Heartaches & Hangovers [Import]

Heartaches & Hangovers [Import]

ASIN: B00004SVCA

Track Listings

1. Race Is On

2. Heartaches and Hangovers

3. Don't Be Angry

4. Living on Easy Street

5. Love Bug

6. Talk Back Trembling Lips

7. I'm Ragged But I'm Right

8. Come Sundown

9. Honky Tonk Downstairs

10. We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds

11. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

12. Fightin' Side of Me

13. Okie from Muskogee

14. Blue Side of Lonesome

15. Take Me

16. Hello Darlin'

17. All I Have to Offer You Is Me

18. Almost Persuaded

Tracks:

Love Hurts -- with Gram Parsons
Boulder to Birmingham
Making Believe
Pancho & Lefty
One of These Days
(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date (Live)
Born to Run
Beneath Still Waters
If I Could Only Win Your Love
Together Again
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again -- with Roy Orbison
To Know Him Is To Love Him -- with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt
Two More Bottles of Wine
Wayfaring Stranger
Calling My Children Home
Green Pastures
Orphan Girl
Michaelangelo
Here I Am
Connection

From Amazon.co.uk

Less than two years after the death of her mentor, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris recorded her first album for Reprise. Pieces of the Sky inaugurated a suite of four mid-'70s albums and a surprising number of hits: her sound was clearly traditional, but also tastefully up-to-date with folk-rock and singer/songwriter styles, and her crystalline, febrile vocals took standards such as "Love Hurts" and "If I Could Only Win Your Love" back up the charts. This compilation brings together her biggest hits, and shows why Harris is important and why she continues to make adventurous country music. Through unfailingly tasteful song selection, brilliant occasional songwriting, and her cool, velvety soprano, Harris extended Gram Parsons's vision of "cosmic American music" and made it her own. --Roy Kasten

Album Description

Masterful at rock, country, folk, bluegrass, and more, Emmylou Harris is one of the most distinctive and visionary voices in contemporary music. The artist's lucid, achingly gorgeous vocals and a string of celebrated albums-many featuring her acclaimed "Hot Band"-have earned Harris eleven Grammys and made this alt-country/roots-rock innovator a legend in her own time.

Customer Reviews:

EXCELLENT!.......2007-06-14

I thoroughly enjoy every song on this CD, and listen to it often.

Add this to your collection!.......2007-01-13

I originally bought this CD for 1 or 2 songs. I saw her perform with Elvis Costello singing "Love Hurts" and I thought it was fantastic. I was disappointed when I couldn't find this duo singing; but, decided to purchase this CD. It really is very good. I am amazed by her talent.

Another vote for Emmylou's voice...........2006-08-25

I definitely agree, that listening to the best of this CD, is pure heaven...and to my ears, if you buy this beautiful album, just enable the following cuts and listen to them over.....and over...that's heaven....

Boulder to Birmingham
Pancho and Lefty
To Know Him is to Love Him
Orphan Girl
Michaelangelo
The Connection

Of course, if you buy this CD, you will probably have some different cuts that you also love. Emmylou Harris, we all love you and your voice, and your music...

Heavenly Heartaches & Highways...

To touch the heart........2006-07-18

The fact that Emmylou Harris is breathtakingly beautiful distracts only very slightly from her amazing grace as a singer. She is truly touched and truly moving.

One fault---this needed to be a two-disk set!.......2006-05-30

Otherwise, it's wonderful. Really does span the years, but I think there are some places where more emphasis is needed and would have preferred to see a second disk to do it.

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Heartaches By The Number

Heartaches by the Number
David Ball
Manufacturer: Shanachie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MM1EZ6
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Stop The World And Let Me Off
Heartaches By The Number
Sweet Dreams
Please Feed The Jukebox
There Stands The Glass
Faded Love
What's Going On In Your World
Half As Much
Please Help Me I'm Falilng
I'm Walking The Dog

Customer Reviews:

Heartaches By The Number.......2007-05-17

I just received David's new albums today, and have been listening to it all afternoon It is really good and I am so glad he has released another album.

