Highway to Country [Enhanced] [Import]

Highway to Country [Enhanced] [Import]

Highway to Country [Enhanced] [Import]

ASIN: B0007L6PGU

Track Listings
 
1. Why Do You Do Me This Way?
2. Yellow Groove
3. Good and Country
4. Too Much Honky Tonking
5. Suzie
6. Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing
7. Rock My Girl
8. I Feel So Good
9. Honky Tonk Boy
10. Sun Goes Down
11. Glance to the Sky
12. On Tour [Videoclip] [*]
13. Jackson Mackay and the Funky Cowboys Live [Videoclip] [*]

Highway to Country,Jackson Mackay,Country Roads,Country,Country/Bluegrass,Dance,Pop
The Songs Of Robert Burns, Volumes 1 & 2
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Your search for good Burns songs has ended
 The Songs Of Robert Burns, Volumes 1 & 2

Manufacturer: Philo Records
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ASIN: B0000003VY
Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

  1. Could Kail In Aberdeen
  2. To The Weaver's Gin Ye Go
  3. Wantonness
  4. My Tocher's The Jewel
  5. Charlie He's My Darling
  6. Landy Mary Ann
  7. Amang The Trees
  8. Country Lassie
  9. The De'il's Awa Wi' Th' Exciseman
  10. Johnie Blunt
  11. The Winter It Is Past
  12. A Red, Red Rose
  13. Logan Water
  14. Corn Rigs
  15. Had I The Wyte
  16. Nine Inch Will Please A Lady
  17. Beware O'Bonie Ann
  18. The Cooper O'Cuddy
  19. Sweetest May
  20. A Parcel Of Rouges In A Nation
  21. Auld Lang Syne
  22. Hey How Johnie Lad
  23. Mary Morison
  24. The Dusty Miller
  25. It Was A' For Our Rightfu' King
  26. Sae Flaxen Were Her Ringlets

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Your search for good Burns songs has ended.......2000-01-29

Jean Redpath sings the "inimitable songs of Burns" as if Rabbie himself is hovering over her shoulder. You're not likely to find too many singers more suited to her material than Redpath. Also, I needs must mention the first-rate musical accompaniments by Serge Hovey. All in all, the seven volume Redpath-Burns series is indispensible for lovers of song everywhere. Way to go, folks.
Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A mixed blessing
  • More than COUNTRY music?
  • The Best Music You Never Heard
  • Amazonic Regression . . .
  • Mixed bag, but overall pretty good
 Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970)
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ASIN: B0001DMWFW
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

  1. Nashville Jumps
  2. Buzzard Pie
  3. Skip's Boogie
  4. L & N Special
  5. Sittin' Here Drinking
  6. Just Walkin In The Rain
  7. If You And I Could Be Sweethearts
  8. Baby Let's Play House
  9. Christene
  10. It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)
  11. Rollin' Stone
  12. You Can Make It If You Try
  13. Rockin' The Joint
  14. Let's Trade A Little
  15. Say You Really Care
  16. Somebody, Somewhere
  17. Pipe Dreams
  18. WLAC commercial
  19. White Rose

Tracks:

  1. WLAC Air Check/Monkey Doin' Woman
  2. What'd I Say
  3. Really Part 1
  4. Just Like Him
  5. Anna (Go To Him)
  6. Snap Your Fingers
  7. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
  8. Something Tells Me
  9. Sunny
  10. I Want To Do Everything For You
  11. Bigger And Better
  12. Since I Met You Baby
  13. The Chokin' Kind
  14. She Shot A Hole In My Soul
  15. Gotta Get Yourself Together
  16. Soul Shake
  17. Reconsider Me
  18. Everlasting Love
  19. Everlasting Love - Robert Knight

