepy John Estes)
2. Little By Little (Junior Wells)
3. Devil Got My Woman (Skip James)
4. I Can’t Be Satisfied (Muddy Waters)
5. Blind Man (Bobby Bland)
6. Just Another Rider (Gregg Allman & Warren Haynes)
7. Please Accept My Love (BB King)
8. I Believe I’ll Go Back Home (Traditional)
9. Tears Tears Tears (Amos Milburn)
10. My Love is Your Love (Samuel Maghett)
11. Checking On My Baby (Otis Rush)
12. Rolling Stone (Traditional)

Dennie, how is this one???

I'm really enjoying it! Great blues and a great blues band with Dr. John on Piano! :handgestures-thumbup:

It seems, each time I play it, I like it more and more. IMHO, T Bone has produced another winner of an album.

Dennie

 

[Dennie]

A wet rainy day here.....

Blues For A Rotten Afternoon -- CD

Various Artists

2000 Telarc Records

From the "ain't nothin' more authentic" dirge of Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson's "So Mean to Me" to the barrelhouse cluckin' of Marty Grebb's "Hen House," this blatant copy of Joel Dorn's Jazz For- series combines true tales of loss with rather peppy pleas for love, wealth, and the other anti-ingredients of the blues. In true blues, everything gets lost, prompting Junior Wells to ask the somewhat musical question "Why Are People Like That" (a bluesy companion to Dylan's "Rainy Day Women"). While John Primer's "Brutal Hearted Woman" might be the culprit, Son Seals tells listeners that it can be the love itself that has the breakdown. In those cases where the problem is not your woman (which is actually the desired aim in Sugar Ray Norcia's blues-hearted "Life Will Be Better"), another common culprit is money (which is the titular theme of Debbie Davies' contribution). In the modern blues age, that can also mean a case of "Credit Card Blues," which Terry Evans diagnoses with insightful and cautionary humor. In the worst case scenario, love and money can combine for even more tragic results, as in Sam Lay's "Somebody's Gotta Do It." Though you may not want to admit it, there are times when the loss is your own darn fault, as in Kenny Neal's Cocker-esque "Killed the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg." Other times, the loss is not intentional, but still ends up being your fault, as in Lady Bianca's Motown-worthy heart-burner "How Do I Tell My Little Sister?" No matter what causes the pain, sometimes the only answer seems to be diving into a sea of drink, as Willie Dixon prepares to do in "If the Sea Was Whiskey." Other times, there isn't anything to do but sing the blues. Though the repertoire and cast of characters on this label sampler is impressive, nobody puts it together better than Maria Muldaur, whose aching "Misery and the Blues" sums it all up in more than name. ~ Matthew Robinson

1. Why Are People Like That? - Charles, Bobby [1]
2. Credit Card Blues - Evans, Terry
3. Misery and the Blues - LaVere, Charlie
4. Life Will Be Better - Norcia, Sugar Ray
5. So Mean to Me - Campbell, Milton
6. Money - Costagno, Don
7. Love Had a Breakdown - Seals, Frank "Son"
8. Killed the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg - Greenlee, Bob
9. How Do I Tell My Little Sister? - Lippitt, S.
10. Somebody Gotta Do It - Smith
11. If the Sea Was Whiskey - Caston, Leonard
12. Brutal Hearted Woman - Shines, Johnny
13. Hen House - Grebb, Marty

 

[Dennie]

Emperors Of Soul -- 5 CD Box Set

The Temptations

1994 Motown Records

Amazon.com essential recording

The Temptations prospered by their gifts and their very name, which stood for the best of so much of what the soul-group tradition had to offer--standout lead vocalists, killer harmonies, and steps and suits that mortal men could only envy. By the '90s, though, the words "The Temptations" were as much a branding device as a guarantee of excellence. Fortunately, the five-CD Emperors of Soul spends most of its time winding through the act's various changes of style and personnel; this is the group, after all, that confidently leapt from romance classics such as "My Girl" to the ultrafunky "I Can't Get Next to You" and the downright scary "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." Like all royalty, they're a fallible institution, but if it's a big, big box of Tempts you want, Emperors is the one. --Rickey Wright
Disc 1: Early years

All tracks in mono.