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Bluegrass is alive and well
Very discriminating, well-rounded and resourceful performers
Getting better
Second "cup" good as the first!

Long List of Heartaches
The Grascals
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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A Little Girl... A Big Four-Lane

ASIN: B000H4VV66
Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

Home
Long List Of Heartaches
You Don't Have Very Far To Go
Will You Be Loving Another Man
Being Me
Did You Forget God Today
Hard Times
Cut Your Wheels
Don't Tell Mama
Roll Muddy River
My Night To Howl
Keep Me From Blowing Away
Hoedown In Mowtwon

Amazon.com

The Grascals' acclaimed 2005 debut demonstrated their strength was modern, streamlined bluegrass with ample nods to tradition. Brimming with instrumental virtuosity, this near-perfect effort reiterates those strengths. By seamlessly blending the new with the traditional, they allow the hilarious contemporary number "Being Me" (featuring a Dierks Bentley cameo) to coexist with "Don't Tell Mama," a moralistic, anti-DUI ballad complete with a somber George Jones recitation. Their takes on Merle Haggard's "You Don't Have Very Far to Go" (enhanced by 1960s pedal steel great Lloyd Green), the Osborne Brothers' "Hard Times" and "Roll Muddy River," and Bill Monroe's 1940s favorite "Will You Be Lovin' Another Man" are spirited without being imitative. The bluegrass explosion, which brought unprecedented exposure to icons like Ralph Stanley and stardom to Allison Krauss, unfortunately opened the doors for a slew of lesser acts who either wallow in arty pretense or put a campy spin on classic bluegrass. The Grascals here affirm one truth: the best, old or new, will always trump the trendy. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

Bluegrass is alive and well.......2007-01-04

This is the best Bluegrass I have heard in a long, long time. I can't wait for their next CD

Very discriminating, well-rounded and resourceful performers.......2006-12-25

Playing Time - 40:40 -- The Grascals are on the fast track. In 2005, their debut CD became one of my top ten favorites of the year. Besides great music, the band is a cohesive and collaborative unit built around six talented friends who share common goals. The group members have had previous professional experience with The Osborne Brothers, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, Dolly Parton's Blue-niques, The Sidemen, and many country music superstars. You won't find much better musicians with consummate bluegrass (and country) sensibilities than The Grascals' Terry Eldredge (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy Mattingly (fiddle), David Talbot (banjo, vocals), Jamie Johnson (guitar, vocals), Danny Roberts (mandolin) and Terry Smith (bass). Dolly Parton invited The Grascals to open all concerts on her Hello, I'm Dolly tour in the fall of 2004, as well as to join other musicians backing up Dolly each evening. Guests on "Long List of Heartaches" include George Jones, Dierks Bentley, Steve Wariner, The Jordanaires, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Lloyd Green, Bob Mater, and Kent Wells.

These six guys are superior instrumentalists, and every solo resonates with some hot licks. Crisp, clean rhythm guitar and deep resonating bass fill out their sound. The Grascals don't push the envelope too far from conventional traditional bluegrass orthodoxy when they take on more standard fare. As a definite strength, these bluegrass phenoms know exactly what a song requires. Eldredge delivers his lead vocals in a gutsy, high-lonesome manner. The Grascals simply have good taste when it comes to arrangements, techniques employed, and musicianship.