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The most startling revelation contained on this two-CD compilation is how rich, varied, and deep Nashville's R&B scene was during a 25-year period in which the city solidified its reputation as the undisputed capital of country music. Arranged chronologically, Night Train to Nashville also traces the steady progression of African-American music beginning with the end of WWII--from jump blues, lusty R&B, and smooth-groove vocal groups to proto rock & roll, Southern soul, and Top 40 pop that drew blacks and whites together even as the Vietnam War nearly ripped the country apart. Although this collection contains well-known hits (Bobby Hebb's "Sunny", Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love") and widely acknowledged stars (Etta James and Ruth Brown, both of whom recorded some of their best work in Nashville), many of its most satisfying pleasures come courtesy of lesser-known artists, such as R&B belter Christine Kittrell, swamp bluesman Shy Guy Douglas, and balladeer Sam Baker. In the midst of many ear-opening discoveries, add one more: When listening to the countrified soul of Arthur Alexander, Joe Simon, and Johnny Adams, it's apparent that Nashville in its '60s heyday wasn't two separate but equal towns but one glorious Southern-music Mecca. --Keith Moerer

Album Description

Coinciding with the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's 2004-05 exhibit, Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970, this collection illustrates the quality and breadth of R&B that emerged from a city more famous for country music. Nashville's 50,000-watt clear channel WLAC reached over half the nation with its late night programming. "To young blacks growing up in East Tennessee the city[Nashville] was our version of Harlem, Chicago, Fifty-second Street, Central Avenue and Beale Street combined..." (excerpted from liner notes by Ron Wynn). Culled from more than twenty record labels, these recordings range from the obvious to the obscure, featuring the best songs of the era. Seventeen of these tracks have been unavailable domestically since release, with seven of them making their CD debut here.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars A mixed blessing.......2006-08-26

I found the first record to be wonderful but the second was not to my taste. Perhaps this is because I am firmly embedded in the 50s when I was 13.

4 out of 5 stars More than COUNTRY music?.......2005-08-23

The Country Music Hall of Fame is behind this collection, but they're hoping to remind folks that Nashville is "MUSIC City U.S.A.", not necessarily "Country Music City U.S.A." What you get is 35 cuts ranging from doo-wop to smooth vocals to gritty R&B shouters. Many of the cuts were taken from original 45 and 78 records but the audio restoration has been done well...they don't SOUND like vinyl transfers. Is the thesis of Nashville as R&B focal point realized here? Fairly well: I'm not about to replace Detroit, Memphis or Chicago in my mind as great locations for R&B but this set is fairly solid.

HIGHLIGHTS:
You'll probably already know Arthur `Hardrock' Gunter's "Baby Let's Play House",Arthur Alexander's "Anna (Go to Him)",Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" and Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love". Outside of those, there are plenty of lesser-knowns that make the grade: The Marigolds' rollicking doo-wop number "Rollin' Stone", Rudy Green's "Buzzard Pie" (reminiscent of `Straighten Up and Fly Right' but edgier, with the buzzard goading his intended victim to just die and get it over with), the call and response of Audrey Bryant's "Let's Trade a Little", and Larry Birdsong's ebullient "Somebody, Somewhere" on disc 1. The latter disc's high points include Joe Henderson's Nat King Cole smooth vocal on "Snap Your Fingers", a sassy "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" from Ruth Brown, Joe Tex's near Temptations sound on "I Want To", The Avons sound like long lost Shirelles on "Since I Met You Baby", and the Hytones are defiantly moving on to "Bigger and Better" things since baby's been gone.

BOTTOM LINE:
There's nothing really poor here and quite a few of these are outstanding, even outside of the hit charters. Not the best collection for soul novices but if you're already an R&B fan, you'll probably enjoy this.

3 1/2 stars

5 out of 5 stars The Best Music You Never Heard.......2004-07-29

This is a a wonderful compilation. The title of my review is stolen from a NY Times review of the Night Train to Nashville that made me go out and buy it. It isn't totally true since I recognized some of the later songs but it was an eye opener. It is pretty sad that most of the country missed out on some of the greatest music of their time; especially when pap like How Much is that Doggie in the Window was being shoved down people throats.

My husband and I enjoyed listening to the CDs on a 5 hour long road trip and thoroughly enjoyed them. There was enough style changes and diverstity to keep you interested and a lot of solid artistry. The White Rose petroleum jelly ad and the Little Richard commercial are a hoot!