1. "Come On" (by Otis Williams & the Distants)
2. "Oh, Mother of Mine"
3. "Romance Without Finance"
4. "Check Yourself"
5. "Dream Come True"
6. "Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)" (credited as "The Pirates")
7. "I'll Love You 'Til I Die" (credited as "The Pirates")
8. "Paradise"
9. "Slow Down Heart"
10. "I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To"
11. "Witchcraft (For Your Love)" *
12. "I Want A Love I Can See"
13. "The Further You Look, The Less You See"
14. "Farewell My Love"
15. "A Tear From A Woman's Eyes"
16. "The Way You Do the Things You Do"
17. "I'll Be in Trouble"
18. "The Girl's Alright With Me"
19. "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)"
20. "Baby, Baby I Need You"
21. "My Girl"
22. "(Talking 'Bout) Nobody But My Baby"
23. "It's Growing"
24. "You'll Lose A Precious Love"
25. "Since I Lost My Baby"
26. "You've Got To Earn It"
27. "My Baby"
28. "Don't Look Back"


Disc 2: "Classic-5" years

All tracks in mono unless otherwise noted.

1. "Get Ready"
2. "Fading Away"
3. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
4. "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"
5. "Who You Gonna Run To"
6. "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"
7. "I Got Heaven Right Here On Earth" *
8. "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
9. "All I Need"
10. "Sorry Is A Sorry Word"
11. "I'm Doing It All"
12. "No More Water In The Well"
13. "You're My Everything"
14. "Just One Last Look"
15. "Angel Doll"*
16. "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need"
17. "Don't Send Me Away"
18. "Hello Young Lovers"
19. "Ol' Man River" [Alternate Version]*
20. "I Wish It Would Rain"
21. "I Truly, Truly Believe"
22. "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)"
23. "Please Return Your Love To Me"
24. "How Can I Forget"
25. "For Once in My Life" (live from TCB) (stereo)
26. "My Girl" [Acapella] (bonus track)

Disc 3: "Psychedelic soul" years

All tracks in stereo unless otherwise noted.

1. "Cloud Nine" (mono)
2. "Why Did She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go)" (mono)
3. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations)
4. "I'll Try Something New" (Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations) (mono)
5. "Runaway Child, Running Wild" (single edit) (mono)
6. "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down" (mono)
7. "I Can't Get Next to You" (mono)
8. "Message From A Black Man"
9. "War"
10. "Psychedelic Shack" **
11. "Hum Along and Dance"
12. "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" (mono)
13. "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World)" (mono)
14. "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (mono)
15. "Take a Look Around"
16. "It's Summer"
17. "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)"
18. "I Ain't Got Nothin'"
19. "Mother Nature"
20. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (single edit)

Disc 4: Funk/disco years

All songs in stereo.

1. "Masterpiece" (single edit)
2. "Plastic Man" (single edit)
3. "Hey Girl" (I Like Your Style)
4. "Law Of The Land" [Alternate Mix] *
5. "Let Your Hair Down"
6. "Heavenly"
7. "You've Got My Soul on Fire"
8. "Happy People"
9. "Shakey Ground"
10. "Glasshouse"
11. "A Song for You"
12. "Memories"
13. "Keep Holdin' On"
14. "Darling, Stand By Me (Song For My Woman)"
15. "Who Are You" (original title: "Who Are You (and What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life)")
16. "In a Lifetime"
17. "Power"
18. "Isn't the Night Fantastic"
19. "Aiming at Your Heart"

Disc 5: 1980s and 1990s

All songs in stereo.

1. "Standing On The Top" [Pt. 1]
2. "Sail Away"
3. "Treat Her Like A Lady"
4. "My Love Is True (Truly For You)"
5. "Do You Really Love Your Baby"
6. "Magic"
7. "Lady Soul"
8. "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now"
9. "Look What You Started"
10. "Soul To Soul"
11. "Special"
12. "My Kind Of Woman" *
13. "Hoops Of Fire"
14. "Error Of Our Ways" ***
15. "Givin' U The Best" ***
16. "Elevator Eyes" ***
17. "Blueprint For Love" ***

 

[Dennie]