The Grascals' contemporary material allows them to take more risks. Some light percussion (Tom Roady) and pedal steel (Lloyd Green) embellishes track 3, "You Don't Have Very Far To Go," a song of hurt written by Merle Haggard and Red Simpson. The opening up-tempo cut of "Home" has no chorus but incorporates an interesting harmonization of the word "home" each time it comes around at the end of verses. If you're a "master of disaster," then you'll end up right at the top of the catchy "Long List of Heartaches." Paying respect to the seminal influences of Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt, The Grascals tear up "Will You Be Loving Another Man?" They keep that one at full throttle. Dierks Bentley shares verses with Terry Eldredge as they express the things they're really best at are "Being Me" as they have a little angel and devil haunting them. Hey, I never knew that "lor dee dee" is really just hillbilly for "c'la vie." (that's life!) The only instrumental on the album, "Cut Your Wheels" has a nice descending chordal run, but I think a guest resophonic guitarist would've really helped embellish this one.

"My Night to Howl" was first presented years ago by the Boys From Indiana, and some exciting mandolin picking is about the only redeeming element of this song that is mostly filler. "Hoedown In Motown" (written by Steve Wariner and Harley Allen) re-establishes the groove with a recipe for partying up north with southern sun, sweet tea, and fried chicken. These are the kind of hooky songs that bluegrass bands need to find to bring expressive variety to their sets. "Don't Tell Mama" is a fantastic ballad about the perils of drinking and driving as a young man dying says, "I can't leave this world with mama thinking, I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath." If you think work's got you down and stressed, then cue up "Hard Times," to hear about a guy so tired of working that he's ready to drink himself to death. They close the set with an inspirational slow ¾-time gospel number, "Did You Forget God Today?" that is first pew.

From traditional to contemporary, The Grascals certainly don't disappoint us with their broad selection of material that will appeal to many tastes. In fact, there are no-holds-barred vocals, tasteful instrumental work, and an overall sound that jumps out of the speakers. I personally enjoy an eclectic set of bluegrass with a few countryish and gospel twists, and that's why I dig this masterful band. The Grascals are very discriminating, well-rounded and resourceful performers with a high degree of showmanship and entertainment value. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

Getting better.......2006-09-13

These boys do a right fine job and are definitely worth following. It's apparent that they are shooting for a distinctive style, something above the usual and overdone fare of most Bluegrassers today.

The selections on this CD are well balanced in that they keep light listeners interested while also providing keen observers a good showcase for their diverse talent. Close study reveals that Terry Eldredge and Jamie Johnson both make for outstanding lead singers. The trios are as expected---Good, but this reviewer finds the duets to be the most entertaining. Terry and Jamie have obviously worked hard to match one another's phrasings and slurs, so much so that they leave the listener yearning for more.

As for the boy's picking abilities, here are some random thoughts:

**Unbelievable as it may be, the rhythm guitar is actually playing RHYTHM---as opposed to a stream of punchy syncopated nerve-racking stabs that MIMIC rhythm. KUDOS.
**Having one good lead singer in a band is a plus, but two is nearly unbeatable. Let Jamie sing more, please.
**The fiddle is charmingly understated but excellent. Thanks Guys.

If any criticism is worthy of mention, it would be this: LOSE THE COVERS.
Flatt, Scruggs, and Monroe songs, notwithstanding their importance, have been done to death, to the point that the carcass no longer attracts the skinniest of vultures. As for the Osborne Brothers' signature songs, there's no way under the sun that the boys will ever come close to reaching the peak of that mountain, much less Base Camp. Replace "Roll Muddy River" with another "Long List of Heartaches"---THAT'S where the money is.

If the Grascals continue striving for better recordings, that is, sharpen their abilities, select their material more carefully, and make their sound palatable for more folks, then success is just around the corner for them.

Second "cup" good as the first!.......2006-09-06

Whether in concert or the studio the Grascals have set the bar high for contemporary bluegrass bands! The music is real bluegrass not so diluted with other influences as to be "no-grass" The guest stars,George Jones, add to the music rather than just add a name to the cd for selling power.
The playing is top notch and the vocals are perfect in harmony and pitch. These guys can sing.
Highly recommended.

