Remembering

Remembering

ASIN: B00006AL9Y

Track Listings

1. Don't Take Her She's All I Got

2. Take This Job And Shove It

3. Someone To Give My Love To

4. The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised

5. Song & Dance Man

6. 21 Miles To Lake Charles Prison

7. Living The Life Of A Dog

8. I Got Wine On My Mind

9. My Sweet Love Ain't Around

10. Who Needs Your Love (I Do)

11. If You Had Only Taken The Time

12. Sunny Side Of The Mountain

13. Forever Ended Yesterday

14. Julie

15. The Creek Will Still Be Running

16. I'm Remembering

Tracks:

Fever
I Don't Know Enough About You
Moments Like This
Winter Weather
Some Cats Know
Everything Is Moving Too Fast
Waitin' For The Train To Come In
The Freedom Train
Black Coffee
A Woman Alone With The Blues
For Every Man Ther's A Woman
I'm Gonna Go Fishin'

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From her beginnings in the sixties folk music scene in Boston, Maria Muldaur has continued to explore a range of American musics, first with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, followed by a pair of albums with then-husband Geoff Muldaur. The '70s brought her commercial success with the release of her debut solo album and the single "Midnight at the Oasis." The '80s found her recording sets devoted to jazz, gospel, and swing, while the '90s albums celebrated her love of New Orleans and blues. A Woman Alone With the Blues is devoted to 12 songs associated with Peggy Lee. From the slow burn of "Fever" to the swinging "Everything Is Moving Too Fast," this is a well-paced set with Muldaur backed by a supple eight-piece combo. Dan Hicks guests on "Winter Weather," trading verses with Muldaur over a snappy big band arrangement. Lee's career drew from a sufficiently diverse and uniformly potent range of songwriters (Ellington, Arlen, Berlin, Leiber & Stoller, etc.) and this album is likewise rich in its breadth. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews:

One of Muldaur's Best.......2007-03-31

For some reason I could never stand Peggy Lee; can't quite put my finger on it but perhaps it was something about her voice that irritated me. For that reason I was a little reluctant to get this album. My doubts were gone right from the first song. Muldaur's treatment of these songs is superb and this is one of her best albums. I could be considered a bit biased. I now have 17 Muldaur albums and not a bad one in the lot; all 4 and 5 star-rated albums. One thing I have noticed too is the quality band work that backs up Muldaur on most of her albums, including this one. Buy ANY Muldaur blues album for a real treat.

take on torch songs is absolutely opaque to the influences of others.......2006-01-30

A Woman Alone With the Blues
Maria Muldaur
Telarc Records CD-83568
Faced with memorial albums, such as this tribute to Peggy Lee, the critic often has trouble deciding whether to review the original artist or the one performing the covers. This is not a problem when dealing with Maria Muldaur, whose own take on torch songs is absolutely opaque to the influences of others. Even when the others are the original recording artists. Even when the other is Peggy Lee. It is true that Ms. Muldaur has never had another "Midnight at the Oasis," and that it seems difficult to keep her off of bad albums, but her own best efforts, those over which she exercises artistic control, remain the hottest burning torch songs available.
There is a late 40s-early 50s eroticism here, an old-style, sultry ambience that makes clothing sexy; that turns a clarinet line into foreplay. Instrumentation, while we're on that subject, includes guitar, piano, alto and tenor sax, clarinet, flute, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, bass, drums and vibes. Control is a large part of this release, too. There are solos, but no excesses. Lyrics are pared to avoid repetition, and the music behind them swoops up or down appropriately with the precision and grace of a bird of prey.
Due to a circle of friends, neighbors and peers that, over the years, has ranged from Kitty Wells to Rev. Gary Davis to Bob Dylan, Maria Muldaur has been through a number of musical phases over the years, some more interesting and exciting than others, and one never knows quite what to expect from her new CDs. Thus, when something as spectacularly good as A Woman Alone With the Blues comes out, it comes with an extra kick for the buyer, something akin to doing well at the racetrack and feeling the dual exhilarations of winning and of obtaining a large sum of money.