5 out of 5 stars Amazonic Regression . . ........2004-06-29

I read all the other reviews and realized that this album is many things to many people. I was impressed by how many people took the effort to review this great collector's item. For myself, it was a bolt out of the blue thanks to being featured on the SUNDAY MORNING TV show. When I was 14 years old (1954) I built a HEATHKIT short-wave radio. I strung 100' of copper wire from our TV antenna tower to the top of the basketball pole. All I had hoped for was to get the BBC or Radio Free Europe. What I got [instead] was Radio Free Nashville ! WLAC, Bill Allen and music I had only heard rumors of. "That kind of music" was not played on mainstream radio in those days. Word got around school that I was listening to Little Richard, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, and Jimmy Reed. I didn't get any more chicks because of it, but it put me in a very elite group of R&B listeners. Once again, AMAZON DOT COM makes regression to our childhoods possible! Thanks, you guys . . . Harrison T.

4 out of 5 stars Mixed bag, but overall pretty good.......2004-06-06

As to be expected, there is some really good stuff on these discs. Unfortunately, some mediocre tunes that are not that impressive crop up here and there.

While I love sixties soul on a personal note, disc one is overall the better side. The early barrellhouse boogie-woogie tunes are quite appealing and hard to sit still to. (The Louis Jordanesqe "Buzzard Pie," obviously inspired by the King Cole Trio's "Straighten Up and Fly Right" is lots of fun). The Prisonaires track is quite beautiful and Little Richard's mentor Esquirita really rocks the house, as well as the tunes by Larry Birdsong and Jimmy Peck's Orchestra.

On disc 2, Etta James rocks out with her version of "What I Say" and "Shy Guy" Douglas does some fine harmonica work. The Vocal Groups like the Avons, Valentines, Hytones, and Frank Howard are okay (as well as Arthur Alexander's original "Anna Go To Him" remembered well by Beatles fans and the lovely original version of "Everlasting Love"). But the rest of this stuff is nothing special.
Night Train to Nashville, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A True Gem
  • Immagination seldom seen
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 Night Train to Nashville, Vol. 2
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ASIN: B000AC7ORA
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

  1. Boogie Woogie Jockey (Jimmy Sweeney)
  2. Gene Nobles' Boogie (Richard Armstrong)
  3. All States Boogie (Ivory Joe Hunter)
  4. Wail Daddy (Charlie Dowell & Orchestra)
  5. Blues (Billie McAllister)
  6. No Better For You (Gay Crosse & the Good Humor)
  7. You Belong To Me (Helen Foster)
  8. Too Much (Bernard Hardison)
  9. If Things Don't Change (Gene Allison)
  10. Love, Love, Love (Ted Jarrett)
  11. Miss You So (Lillian Offitt)
  12. Little Darlin' (The Gladiolas)
  13. No Fool No More (Charles Walker & the Daffodils)
  14. Pretty Please (The Kinglets w/Leroy Thomas)
  15. She Can Rock (Little Ike)
  16. I'm Coming Home (The Neptunes)
  17. You Better Change (Hal & Jean)
  18. Ok, So What? (Freddie North)
  19. She Wears My Ring (Jimmy Bell)

Tracks:

  1. Doctor Feel-Good (Dr. Feelgood & The Interns)
  2. I'm A Woman (Christine Kittrell)
  3. Don't Pity Me (Herbert Hunter)
  4. Next To Me (Clyde McPhatter)
  5. Release Me (Esther Phillips)
  6. Soldier of Love (Arthur Alexander)
  7. Don't Take My Kindness for a Weakness (Earl Gaines)
  8. That's My Man (Marion James)
  9. Strain On My Heart (Roscoe Shelton)
  10. Soul Poppin' (Johnny Jones & the King Casuals)
  11. Swinging Soul Medallion (John Richbourg)
  12. Right on Time (Jimmy Church)
  13. Judy (Frank Howard)
  14. Leave It Up to the Boys (Sandra King)
  15. Don't You Forget That You're My Baby (The Spidells)
  16. I'm Free (The Prisoner's Song) (Johnny Bragg)
  17. Screamin' and Shoutin' (The Fabulettes)
  18. (You Keep Me) Hangin' On (Joe Simon)
  19. She's All I Got (Freddie North)
  20. Lucky Lou (The Imperials)

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 16, 2005 - All R& B heaven is about to break loose when the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum and Lost Highway Records release Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-l970, Volume Two on September 20, 2005. The first volume garnered a Grammy Award as the best historical recording of 2004.