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Still great after all these years
The Best
This CD stands alone....
Phyliss lives on!
a true master piece of good music

In Between the Heartaches
Phyllis Hyman
Manufacturer: Expansion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00012O3AU
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

Love Surrounds Us Everywhere - Phyllis Hyman, McCoy Tyner
If You Ever Change Your Mind [#]
Hottest Love Around [#]
Do You Love Him [Fast Version][#]
Sleep on It
Can't Live Without You
Soon Come Again [Extended Mix]
In Between the Heartaches [#]
In Search of My Heart - Phyllis Hyman, McCoy Tyner
Sacred Kind of Love - Phyllis Hyman, Grover Washington, Jr.
Magic Mona
Don't Tell Me, Tell Her [#]
Be One
Everything I Have Is Good - Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman, Pharoah Sanders
Spring's Arrival - Phyllis Hyman, Jon Lucien
I'll Be Around

Album Description

Subtitled - The Soul Of A Diva. Import exclusive compilation for the soul/jazz vocalist known as 'The Goddess Of Love' features 16 tracks including previously unreleased recordings, mixes, & alternate takes along with collaborations with McCoy Tyner & Thom Bell that were previously unavailable on CD. Expansion. 2003.

Album Details

Phyllis Hyman was He Soul Diva of the 70s/80s, Known also as 'the Goddess of Love' Recording Great Love Songs and Enthusiastic Uptempo Tunes of Both Soulful and Jazz Nature. There have Been Many Compilations Since She Took her Own Life in the 90s, but None So Important as this Selection by her Personal Manager, Including Previously Unreleased Recordings, Mixes and Alternative Takes. Also Included Here Are Collaborations Never Before Made Available on CD with Artists Like Mccoy Tyner While the Thom Bell Produced "Magic Mona" Has Never Been Heard Beyond the Video Release of "The Fish that Saved Pittsbugh". Artwork Includes Comprehensive Sleeve Notes and Previously Unseen Personal Photos.

Customer Reviews:

Still great after all these years.......2007-05-20

This is such a sad story, one of the greats that no one has ever heard about except you and I. this CD will complete your Ms. Hyman library. I hope "somewhere in time" she receives some small amount of pleasure knowing we here are still enjoying her great voice, we miss you so, :(:(
buddy clark

The Best.......2007-03-29

One of the best CD's that I own. Phyllis Hyman shows her vocal skills and ranges. One of the best singers of all time. I put this one in my best CD collection.

This CD stands alone...........2005-12-08

Whether you are a Phyllis Hyman fan of long-standing, or a novice to her music, this CD from Hyman friend and music producer Michael Grimaldi stands alone as her best. The inclusion of her stellar work with jazz legend McCoy Tyner is worth the price alone; Hyman addicts clamored for years to have these three tunes, "In Search Of My Heart", "Love Surrounds Us Everywhere"' and "I'll Be Around" released on CD. Listening to these cuts( which also include the genius of Stanley Clarke, Carlos Santana, Gary Bartz and Buddy Williams), confirm my belief that Phyllis was meant to sing jazz above all else. Tyner's piano and Hyman's voice are a blend of musical perfection, and here you will know that she can scat with the best. Listen to "In Search Of My Heart" and you will hear her croon, perhaps prophetically, "Remember, won't you please, remember me..." Just when you think you have heard her at her best, listen to "I'll Be Around", and you will be left shaking your head at the size of her talent. Included in this compilation are rare and unreleased songs such as "Sleep On It", "If You Ever Change Your Mind", "Do You Love Him",and Hottest Love Around", and the achingly beautiful title song, "In Between The Heartaches", a Dionne Warwick song that Hyman makes her own. Also featured are gems with Grover Washington, Norman Connors, Jon Lucien, Pharoah Sanders and Bill Lee.
But this CD is much more than the music, Michael Grimaldi recalls his friendship and admiration of Hyman in extensive liner notes, and uniquely, takes the listener on a journey with him through personal stories and rare photos of Phyllis. This CD is obviously a labor of love, and it shows. What it means for fans of Phyllis Hyman is a unique gift from someone who knew her not only as a musical legend, but as a beautiful talented friend. If I were forced to choose one CD from the many I have of hers, this one would be it. Buy it, no buy two and give one to someone you love.