Stardust -- 2 CD Set

Willie Nelson

1978/2008 Columbia Legacy

Amazon.com essential recording

Willie Nelson has never been one to do the safe or expected, and this Booker T. Jones-produced album of pop standards from the '30s and '40s certainly fits the profile. It's also one of the better albums of Nelson's career, allowing Willie to dip his fragile, quivering tenor all around the beat in songs like "All of Me" and "Unchained Melody." Jones's organ, piano, and string arrangements are low-key and swinging (except on the almost wooden "On the Sunny Side of the Street"), and Nelson's vocals on "Georgia on My Mind" and "Moonlight in Vermont" are filled with a dignified and slightly jazzy country soul. --David Cantwell

1. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:53
2. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 4:20
3. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 3:34
4. "All of Me", (Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks) – 3:54
5. "Unchained Melody" (Hy Zaret, Alex North) – 3:50
6. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 4:35
7. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:36
8. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:25
9. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:33
10. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:03

In 2008, Columbia Records issued a version of Stardust subtitled 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition. The album contained a 16 track bonus disc of songs Nelson's other albums. None of the bonus tracks date to the original Stardust sessions.

1. "What a Wonderful World" (George David Weiss and Bob Thiele)
2. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams)
3. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (D. Dougherty, E. Reynolds and A. Neiburg)
4. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young)
5. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid)
6. "Mona Lisa" (Jay Livingston and Ray Evans)
7. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen)
8. "Ole Buttermilk Sky" (Hoagy Carmichael and J. Brooks)
9. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie and Beasley Smith)
10. "Little Things Mean a Lot" (E. Calisch and C. Stutz)
11. "Cry" (Churchill Kohlman)
12. "You'll Never Know" (Mack Gordon and Harry Warren)
13. "Tenderly" (Jack Lawrence and Walter Lloyd Gross)
14. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler)
15. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen)
16. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent and Matt Dennis)

 

[heeman]

Gregg Allman

I'm No Angel and Just Before The Bullets Fly.

I couldn't find any album art that would stay posted... :angry-tappingfoot:

 

[PaulyT]

 

[Dennie]

Just Let Go -- CD

Coco Montoya

1997 Blind Pig Records

Amazon.com

It was Albert Collins who hired Coco Montoya as a drummer in 1972 and then taught the young Californian how to play guitar during their five years on the road together. On his third solo album, Just Let Go, Montoya pays tribute to his mentor with a smoldering version of Collins's slow blues, "Do What You Want to Do." You can hear Collins's influence in Montoya's gruff bellowing and screaming guitar phrases, but you can also hear the effect of two other Collins disciples, Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan. Stevie Ray's former producer, Jim Gaines, produced Just Let Go and gave it the rocking rhythms and Memphis-soul inflections that marked the Vaughan brothers' work.

Montoya isn't as stunning a guitarist as the Vaughans, but he's a better singer, and the album works best when Montoya shies away from the guitar fireworks and marries a catchy R&B chorus to a blues-rock groove, much like Jimmie Vaughan's old band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds. The title track, cowritten by Montoya and David Steen, opens with an ear-grabbing guitar lick that resembles a Memphis horn riff and then jumps into a snappy pop-soul number. The Cate Brothers join Montoya on Steen's Stax-flavored "Give It to a Good Man," and former Little Feat singer Shaun Murphy joins the leader for a duet on Steen's bouncy "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby." The results resemble Delbert McClinton more than Collins, and that's just fine. --Geoffrey Himes

Track listing

1. Fear No Evil
2. What's Done Is Done
3. Just Let Go
4. My Side of the Fence
5. Cool Like Dat
6. Do What You Want to Do
7. Give It to a Good Man
8. Hard Love
9. Beginner at the Blues
10. Mother and Daughter
11. Nothing's Too Good for My Baby
12. Never Seen You Cry This Way Before
13. Sending Me Angels

 

[Dennie]

Stealing Second -- CD

Chris Thile

1997 Sugarhill Records

Some of the greatest mandolin music ever!, October 19, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Stealing Second (Audio CD)

I saw Chris Thile at Winterhawk '99 with David Grisman, and while the old master was no slouch, it was clear who was taking over the reigns of the title: greatest mandolin player on the planet (although Sam Bush and Mike Marshall are still neck and neck with him). As has been said, the great thing about this album is not that someone so young can play so well, but that anyone, regardless of age, can compose such sophisticated, soulful, beautiful music! Although I play the mandolin, I listen to this album for the melodies, not just for the hotlicks -- and that's probably the greatest compliment you can give to an album of instrumental bluegrass music!