Maria Muldaur: A Superb Blues Singer.......2005-05-15

I absolutely love this album by Maria Muldaur. It may be a homage to the late Peggy Lee but Muldaur makes the songs her own. She has experimented with many genres in the past and has been successful in all that she has chosen. Muldaur should be much more well-known amongst the general public than she is but like any artist who has been pegged by a bit radio hit, such as Melanie with "Brand New Key" and Janis Ian with "At Seventeen", Muldaur is best remembered for "Midnight At the Oasis". All three artists have continued to record and have moved into different types of music. Muldaur is a true artist and this album is evidence of that.I cannot recommend it highly enough. I am certain that Peggy Lee herself would have liked it very much. The songs were specially picked by Maria after immersing herself in Peggy Lee's music and it was difficult for her to choose a limited number of great songs made famous by Peggy Lee but her selections have proven to be the best for her own renditions. It is a very fine Blues album and I have no hesitatiion in giving it five stars. It it the type of album that is not suitable for background music--it is captivating and one is drawn into really listen. That, to me, is the sign of a great album.

Better Late Than Never.......2003-10-23

Based on her last two releases, Maria Muldaur has become one of my favorite singers. Her rendition of "Some Cats Know", on the Peggy Lee tribute, should be enough to convince you that she belongs in the ranks of the greats. But there is so much more to enjoy. "I Don't Know Enough About You" ,"Everything Is Moving Too Fast", "Black Coffee"...all are handled with class and sass! Now I need to start catching up on all the stuff I missed over the years. I'm looking forward to it.

Smokey Joe's.......2003-06-14

This is my 14th album by Maria Muldaur; and she keeps getting better, creating a diverse body of work. With her exquisite last CD remembering blues greats like Memphis Minnie on "Richland Woman Blues" and this set remembering Peggy Lee, she's becoming an interpretive musical historian of significance like the late John Hartford. With 21st century technical support, this set could be a blast from the 1930's - 1940's jazz era. Maria reinvents the music through her personality and makes it come alive. Among the many highlights on the CD is Peggy Lee's signature song "Fever" which burns and aches with libidinous longing. Dan Hicks duets on the swinging "Winter Weather" with the horns and brass pulsing to perfection. The two tracks that have me reaching for "repeat" come smack dab in the middle of the CD: Peggy Lee's penned "Everything Is Moving Too Fast" is a loose jazz & jive that'll set your toe to tapping while "Waitin' for the Train to Come In" highlights Maria's coos and sighs through a lovely melody. "Freedom Train," "Black Coffee" and the title track are also great highlights among an exquisitely strong set. This set will let you turn back the clock, imagine an earlier easier time when melodies were strong, Peggy Lee was one of her era's strongest vocalists, and somehow we are transported by Maria's magnificent performance to see that the music sounds as wonderful today as it did when it was first written. Enjoy!

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Jazz Meets Blue-Eyed Soul
New Fan

Til Tomorrow: Remembering Marvin Gaye
Cassandre McKinley
Manufacturer: Max Jazz Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GNOS9U
Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

Trouble Man
I Want You
Til Tomorrow
I Wish It Would Rain
You're The One For Me
Pride And Joy
Your Precious Love
Night Life
Let's Get It On
After The Dance
I Won't Cry Anymore
I Wonder
Yesterday
If This World Were Mine

Album Description

Some of Marvin Gaye's classics are featured on the new MAXJAZZ release Til Tomorrow (Remembering Marvin Gaye), by the highly talented vocalist Cassandre McKinley. McKinley offers an eclectic array of arrangements ranging in genre from jazz to blues to R&B.

Customer Reviews:

Jazz Meets Blue-Eyed Soul.......2007-05-15

Cassandre McKinley, ostensibly a jazz singer, has released this c.d. on MaxJazz, as part of their superior catalogue of excellent jazz vocalists who deserve wider recognition. These mostly are songs of Marvin Gaye, and the c.d. is a tribute to the late, great soul-man.

For the most part, this intersection of jazz and soul sounds more like soul than jazz. The exceptions are "You're the One for Me", and to my ears the best track on this disc: ironically, the Beatles "Yesterday." On that track, Ms. McKinley plays with the familiar melody and transmogrifies it into a soul-sounding tune.

Cassandre McKinley is an accomplished singer, and the c.d. sounds fine. But Amazon commands four stars if you like it, five stars if you love it. I like it. There's something I can't put my finger on that keeps me from loving it.

Maybe it's this: Marvin Gaye was so good, that if you do a tribute to him that sounds like soul, you're going to come out second-best. Take "Your Precious Love", for example: Here, she does this as a duet with Michael Payette, which sounds good; but it will hardly make you forget the original.