Both volumes accompany the Museum's same-titled multi-media exhibition, which opened in March 2004 and closes in December this year. The exhibition and its accompanying recordings, publications and continuing series of public programs revisit an almost forgotten time when Middle Tennessee was a major center for R&B musicians and their followers. "The Night Train story resurrects and celebrates an important era in the evolution of Nashville as Music City," said Museum Director Kyle Young. "The avalanche of local and national critical acclaim it has already received has helped not only to validate the work of important artists, but also to create new opportunities for them.

The two-CD second volume further illustrates the sterling quality and diverse sounds of the Nashville rhythm & blues that exploded across national radio and television airwaves (even though it was not considered suitable for family audiences) in this period. Again, there are numerous interesting examples of collaborations between R&B and country music artists, of country songs that became R&B hits and R&B songs that became country hits. The major focus is on Nashville-based artists, but the collection also includes selected recordings by renowned out-of-towners such as Ivory Joe Hunter, Clyde McPhatter, Esther Phillips and John Coltrane (as a member of Gay Crosse's band). A number of the Nashville artists, including the Spidells, Jimmy Church and Sandra King, appeared in the 1960s on the all-black, Nashville-produced, groundbreaking television program Night Train. First imagined by show host Noble Blackwell, Night Train was followed in later years by the more well-known, Chicago-based Soul Train.

"I think Volume Two strikes a balance between well-known hits and seductive rarities," said Museum Associate Editor Michael Gray, who co-produced both volumes with Dan Cooper.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A True Gem.......2007-01-05

I like Blues. I like Blues that aren't the run-of-the mill type Blues. I never imagined that music like this could come out of Nashville. It shows what a Mecca Nashville was and how quality music could be produced despite being known for only one genera. This was a wonderful glimpse into a part of the Blues that is little known. The CD works well played straight through; its not boring or monotonous. It is great as part of a mix too. It gave me a pleasant surprise. I loved it! I loved "Night Train to Nashville" just as much.

5 out of 5 stars Immagination seldom seen.......2005-12-01

This is a truly wonderful collection for the music lover and the music collector. From the romantic She wears my ring by Jimmy Bell to the many rockin' tunes on this set it's a great all round package.

4 out of 5 stars Reinvigorates an interest in Nashville's R&B music of fifty years ago.......2005-10-25

Playing Time - CD1 (47:00), CD2 (54:34)-- Continuing with a desire to re-release "hits and rarities" from a great 25-year era of Music City R&B, the Country Music Hall of Fame has compiled a second volume from 25 different record labels. There's also one live track never before heard on record (The Imperials' "Lucky Lou") which was recorded on the bandstand by guitarist George Yates. Both of the volumes in this series coincide with an exhibition that was held at the Museum in 2004-5, held to document an underreported era in Nashville's music history, the story of Nashville's R&B heyday from pre-World War II roots through its ongoing connections to country music.

Disc #1 captures Nashville in the late 1940s and 50s. Rhythm & blues is the black popular music genre, emerging at that time, and which became a big influence on rock `n' roll and even pop music today. Check out pianist Bernie Hardison's 1955 rendition of "Too Much," a song that Elvis took to the top of the pop charts two years later. The roots of R&B were the country blues, vaudeville `hokum,' big band and swing. As the big band era came to an end, groups got smaller, and vocalists fronted combos presenting blues and pop. Lyrics were often fun and humorous. The music was very danceable too.