1. "Ah Spring" - 1:44
2. "Stealing Second" - 3:14
3. "Kneel Before Him" - 4:41
4. "Bittersweet Reel" - 5:04
5. "Alderaanian Melody" - 2:50
6. "Hyperdrive" - 3:38
7. "Leaves Fall" - 4:20
8. "A Night In Mos Eisley" - 2:50
9. "Hop The Fence" - 2:57
10. "The Game Is Afoot" - 6:38
11. "Clear The Tracks" - 3:02
12. "Golden Pond" - 3:11
13. "Road To Wrigley" - 3:22
14. "Ryno's Lament" - 2:25


* Chris Thile - Bouzouki, Mandolin
* Russ Barenberg - Guitar
* Alison Brown - Banjo
* Sam Bush - Fiddle, Guitar, Producer
* Jerry Douglas - Dobro
* Stuart Duncan - Fiddle
* David Grier - Guitar
* Scott Thile - Bass
* Scott Vestal - Banjo

 

[Dennie]

Dream Cafe -- CD

Greg Brown

1992 Red House Records

Great voice, great music,, great imagery..., August 7, 2005
By Charlene Shotwell (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)


This review is from: Dream Cafe (Audio CD)

Ah, I love this guy! Brown's voice can go from back-of-the-bar room gravely to plaintative soprano... The music goes from folky to country to bluesy and is always great. The imagery in his songs are fantastic too -- some creepy rural themes, like the soundtrack to an Andrew Wyeth painting (ie. "Sleeper".) The song "Dream Cafe" makes me feel like I'm in an open air restaurant in Arizona... Which is odd because I've never been to Arizona... Case in point, this guy can do imagery...

1. "Just by Myself" – 4:45
2. "Sleeper" – 4:28
3. "I Don't Know That Guy" – 4:51
4. "So Hard" – 2:38
5. "You Can Watch Me" – 3:37
6. "Dream Cafe" – 5:55
7. "You Drive Me Crazy" – 4:56
8. "Spring Wind" – 4:32
9. "Nice When it Rains" – 3:10
10. "Laughing River" – 4:16
11. "No Place Away" – 4:10
12. "I Don't Want to Be the One" – 3:24


* Greg Brown – vocals, guitar, harmonica
* Bo Ramsey – guitar
* Tim Sparks – requinto
* Robin Adnan Anders – percussion, tabla, tupan, dourbakee
* Gordon Johnson – bass
* Dan Lund – guitar
* Kate McKenzie – background vocals
* Willie Murphy – piano, organ

 

[Dennie]

The Crow - New Songs for the Five String Banjo -- CD

Steve Martin

2009 Rounder Records

Who knew he could write this stuff?, January 28, 2009
By D. Steiner (Allenspark, CO USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)

Amazon Verified Purchase
This review is from: The Crow New Songs for the 5-String Banjo (Audio CD)

Martin wrote 14 of the 15 songs on this album. If you like original banjo music, this is for you. Martin had help from Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, Dolly Parton, Mary Black, Tony Trischka, Tim O'Brien and Pete Wrenick. It was produced by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen, a high school friend of Martin's. You can get this as a download from Amazon, but you will miss out on the 24 page book by Martin about the recording, the ensemble and his long relationship with the 5-string banjo. Forty-three minutes of great stuff.

All songs written by Steve Martin except where indicated.