Nevertheless, an "A" for effort. I look forward to Cassandre McKinley's next c.d. RC

New Fan.......2006-09-05

On a visit to St. Louis last month, friends "dragged" me to The Jazz Bistro for a "night out" that I didn't even want. BLESS THEM !! What an incredible surprise !! It was Cassandre McKinley's CD release show, and I am so glad I was there. Ms. McKinley's renditions of Marvin Gaye's music were just awesome. Her voice is smooth and rich. I bought the CD and haven't stopped playing it since. It is so obvious that Ms. McKinley is truly FEELING every note she sings. It really touches me. If you want insight and emotion delivered with a truly beautiful voice, you will find it on this CD. I am a now a true (if new) fan.

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Stick to the changes
Glad I started here
gets the job done, but lacks something
Karrin Allyson is the REAL DEAL
Has it all!

Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane
Karrin Allyson
Manufacturer: Concord Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005J716
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

Say It (Over And Over Again)
You Don't Know What Love Is
Too Young To Go Steady
All Or Nothing At All
I Wish I Knew
What's New
It's Easy To Remember
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
Naima
Why Was I Born?
Everytime We Say Goodbye

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

More than most tribute albums, singer Karrin Allyson's remembrance of John Coltrane makes a genuine attempt to relate to its subject--not only in retracing his 1961 offering, Ballads, song by song and luxuriating in the deep, swelling tenor sounds of Bob Berg and James Carter, but also in giving the tunes plenty of room to breathe. Resisting the temptation to dress them up with overt displays of style, she approaches them in a straightforward, emotionally understated fashion, capturing their essence with taste and intelligence. In the end, Allyson doesn't have quite enough color or depth to sustain such a long set of slow stuff (the album, also featuring Steve Wilson on soprano sax, concludes with three other ballads associated with Trane, notably his classic "Naima"). This is a singer who needs to breathe as much as sigh. But taken individually or in short doses, songs such as "Say It (Over and Over Again)" and "What's New" impart an exquisite sense of control. Allyson's radiant high notes never fail to move you. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews:

Stick to the changes.......2007-03-01

I am a big fan of the Coltrane album and if you area going to pay tribute, you'd better have a good take on things. McCoy Tyner stayed somewhat close to the actual chords. Just listening to a few of the preview cuts, I was turned off by the piano player's avant gard approach. It didn't maatter how Karrin interpreted the songs, they were already ruined by all those seconds/ninths/13ths etc. in the background.

Glad I started here.......2006-08-17

This was the first Karrin Allyson album I heard. I liked this album -- her singing as well as the ensemble work -- enough to seek out more. If I had started with some of her other albums, though, I probably never would have checked this one out, and that would have been unfortunate. She sounds less forced, less self-conscious, on this album than on, say, Footprints or In Blue. She wears these songs more gracefully than on the other albums. The musicianship here is also more organic than on, particularly, Footprints, which has got to be (I hope) a low point in her catalog. Lewis Nash is one of my favorite contemporary drummers, and he turns in a typically agile yet supportive performance. The sax blowing is the hottest you'll find on any of Allyson's albums. I don't mean to damn Allyson with faint praise, but I'm glad this was the first of her albums I heard, because this is a good one.

gets the job done, but lacks something.......2006-06-03

I used to be a big fan of Karrin Allyson until I saw her live at the Blue Note (playing a double bill with Ron Carter). She is one of the most irritating performers I have ever had the unfortunate opportunity to witness. Her music is forced and showy (that really comes across onstage) and after going home and trying to listen to her albums, I've realized that her recordings are no different than her live performances. When I listen to this album, I get an uncanny feeling like she is trying to get through these songs as fast as possible so she can move on to recording another album.
Maybe I'm biased but if you want good, contemporary, vocal jazz, pick up a Tierney Sutton or Kurt Elling album.

Karrin Allyson is the REAL DEAL.......2005-01-15

Forget Jane Monheit and the other beautiful, but bland female jazz singers who are easy on the ears but offer nothing to grab hold of. Karrin Allyson is the real deal: a soulful, swinging, in-your-face jazz singer with a real understanding of the jazz idiom and the chops to hold her own with the talented instrumentalists who back her up. It's all there. The phrasing, the delivery, and a soulful rasp which grabs you by the heart and pulls you deep into the music.

She can be mellow. She can be hot. She can be smooth. And she can be raw. On this CD tribute to John Coltrane she does him proud. If you don't love this CD, then you don't love jazz. No offense to all the "pretty" singers out there, but maybe they should listen to Karrin and see how it's really done.

Has it all!.......2004-05-02

This CD has it all! Very stylish smooth vocals and fantastic musicians. It has silky smooth ballads and songs where the band really swings. The homage to Coltrane is genuine and gives the CD purpose and meaning. This is a really great jazz CD and I really enjoyed it!