Volume 2 has rollicking barrelhouse piano, steaming saxophone, smooth vocals, raucous singing, and even some doo wop groups that accented soulful singing. The Gladiolas' "Little Darlin" is imparted with a calypso beat. One of Little Ike's only known recordings is "She Can Rock." We know that the electric guitar made inroads into R&B, and I'm curious about the instrument's minor roll in the music of this release. We hear Johnny Jones playing it on the 1959 release of Charles Walker and the Daffodils' "No Fool No More." The electric guitar also gives Freddie North's "OK, So What?" a sweet country twang. Christine Kittrell's bluesy "I'm a Woman" wouldn't be the same without electric guitar and sax. Johnny Jones' "Soul Poppin'" has some swinging trumpet too. A colorful commercial message at track 11 on disc#2 encourages us to buy a swinging soul medallion for only $3.

Many of the great musicians on this release are unnamed Nashville cats who really knew how to jump with their jive. With a 32-page booklet insert, this CD is a splendid introduction to some fantastic music of not so long ago. These remastered tracks have very high fidelity. At the time, Nashville seemed open-minded to new musical ideas, and record producers were encouraging boundaries to be expanded. Just like the ground-breaking television show back then, "Night Train," this 2-disc CD will reinvigorate an interest in R&B music of fifty years ago. (Joe Ross, Roseburg, OR.)
Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • What We Deserve- Willie Delivers
  • Excellent Music for an Excellent Cause
 Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia
Willie Nelson
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ASIN: B0007Y8A1A
Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

  1. Love Be Heard (Patty Griffin)
  2. Mary (Patty Griffin w/Natalie Maines)
  3. All Just To Get To You (Joe Ely)
  4. Boxcars (Joe Ely)
  5. Everybody Loves Me (Alejandro Escovedo)
  6. Break This Time (Alejandro Escovedo)
  7. Mathematical Mind (Spoon)
  8. Everything Hits At Once (Spoon)
  9. What I Deserve (Kelly Willis)
  10. Traveling Soldier (Natalie Maines w/Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis
  11. What Would Willie Do (Bruce Robison)
  12. Living In The Promiseland (Willie Nelson)
  13. Whiskey River (Willie Nelson)
  14. Still Is Still Moving To Me (Willie Nelson)
  15. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson)
  16. The Great Divide (Willie Nelson)
  17. Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Willie Nelson)
  18. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (Willie Nelson w/Patty Griffin)

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When Willie calls, Austin responds. Tragedy brings out the best in this music-minded community, as some of the city's finest artists showed by joining forces with Willie Nelson in a concert to benefit the victims of South Asia's tsunami. With Patty Griffin's "Love Be Heard" and Nelson's rendition of "Living in the Promiseland" setting the idealistic tone, the performances range from the go-for-broke rock of Joe Ely and Alejandro Escovedo to the folkish country of Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis and the arty, indie pop of Spoon. "Travelin' Soldier" provides the best example of the communal spirit of Austin music, as that hit for the Dixie Chicks finds Natalie Maines harmonizing here with the song's composer Robison and his wife Willis. Maines provides vocal support for Griffin on "Mary," and Griffin teams with Nelson on a set-closing duet of "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground." With a generous selection of 18 tracks, the last third of the album features Nelson in fine form, his conversational phrasing and distinctive guitar even jazzier than usual. Though he's plainly the headliner, all of the performers rise to the occasion, to the delight of the responsive hometown crowd. --Don McLeese

Album Description

On January 9th, 2005, Austin's own country music stars gathered together for a night of legendary compassion to benefit the survivors of the recent devastation in South Asia. Willie, and the others involved in this event hope to turn the tide beyond this concert by offering a DVD and CD of this historic event. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE DVD AND CD "Songs FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF" WILL BENEFIT THE TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS OF C.A.R.E. AND UNICEF. Performing with Willie on this special night at The Austin Music Hall were Patty Griffin, Natalie Maines, Joe Ely, Alejandro Escovedo featuring John Dee Graham, Spoon, Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison featuring Mickey Raphael.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars What We Deserve- Willie Delivers.......2005-05-21


Willie Nelson is always ready to assist when there is someone in need. He gives back. When musician Michael Hall called "and when Willie said, `Count me in,' I knew we were off and running." The "Tsunami Relief Austin to South Asia" concert was held at the Austin Music Hall. Patty Griffin, Spoon, Joe Ely, Alejandro Escobedo, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis and the Geezinslaws were among those who performed.
All the acts donated their talents. Proceeds of ticket sales for the concert at the 3,000-capacity Music Hall went to the American Red Cross, UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders.
As Willie Nelson said "There are a lot of people who would like to do something. We are glad to offer those people opportunities to help out in different ways."