1. "Daddy Played the Banjo" (Steve Martin & Gary Scruggs)
* featuring Tim O'Brien on vocals and Earl Scruggs on banjo
2. "Pitkin County Turnaround" [Instrumental]
3. "Hoedown at Alice's" [Instrumental]
4. "Late For School"
* featuring Steve Martin on vocals
5. "Tin Roof" [Instrumental]
6. "Words Unspoken" [Instrumental] (Steve Martin & Pete Wernick)
* featuring Pete Wernick on banjo
7. Pretty Flowers
* featuring Vince Gill & Dolly Parton on vocals and Earl Scruggs and Pete Wernick on banjo
8. "Wally on the Run" [Instrumental]
* featuring Tony Trischka on banjo
9. "Freddie's Lilt" [Instrumental]
10. "Saga Of The Old West" [Instrumental]
11. "Clawhammer Medley" [Instrumental] (Traditional, arranged and additional music by Steve Martin)
* composed of "Sally Ann", "Johnson Boys", "Simple Gifts" and "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond"
12. "Calico Train"
* featuring Mary Black on vocals
13. "Banana Banjo" [Instrumental]
14. "Blue River Waltz" [Instrumental]
15. "The Crow" [Instrumental]
* featuring Tony Trischka on banjo
16. "Calico Train" (Remix) [Instrumental]
* not included on all editions



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[Dennie]

Absolute Torch and Twang -- CD

K.D. Lang and The Reclines

1989 Rhino Records

Amazon.com essential recording

This 1989 album was k.d. lang's generous farewell to the country music world that had given her the cold shoulder after her stellar collaboration with legendary producer Owen Bradley on Shadowland. Songs such as "Pulling Back the Reins"--written by lang with coproducer-guitarist Ben Mink--combined classic country and western imagery with more revealingly personal emotions. At the same time, the album maintained a sly sense of humor missing from much of her later work. The covers of Willie Nelson ("Three Days") and Wynn Stewart ("Big Big Love") certainly don't hurt. The Reclines, lang's band, is notable for the presence of Greg Leisz on steel guitar. -Rick Mitchell

1. "Luck in My Eyes" (lang, Mink) – 4:10
2. "Three Days" (Nelson) – 3:17
3. "Trail of Broken Hearts" (lang, Mink) – 3:24
4. "Big Boned Gal" (lang, Mink) – 3:08
5. "Didn't I" (lang, Mink) – 3:39
6. "Wallflower Waltz" (lang, Mink) – 4:22
7. "Full Moon Full of Love" (Preston, Smith) – 2:49
8. "Pullin' Back the Reins" (lang, Mink) – 4:23
9. "Big Big Love" (Carroll, Stewart) – 2:29
10. "It's Me" (lang, Mink) – 2:20
11. "Walkin' in and Out of Your Arms" (lang, Mink) – 3:03
12. "Nowhere to Stand" (lang) – 4:27

* k.d. lang - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
* Graham Boyle - percussion, tambourine, claves, spoons
* Michael Creber - piano
* John Dymond - bass
* The Five Blind Boys of Alabama - background vocals, voices
* Greg Leisz - steel guitar, slide guitar
* Gordie Matthews - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar
* Ben Mink - organ, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, strings, violin, electric guitar, mandola, bowed bass
* David Piltch - fretless bass, bowed bass
* Michel Pouliot - drums
* Ed Thigpen - drums

 

[Dennie]

Ingenue -- CD

K.D. Lang

1992 Rhino Records

Amazon.com essential recording

The album on which she officially gave up on Nashville and began singing torchy, adult-contemporary pop, Ingenue has been referred to by lang as her "stalker" album for its emphasis on songs about desire and obsession. Despite such onerous implications, the album is a charmer, thanks to lang's sincerity and passion and the smoldering arrangements of songs such as "Constant Craving," "The Mind of Love" and "Still Thrives This Love." The album's somewhat dark spirits are tempered by the campy "Miss Chatelaine," which lang has often performed live to the accompaniment of a Lawrence Welk-style bubble machine. With Ingenue, you can do the same in the comfort of your own home. --Daniel Durchholz

(all songs by k.d. lang and Ben Mink, except where noted)

1. "Save Me" – 4:33
2. "The Mind of Love" – 3:48
3. "Miss Chatelaine" – 3:49
4. "Wash Me Clean" (Lang) – 3:17
5. "So It Shall Be" (Lang, Penny) – 4:30
6. "Still Thrives This Love" – 3:35
7. "Season of Hollow Soul" – 4:58
8. "Outside Myself" – 4:57
9. "Tears of Love's Recall" – 3:49
10. "Constant Craving" – 4:37

 

[Dennie]