Phyliss lives on!.......2005-12-03

In Between the heartaches is a must have for all Phyllis Hyman fans. A great collection of unreleased songs as well as familiar tracks that you dont hear frequently on "quiet storm" radio rotations.
Phyliss always sings from the heart thus letting you into her
world. This cd is no exception and hopefully there will be more
lost songs found and released for all of us who can never get enough of this soulful diva!

a true master piece of good music.......2005-09-10

I have been looking for a CD of Phyliss Hyman that contained more than 1 good Jazz song and this one by far is truly the best.
I would like to thank the group of people or persons who picked and put together all of the songs that I can remember since Junior High school, great compulation.

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Top of the line

Heartaches by the Number
Guy Mitchell
Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001AVS
Release Date: 1994-06-27

Tracks:

Heartaches By The Number
Crazy With Love
Rock-A-Billy
Singing The Blues
Notify The F.B.I.
The Same Old Me
Sunshine Guitar
My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
(Can't Get Enough Of That) Sweet Stuff
Hoot Owl
Knee Deep In The Blues
Take Me Back Baby
'Cause I Love You, That's A Way
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Roving Kind
My Heart Cries For You
A Dime And A Dollar
My Truly, Truly Fair
The House Of The Singing Bamboo
Sparrow On The Treetop
Christopher Columbus
Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle
Ninety Nine Years (Dead Or Alive)
Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie
Unless

Customer Reviews:

Top of the line.......2001-11-03

Guy Mitchell had a string of hits through the 50s with his best known tune, the massive number one hit, "Singing The Blues" sitting on top of the charts for ten weeks in 1956. An accomplishment made even more amazing in that Marty Robbins' version made it into the top 20 at the same time. Mitchell hit the top again in 1958 with the catchy "Heartaches By The Number". In between he had several charted tunes before he quit Columbia Records and dropped off the pop charts by 1961. This collection of his Columbia recordings comes from Richard Weize's Bear Family Records in Germany. While pricy, this is a top-quality, generous 25-track compilation with the best sound available for these tracks. Tracks 1,5,7-9 are in stereo with the remainder in mono. As has come to be expected from Bear Family product, this disc comes with a 24-page booklet with a detailed musical history and complete discography. An outstanding CD - far superior to most anything else on the market for Mitchell's recordings.

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Brian Burns is the Real Deal

Highways, Heartaches & Honky-Tonks
Brian Burns
Manufacturer: Bandera
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003GPR6
Release Date: 1999-11-23

Tracks:

Highways, Heartaches, & Honky Tonks
Lucy & Desi
Montgomery Street (Where Did The Good Ones Go?)
Whiskey-O
If You Don't Believe I Love You (Ask My Wife)
I Don't Live Here Anymore
Mexico In Mind
Little Angel Comes A-Walkin
Commerce & Pearl
Dallas After Midnight
Fire Ants
The Haunted Jukebox

Customer Reviews:

Brian Burns is the Real Deal.......2000-11-17

In this era when what currently passes for country music is what we used to call, well, rock'n'roll, with nary a decent songwriter on the horizon, Brian Burns is the Real Deal. You can hear the influences of Lefty Frizzell, Willie Nelson and the other greats of a bygone era, but with a fresh sound and lyrics. If you love the honkytonk sound that seems to have vanished, stop crying in your beer and get this CD!