Willie Nelson's Tsunami Relief Concert was recorded and this CD is pure Willie. He asked several of his good friends to play with him in Austin and they came through.

The best of the songs are by Willie. "Living In the Promised Land" sung by Willie is the best- his sweet gravelly voice comes through. He goes on to duet with Patty Griffin in "Angles Flying Too Close To The Ground".

My favorite is the moving tribute, "Traveling Soldiers" sung by Kelly Willis and her husband, Bruce Robison and Natalie Maines.
Kelly Willis sings a solo in "What I Deserve', and she is so apt at bringing out the slow, singular notes of this song. Bruce Robison raps up the best of his with "What Would Willie Say?" Bruce Robison is one of the better country singers and writers and his part of this CD is a real tribute to Willie Nelson. 18 songs on this CD, and none of these disappoint. The real winners are the Tsunami relief victims and the rest of the public who are fortunate to hear this CD. Highly Recommended. prisrob



5 out of 5 stars Excellent Music for an Excellent Cause.......2005-04-25

I was fortunate enough to be at this concert, and it was truly awesome. I've been waiting ever since for the cd and dvd to be released, and I was not disappointed. The album has that vibrant quality only live albums seem to pull off. It's a great mix of the best of the Austin music scene, and generally just a feel good, rocking album. If you're not familiar with some of the artists on this cd, namely the Joe Ely Band, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, & Patty Griffith, and Alejandro Escovedo, this a good way to check them out, and help out a good cause.
Wind to the West
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • great bluegrass
  • Another Classic From The Band
  • Maybe the best of the 5 (to date) Blue Highway projects
  • Top-notch pickin'
 Wind to the West
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ASIN: B00000029I
Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

  1. Wind To The West
  2. Howling Wind
  3. I Can Stand The Truth
  4. Good Time Blues
  5. Two Coats
  6. The Rounder
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  12. Huntsville
  13. Between The Rows

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There's a powerful new force in the bluegrass world, and its name is Blue Highway. On Wind to the West, Blue Highway again resists the temptation to show off their fast and flashy picking and instead sells each song with a strong vocal framed by sturdy rhythms and mood-heightening embellishments. If this emphasis on emotional songwriting and uncluttered arrangements brings to mind Alison Krauss, it's no coincidence. Blue Highway's founder and guitarist Tim Stafford is an alumnus of Krauss's Union Station band; dobroist Rob Ickes has recorded with her in the studio; and fiddler/mandolinist Shawn Lane has played with Ricky Skaggs, Krauss's most obvious model. Lane's high, handsome tenor yields the best vocal moments as on his aching version of the old Ralph Stanley hymn, "Two Coats." Bluegrass doesn't get more lonesome than this. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars great bluegrass.......2006-06-13

Good mix of upbeat grass combined with slower stuff. One of those discs you just put in and let it play. I recommend anything by Blue Highway with this album being in the top three (Midnight Storm will always be my favorite). I think I will make a list of bluegrass necessities...

5 out of 5 stars Another Classic From The Band.......2002-05-15

This CD showed that Blue Highway's initial success was not a fluke. Carrying on the tradition that they started with their debut CD (It's A Long Long Road) they have once again created music with great harmonies, great instrumentation and great messages.

With a mix of originals, covers and traditional songs this CD soars. My personal favorites include Shawn Lane's (the mandolin/fiddle player & vocalist) "Between The Rows". A song remembering his life as a boy on the family farm. Tim Stafford's (guitar & vocals) "Clear Cut" about the practice of ruining the mountain in this way of harvesting lumber. Another highlight is their cover of Merle Haggard's "Huntsville". The list goes on and one with many exceptional cuts on this 13 track project.

One of the best contemporary bluegrass bands around that pays homage to the tradition. With luck Blue Highway will be around for a long long time!