Why Should The Fire Die? -- CD

Nickel Creek

2005 Sugarhill Records

Amazon.com

Why Should the Fire Die? is Nickel Creek's first album without Alison Krauss in the producer's chair, and on it, the trio's genre-expanding acoustic music has shifted even farther away from its bluegrass origins. The opening "When in Rome" perfectly encapsulates the aggressive approach the band favors, and features poetic lyrics far more obtuse than those of most groups with similar roots. The disc's first half stays rooted in a fairly conventional folk mode, with a lovely cover of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (one of the few solo vocal turns from fiddler Sara Watkins) and "Jealous of the Moon" (cowritten with the Jayhawks' Gary Louris) obvious highlights.But the album gradually grows darker. The songs take unexpected twists that are challenging and unconventional, while still emphasizing those angelic vocal harmonies that float and sting. Chris Thile's peppy instrumental "Stumptown" leads into the menacing "Best of Luck," with its edgy minor-key chorus echoed by Watkins's deceptively sweet voice spitting out lyrics of an obsessive high-school love affair gone wrong. And the drums of "Helena," one of the group's most radical compositions, bring out Nickel Creek's inner Coldplay. Not a complete break with their bluegrass beginnings, Why Should the Fire Die? is certainly the trio's boldest and most creative album, albeit one that might not appeal to their earliest fans. --Hal Horowitz

1. "When in Rome" (Thile) – 4:14
2. "Somebody More Like You" (Sean Watkins) – 3:01
3. "Jealous of the Moon" (Gary Louris, Thile) – 4:41
4. "Scotch & Chocolate" (instrumental) (Thile, Sara Watkins) – 3:07
5. "Can't Complain" (Thile) – 5:34
6. "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (Dylan) – 3:36
7. "Eveline" (Thile, Sean Watkins) – 3:11
8. "Stumptown" (instrumental) (Thile) – 1:43
9. "Anthony" (Sara Watkins) – 1:55
10. "Best of Luck" (Thile, Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins) – 3:22
11. "Doubting Thomas" (Thile) – 3:19
12. "First and Last Waltz" (instrumental) (Thile, Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins) – 1:53
13. "Helena" (Thile) – 4:45
14. "Why Should the Fire Die?" (Thile, Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins) – 2:50

 

[Dennie]

This was released today......

This is the "Deluxe Edition" and came with 10 "Trading Cards".....

Rare Bird Alert -- CD

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers

Today Rounder Records

This disc will turn you into a bluegrass music fan., March 15, 2011
By Robert G Yokoyama (Mililani, Hawaii) - See all my reviews<------HEY, I use to live in Miliani, HI
(TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rare Bird Alert (Audio CD)

Steve Martin continues his career as a blue grass singer. This time he teams up with a five man band from North Carolina who call themselves the Steep Canyon Rangers. These guys can really play and sing. They harmonize so well on the track "More Bad Weather On The Way". This song has only one line of lyric, but the musical instruments playing on it is superb. The disc contains upbeat tracks like "Rare Bird Alert" and "Hide Behind A Rock". These songs are blue grass in the most pure form. I am blown away by the way the guys of Steep Canyon Rangers play the banjo. These two tracks put me in a good mood. I love the humor in the songs on this disc. My favorite track is "Jubliation Day". This is the funniest break up song I have ever heard. "Atheists Don't Have No Songs" is a very funny song about music and observations about religion. My other favorite track is the instrumental tune "The Great Remember". The fiddle playing by Nicky Sanders gives this song a romantic tone that I really like. Paul McCartney lends his vocal talents on the track "Best Love". This track stands out for me. It is the first bluegrass love song I have ever heard. "Yellow Backed Fly" is another enjoyable tune. This song is about the simple joy of fishing. This song has a visual quality that I enjoy. The Dixie Chicks lend their talents on the lovely track "You". The guys harmonize so well on the tune "Women Like To Slow Dance". This song has a spirit of a hoe down. This song is very fun. "Rare Bird Alert" will turn more listeners into fans of blue grass music. I really like this music.
Tracklist:

1. Rare Bird Alert
2. Yellow-Backed Fly
3. Best Love
4. Northern Island
5. Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back
6. Jubilation Day
7. More Bad Weather On The Way
8. You
9. The Great Remember (for Nancy)
10. Women Like To Slow Dance
11. Hide Behind A Rock
12. Atheists Don’t Have No Songs
13. King Tut

I am looking forward to the Bluegrass version of "King Tut"! :handgestures-thumbup:

 

[Dennie]

Here is what Steve says about King Tut in the CD Booklet liner notes....