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Best yet
The Best Album Yet
WADE HAYES DOES IT AGAIN!
Honkey Tonk Pipes
Hayes' best since his first

Highways and Heartaches
Wade Hayes
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004XSX6
Release Date: 2000-09-12

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Up North (Down South, Back East, Out West)
Life After Lovin' You
Goodbye Is The Wrong Way To Go
What's It Gonna Take
She Used To Say That To Me
Up And Down
You Just Keep On
That's What Honky Tonks Are For
You Were, You Are, You'll Always Be
I'm Lonesome Too

Amazon.com

If every barroom in the world but one burned down, it's easy to imagine Wade Hayes standing in it long after midnight, belting out hard-hitting, alcohol- and despair-drenched honky-tonk laments like "Life After Lovin' You" and "That's What Honky Tonks Are For" from this fourth album. The Oklahoma-born Hayes possesses a choked-down, throbbing baritone that's delightfully reminiscent of Waylon Jennings. On swaggering barnburners like "What's It Gonna Take," pleading laments like "Goodbye Is the Wrong Way to Go," and his dazzling rendition of "She Used to Say That to Me," this Telecaster-toting cowboy serves up an eerie, compelling hard-country mix of macho nonchalance and painful vulnerability. On "I'm Lonesome Too," which has all the markings of a showstopper, Hayes serves up a tortured, yearning Chris Isaak-style falsetto that showcases yet another winning dimension of his rock-solid talents and stalwart neo-honky-tonk sensibilities. --Bob Allen

Customer Reviews:

Best yet.......2005-08-09

I own all of Wade Hayes' cd's and in my opinion, this album is his best work yet. I love all of the songs on this one. His voice is awesome!

The Best Album Yet.......2001-01-22

Wade Hayes' music just keeps getting better and better! I've been a fan of Mr. Hayes ever since the release of his first hits "Old Enough to Know Better" and "I'm Still Dancing with You", but the Oklahoma native just keeps perfecting his talent with each new offering to the music world. His deep, sultry vocals and seemingly effortless guitar picking is amazing, and with his latest release, his maturity as both a singer and a guitarist is evident. The album has just the right balance of fast and slow country tunes. "What's It Gonna Take" and "Life After Lovin' You" will get you up and dancing, while "I'm Lonesome Too" and "Goodbye Is The Wrong Way To Go" will transport you to the bar where you can cry in your beer. I would have to say that this is Wade's best album yet,and I dearly hope he continues to enrich the country music genre with his fine talent. Thank you, Wade, for sharing your love of music with the world!

WADE HAYES DOES IT AGAIN!.......2000-11-18

I have loved Wade's music since the first time I heard him sing the early hits: "Don't Stop"; "Old Enough to Know Better"; and all the rest. He released a single awhile back with "Wichita Lineman" on it that left me asking, "Glen who?". What a great voice. HIGHWAYS & HEARTACHES is no different in that respect. The selections are great. Wade's voice is so distinctive. From start to finish, this CD keeps you wanting to hear even more. I play it over and over again. I have seen Wade in person 5 times now and he just never ceases to amaze me because he performs every one of his songs EXACTLY like they are on his CD's and they seem to come straight from his heart! He has such integrity. A true COUNTRY singer. This guy may have been around a few years already, but give him some more time. When some of the soft pop in country music isn't so trendy anymore, Wade will still be singing great traditional Country music. It took awhile for folks like Willie Nelson and John Anderson to be popular. It'll happen for Wade Hayes too. The more often you hear him sing, the more you will believe it's true.......

Honkey Tonk Pipes.......2000-10-10

In a world full of POP country, it is so nice to hear the sounds of traditional country music. With a voice that can put you in the mood for anything. As an avid Wade fan, i was extremely upset that Monument didn't let Wade write any of the songs on this cd, but there are so many politics involved. At least there are Chick Rains and Shawn Camp involved who are some of Wade's favorite songwriters.The album is definately full of some great music. "Goodbye is the Wrong Way to Go" shows off all of his tallents, espically that distinct voice'then there is "What's it gonna take" which will get ANYONE dancing,"Up North" once again, i can't say enough about the tallent that Wade has,you will just have to listen for yourself.It is well worth it.As far for how long it took to release, once again politics.Wade has appoligized over and over again for that.(and he has no control over it either!) I just think everyone should know how genuine and REAL Wade Hayes is.The album is GREAT and so is he as a person.Everyone should take the time to listen to ALL of his music.He is 100% tallent, writing,guitar, and singing.But most of all a very nice person and very deserving of the fame he should receive.Thank You,Debbie Rueve

Hayes' best since his first.......2000-10-05

With his fourth album, Wade Hayes puts forth a solid and addictive collection of country tunes.