5 out of 5 stars Maybe the best of the 5 (to date) Blue Highway projects.......2001-12-09

There are no duds from Blue Highway - only varying degrees of "good" - but this CD is a personal favorite. The instrumental work is tasteful and the vocals are hauntingly beautiful. "Clear Cut", about the exploitation by a company of a family's ancestral land, cuts to the soul, and the other tracks are equally good. Bravo, Blue Highway! If you have ANY interest in contemporary Bluegrass I would consider Blue Highway an essential part of a collection.

5 out of 5 stars Top-notch pickin'.......2000-05-04

I'm a huge fan of Blue Highway and all their CDs, but this is probably my favorite. The guys are at their best on these 13 tracks, both vocally and instrumentally. To this day anytime I hear "Horseshoe Bend" I think of that very place on Boone Lake in east Tennessee.
Keys to the Highway
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    		Keys to the Highway
    Rodney Crowell
    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000008EPP
    Release Date: 1989-10-10

    Tracks:

    1. My Past Is Present
    2. If Looks Could Kill
    3. Soul Searchin'
    4. Many a Long and Lonesome Highway
    5. We Gotta Go on Meeting Like This
    6. Faith Is Mine
    7. Tell Me the Truth
    8. Don't Let Your Feet Slow You Down
    9. Now That We're Alone
    10. Things I Wish I'd Said
    11. I Guess We've Been Together for Too Long
    12. You Been on My Mind
    Highway to the Sky
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      		Highway to the Sky
      Jack Greene
      Manufacturer: Step One Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00004YLMW
      Release Date: 1995-12-01

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      1. Highway to the Sky
      2. Good Time Chariot
      3. Follow Me
      4. Do It for the Love
      5. Joy Explosion
      6. This One Belongs to Me
      7. Over There
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      Lost Highway: A Tribute to Hank Williams
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • a wonderful tribute
      		 Lost Highway: A Tribute to Hank Williams
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: Country Stars
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      5. Last of the Breed

      ASIN: B0002KU80A
      Release Date: 1940-07-05

      Tracks:

      1. Cold, Cold Heart
      2. Lovesick Blues
      3. Take This Chains From My Heart
      4. Mind Your Own Business
      5. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
      6. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
      7. Hey, Good Lookin'
      8. Mansion On The Hill
      9. Baby, We're Really In Love
      10. I Can't Hello It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
      11. You Win Again
      12. Nobody's Lonesome For Me
      13. Kaw-Liga
      14. Half As Much
      15. Moanin' The Blues
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      Album Description

      Import exclusive 24-track tribute album to the late country icon. Artists include Tony Bennett, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Acuff and more.

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      5 out of 5 stars a wonderful tribute.......2004-09-18

      A wonderful testament to the variety, versatility, and enduring power of Hank Williams's music. The recordings here range in style from the hillbilly of Roy Acuff to the pop of Tony Bennett to the r&b of Fats Domino and include both familiar and rarely heard covers of songs written by or associated with the great Hank Williams. Within the country genre alone, his amazing scope is evidenced in the Maddox Brothers and Rose's rowdy "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It," Roy Acuff's straight-ahead "I Saw the Light," and B.J. Thomas's country-pop "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."

      The Acoustic Highway Collection: The Road To Country Rock
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        		The Acoustic Highway Collection: The Road To Country Rock
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Capitol
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000002UGK
        Release Date: 1996-10-01

        Tracks:

        1. Walk Right In - The Folkswingers
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        3. Buy For Me The Rain - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
        4. Greensboro Woman - Townes Van Zandt
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        Key to the Highway
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          		Key to the Highway
          Jo-Ann Kelly
          Manufacturer: Mooncrest Records UK
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00000I848
          Release Date: 1999-02-12

          Tracks:

          1. Keep Your Hands Out of My Pocket [#]
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          5. Can I Get a Witness [#]
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          9. Levee Camp Holler [#]
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          13. You've Got to Move [#]
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          15. Baby, What You Want Me to Do [#]
          16. Louisiana Blues [Version 2][#]
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          22. Guitars, Stars, and Early Repertoire [Interview]
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          21 Previously Unreleased Recordings and Two Interview Tracks from One of the Top UK Blues Singers. She Tragically Died in 1990.

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