"King Tut:

The words to this song were found painted on the wall of the original burial tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter in 1923. They were not translated until 1978 when I recorded it with the Toot-Uncommons (actually the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). The Steep Canyon Rangers correctly pointed out that the ancient Egyptians loved bluegrass and probably intended the song for banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass and guitar.

We are pleased to present it here in its most historically correct form."



I've always liked Steve Martin. I saw him do his "Let's Get Small" tour when I was a teenager and he just keeps getting better and better! :text-bravo:


Dennie :music-listening:

 

[heeman]

Listened to this on the way to work this AM:

The jazz rock feel of Coverdale and Hughes in this Deep Purple line up is :music-rockout:

 

[topper]

. a tribute to the music of Mississipi John Hurt
~~~~~~~ Avalon Blues

 

[Dennie]

All Things Must Pass -- 2 Remastered CD Box Set

George Harrison

1970/2001 Capitol Records

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It's hard to imagine, but Beatles resident mystic George Harrison has arguably become the band's most curmudgeonly cynic. We offer as evidence this splendidly remastered 30th-anniversary edition of his 1970 multidisc solo epic. If the mini-boxed set's booklet and twin inner CD sleeves won't convince you (the album's familiar cover is colorized and altered to include backdrops of a freeway-tangled cityscape and nuclear reactor cooling towers, respectively), then maybe his liner-note apology for Phil Spector's "big production" (kind of like Da Vinci grousing about Mona's crooked smile) or his laconic, stripped-down, 2000 rethink of "My Sweet Lord" will. With such a mindset, it's unsurprising Harrison has allowed a nearly decade-and-a-half gap to grow between recordings. Still, no amount of grumpy auto-revisionism can subtract from the admittedly overwrought majesty of these tracks, which were the logical sonic extension of Abbey Road. It remains Harrison's unequaled masterpiece. The devolved "My Sweet Lord" aside, the bonus tracks here offer new insight: the unreleased "I Live for You" further highlights the album's oft overlooked country facet; spare takes of "Beware of Darkness" and "Let It Down" underscore the strength of Harrison's songwriting; an alternate backing track of "What Is Life" demonstrates the meticulousness of Spector's production. And then there's the project's truly stellar session lineup, which included Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman, Jim Gordon, Dave Mason, Badfinger, Billy Preston, Ginger Baker, Carl Radle, Gary Brooker, Jim Price, Bobby Keys, Pete Drake and, it turns out, even Phil Collins! --Jerry McCulley

2001 remaster

All songs written and composed by George Harrison, except where noted.

Disc One

No. Title Notes Length
1. "I'd Have You Anytime" (George Harrison/Bob Dylan) 2:56
2. "My Sweet Lord" 4:38
3. "Wah-Wah" 5:35
4. "Isn't It a Pity (Version 1)" 7:09
5. "What Is Life" 4:22
6. "If Not for You" (Bob Dylan) 3:29
7. "Behind That Locked Door" 3:05
8. "Let It Down" 4:57
9. "Run of the Mill" 2:49
10. "I Live for You" New backing vocals and instrumentation from George and Dhani in 2000, alongside Pete Drake's 1970 steel guitar 3:35
11. "Beware of Darkness" An acoustic run-through of the song recorded on 27 May 1970 3:19
12. "Let It Down" An acoustic run-through of the song recorded on 27 May 1970, with overdubbing added in 2000 3:54
13. "What Is Life" An early mix of the song's backing track on 9 August 1970 with piccolo trumpet and oboe 4:27
14. "My Sweet Lord (2000)" A re-working of the original recording with new overdubs in 2000, including new lead and backing vocals from George and Sam Brown 4:57

Disc Two

No. Title Notes Length
1. "Beware of Darkness" 3:48
2. "Apple Scruffs" 3:04
3. "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)" 3:46
4. "Awaiting on You All" 2:45
5. "All Things Must Pass" 3:44
6. "I Dig Love" 4:55