There's nothing particularly new or different about "Highways and Heartaches," but that's part of the album's simple beauty.

Hayes is about as country as they come, and while his previous album, "When the Wrong One Loves You Right" had its hits, it also had its problems - namely too much percussion overshadowing some great guitar work. It's telling that the two hits off that album - "How Do You Sleep at Night?" and "The Day That She Left Tulsa" - were slower ballads. The faster stuff sounded like the producers trying to push Hayes toward Garth Brooks' cross-over audience.

With "Highways and Heartaches" - which counts Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn as one of its producers - Hayes returns to his earlier pure country sound. Dunn and fellow producers Terry McBride, Don Cook and Hayes' songwriting partner Chick Rains apparently realize that Hayes' isn't about pushing the musical envelope.

Hayes is better off going the route of George Strait, who can change without seeming to change, trying new things while keeping the surface sound a steady classic country.

With this in mind, Hayes' new album subtly shows a wider range of vocal emotion and musical style than his previous work. At the same time, with his authoritative baritone and accomplished guitar skills deeply entrenched in country roots, Hayes mirrors Strait's reliability.

Hayes said in an interview this summer that he doesn't disparage against other types of music, it's just that he'd feel ridiculous trying to play anything else. Simply put, "Highways and Heartaches" represents an artist fully aware of his own strengths and weaknesses, and thus it's Hayes' best album since his first.

But say, wasn't there another country album with the same title back in the early '80s...?

Yes indeed - Hayes' fellow traditionalist Ricky Skaggs, 1982.

But this title choice only goes to further prove how devoted Hayes is to his musical roots. Never mind that the title phrase appears in a song on Hayes' new album. The title, reportedly suggested to Hayes by a fan, most likely doubles as an homage to Skaggs - legend has it Hayes left Oklahoma for Nashville with only $450 in his pocket after seeing Skaggs on an awards show, urging young musicians to follow their dreams.

As for the individual songs on "Highways," they play like a country music primer. The songs don't appear in the following order, but programmed this way on your CD player, you could have fun turning "Highways and Heartaches" into the closest thing country music might ever see to a concept album.

Here's the "Highways and Heartaches" storyline as I see it:

1. Established love sung slow - "You Were, You Are, You'll Always Be."

2. A breaking heart sung even slower - "Goodbye Is the Wrong Way to Go."

3. A now-broken heart sung with a swing - "She Used to Say That to Me."

4. Recently lost love done pure country - "Life After Loving You."

5. Long lost love done countryfied rock n' roll - "Up North (Down South, Back East, Out West)."

6. Lonely folks meeting with a rockin' country yodel - "I'm Lonesome Too."

7. Potential new love rocking even more - "What's It Gonna Take?"

8. New love settling in and slowing it down - "You Just Keep On."

9. Found love heading for the line-dance - "Up and Down."

Tracks:

If Heartaches Had Wings
One Step Ahead Of The Blues

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Heartaches & Honky-Tonks
Bill Hearne's Roadhouse Revue
Manufacturer: Frogville Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000R9RBOC
Release Date: 2007-06-15

Tracks:

Odds & Ends (bits & pieces)
Close Up the Honky-Tonks
Sing Me back Home
the End of the Line
Face to the wall
Somewhere Between
You Don't Care what Happens to Me
Who Will Buy the Wine
Old Faithful
the Waltz of the Angels
Wishful Thinking
Road Too Long
Wine Me up
Come Back to Old Santa Fe