7. "Art Of Dying" 3:37
8. "Isn't It a Pity (Version 2)" 4:45
9. "Hear Me Lord" 5:46
10. "It's Johnny's Birthday" Based upon "Congratulations" - Martin/Coulter 0:49
11. "Plug Me In" Gordon/Radle/Whitlock/Clapton/Mason/Harrison 3:18
12. "I Remember Jeep" Baker/Voormann/Preston/Clapton/Harrison 8:07
13. "Thanks for the Pepperoni" Gordon/Radle/Whitlock/Clapton/Mason/Harrison 5:31
14. "Out of the Blue" Gordon/Radle/Whitlock/Clapton/Wright/Harrison/Price/Keys/Aronowitz

 

[Dennie]

Imagine -- CD

John Lennon

1971/2000 Capitol Records

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The enduring legacy of John Lennon's best album has overshadowed a glaring historical irony: the Beatles' original architect was also responsible for some of the Fab Four's most erratic solo albums. His recording projects all too often held hostage to polemics both personal and political, Lennon's conflicting artistic sensibilities arguably reached perfect balance just once. Coproduced with an uncharacteristically subtle touch by Phil Spector (a stark contrast to his dense aural constructions for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass from the same period), this is Lennon as whole man. Here he exhibits childlike utopian optimism (the title track), extends romantic paeans to the love of his life ("Oh Yoko!" "Oh My Love," and "Jealous Guy," the latter two begun as White Album demos) and spews bitter, petty acrimony toward his former songwriting partner ("How Do You Sleep?"). Set against such expressions, Lennon's fervent antiestablishment tirades ("I Don't Want to Be a Soldier," "Gimme Some Truth") took on some real weight and perspective, while his dollops of introspection ("How?" "Crippled Inside") have an air of resignation missing from the vitriol of his personal exorcism, Plastic Ono Band. This digitally remixed/remastered redux of the album may invoke the ire of the historically retentive, but it was accomplished under the aegis of Yoko Ono with an ear for clarity and a little more of John Lennon's complex, but always gratifying, soul. --Jerry McCulley

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Imagine" 3:01
2. "Crippled Inside" 3:47
3. "Jealous Guy" 4:14
4. "It's So Hard" 2:25
5. "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier" 6:05
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Gimme Some Truth" 3:16
7. "Oh My Love" 2:44
8. "How Do You Sleep?" 5:36
9. "How?" 3:43
10. "Oh Yoko!" 4:20

 

[Dennie]

Red Rose Speedway -- CD

Paul McCartney

1973/1990 Apple Records

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You could trawl the rock & roll archives all the way back to the start and never find an album quite like Red Rose Speedway. Which is not to say that it's great. Just that it's... weird. Though it's a Wings album, it's entirely irradiated with Paul McCartney's personality--to the extent that virtually the entire band left him while attempting to rehearse for the supporting tour, claiming they couldn't operate in his huge, overbearing shadow. You can see where they were coming from. Red Rose Speedway, right down to the cover shot of Macca with a rose in his mouth, is about Paul McCartney, specifically his unique ability in the '70s to pump up slight, pretty songs to the scale of "Hey Jude," seemingly unaware or unworried that that didn't necessarily make them as good as "Hey Jude." The high spot is the saccharine sauciness of "My Love," a lurching soft-focus ballad about his wife's sexual excellence. The rest of it--lazy, lushly produced rock, sometimes sweet, sometimes just cloying, but always unmistakably Macca--is worth hearing if just to ponder: "What the hell did he think he was doing?" --Taylor Parkes

Side One
No. Title Length
1. "Big Barn Bed" 3:48
2. "My Love" 4:07
3. "Get on the Right Thing" 4:17
4. "One More Kiss" 2:28
5. "Little Lamb Dragonfly" 6:20
Side Two
No. Title Length
6. "Single Pigeon" 1:52
7. "When the Night" 3:38
8. "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)" 4:23
9. "Medley: A. Hold Me Tight, B. Lazy Dynamite, C. Hands of Love, D. Power Cut" 11:14