Product Description

"Heartaches & Honky-tonks... Bill Hearne's years as a country and folk musician have served him well. He is above all a storyteller... a hearty slice of Southwestern soul."
- Gabe gomez SFReporter

Country legend Bill Hearne has been performing for 36 years from Nashville to LA keeping boots scootin' everywhere inbetween with his wife as "Bill & Bonnie", both Texans, blind from birth. Originally signed to Warner Western, Bill & Bonnie are Folk legends at events like Texas's Kerrville Folk Festival. Bonnie's health keeps her from touring but Bill is busy. Bill's retro country trio and his honky-tonk quartet have been steadily blazing up the southwest circuit becoming mainstays in Texas, New Mexico and Southern Colorado. Now on Frogville records in Santa Fe, they had a great time recording this retro country album at the analog studio with Bill Palmer at the helm engineering and co-producing this country classic! Heartaches & Honkytonks is a retro country classic!

Waitin' for the Sun to Shine/Highways & Heartaches

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Waitin' for the Sun to Shine/Highways & Heartaches
Ricky Skaggs
Manufacturer: Gottdiscs
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music

Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music

Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music

Country | Imports | Stores | Music
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Sweet Temptation
Comin' Home to Stay
Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs [2-CD SET]
Solid Ground/Life Is a Journey
Bluegrass Country Soul

ASIN: B000AOVKW8
Release Date: 2005-10-17

Tracks:

If That's The Way You Feel
Don't Get Above Your Raising
Your Old Love Letters
Low And Lonely
Waitin' For The Sun To Shine
You May See Me Walkin'
Crying My Heart Out Over You
Lost To A Stranger
I Don't Care
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
Heartbroke
You've Got A Lover
Don't Think I'll Cry
Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
Nothing Can Hurt You
I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
Can't You Hear Me Callin'
Highway 40 Blues
Let's Love The Bad Times Away
One Way Rider

Album Description

Originally released in 1981 & 1982 on the Epic record label and now appearing for the first time as this 2-on-1 CD. Two number 1 hits came out of his 1981 album 'Waitin' For The Sun To Shine', and the awards started arriving. Ricky Skaggs is largely responsible for a back-to-basics movement in country music. Waitin' For The Sun To Shine was Ricky's first album to be released after signing to the Epic Record label and brought him into the mainstream. The album has a straightforward mountain approach with one of the best songs being the title track, recently covered by Lee Ann Womack on her There's More Where That Came From LP. On 1982's Highways & Heartaches, Skaggs developed his bluegrass roots with new traditionalist sensibilities and catchy pop tunes, making this album one of his best. Four of the tracks, 'Heartbroke', 'You've Got A Lover', 'I Wouldn't Change You If I Could' & 'Highway 40 Blues', were chart-toppers. The remainder of the decade found Skaggs often at the top of both the country single and album charts. Includes full sleeve notes by John Tobler. 19 total tracks. Gottdiscs. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition that Combines the Tracks of Two Original LPs on to a Single Compact Disc. Epic Records Originally Released These in 1981 and 1982. Skaggs Jumped from the Indie Sugar Hill Label to Epic Following Attention Paid to Him as an Integral Part of Emmylou Harris' Hot Band. By Moving to Epic, He Furthered the Back-to-basics Movement in Country Music Into the Mainstream. "Waitin' for the Sun to Shine" Adapted Bluegrass for Country Pop Radio with Straightforward Approach that Blended Well with Other Hits on the Chart. On 1982's "Highways and Heartaches", Skaggs Continued to Cultivate his Bluegrass Roots with New Traditionalist Sensibilities and Catchy Pop Tunes, Making this Album One of his Best. Four of the Tracks - "Heartbroke", "You've Got a Lover", "i Wouldn't Change You If I Could" and "Highway 40 Blues" - were Chart-toppers. Both These Albums Represent a Golden Era for Country Music.

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