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Just About the Most Peaceful Music I Have Ever Used As a Therapist
Inner-peace
Awesome but reject the shamanism
Heaven on Earth
The most relaxing selection of songs I've ever heard.

Essence
Peter Kater
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ASIN: B0000018I4
Release Date: 2001-04-20

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Customer Reviews:

Just About the Most Peaceful Music I Have Ever Used As a Therapist.......2006-12-23

Peter Kater's BEST, in my opinion. Almost no massage therapy client I have is able to stay awake through this CD. It has a very spiritual feeling to me. I love this CD.

Inner-peace.......2004-12-16

Peter Kater's music is Increditable. Mostly very relaxing and soulful he plays from the heart. Some would say mellow and peaceful. I have purchased all of his cd's and his style with some creditable guest they perform all to well together it is worth every penny. I have found peace and its in Peter's music.

Awesome but reject the shamanism.......2003-10-16

I love Peter Kater and most of his music without occult or shaman titles in them, because the truth is, it is part of a cult thinking and spiritual darkness. I studied it for years as I did other cults and I know people firsthand who were involved with the illuminated cult and "ism. Otherwise he has an excellent talent and beautiful spirit in music and melodic creation on the piano and you cannot deny that he has a God-given gift, if and when he ever acknowledges that is truly where it comes from.

Heaven on Earth.......2002-12-05

So beautiful, so exquisite, so moving. It seems to be divinely inspired. I am so appreciative to you, Peter Kater, for this treasure.

The most relaxing selection of songs I've ever heard........2001-09-21

I haven't any idea where I purchased this CD but I use it when I'm getting a message. I'm ordering one for my masseuse because she wanted to share it with her other clients.

Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf

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Awesome Tribute CD
Kate Wolf Music, Kate Wolf People
sweet love...
Radiant proof that Kate Wolf was a first rate lyricist
In memoriam Kate

Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
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ASIN: B000009Q0P
Release Date: 1998-08-18

Tracks:

Give Yourself To Love - Kathy Mattea
These Times We're Living In - Dave Alvin
Friend Of Mine - Nanci Griffith
Sweet Love - John Gorka
Here In California - Lucinda Williams
Like A River - Peter Rowan & The Rowan Brothers/Jim Campilongo & The Ten Gallon Cats
Carolina Pines - Cris Williamson & Tret Fure
See Here, She Said - U. Utah Phillips
In China Or A Woman's Heart - Rosalie Sorrels
Tequila And Me - Greg Brown & Ferron
Back Roads - Nina Gerber
Cornflower Blue - Eric Bogle
Love Still Remains - Emmylou Harris
Thinking About You - Terry Garthwaite

Amazon.com

Kate Wolf's songs still ring true years after her death. This loving tribute contains 14 heartfelt covers culled from the repertoire of the singer-songwriter, who died of leukemia in 1986. From Kathy Mattea's serene opener, "Give Yourself to Love," to Terry Garthwaite's near-tears closer, "Thinking About You," it's apparent that all involved in the project (from the contributing artists to producer Nina Gerber, who collaborated with Wolf through much of her career) hold Wolf in the highest esteem. Highlights here include Dave Alvin's gruff "These Times We're Living In," Nanci Griffith's mournful "Friend of Mine," and Rosalie Sorrels's sweet-as-an-angel version of "In China or a Woman's Heart." --Alexandra Russell

Customer Reviews:

Awesome Tribute CD.......2005-12-05

"Treasures Left Behind" is meant to be a tribute to the late folk-singer Kate Wolf. It's full of her beautiful music, sung by other artists who were either moved by Kate Wolf the person, or by her music.

One of the things I love about this collection is that it includes an insert with a lot of great stories about Kate Wolf, as well as the words to each song.

I found all of the songs on this CD to be both awesome and thought provoking. So, I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys folk-type music - these songs have "real" meaning...

Kate Wolf Music, Kate Wolf People.......2004-02-05

Look at all the musicians here and who they are and what they mean. Go on any page for any Kate Wolf recording and see how many people feel moved to write about Kate and what she meant to them. You are smart if you read all those comments, smarter if you get as much Kate Wolf and her friends as you can, and are lucky, blessed to have found Kate even though she is no longer with us on Earth, she is here with her music, with the spirit that she has inspired.

Kate's "Red Tailed Hawk" will always be inscribed on my brain its beauty its realness, its aptness, and the reality of the golden rolling hills of California. So perfect and beautiful even though I never had a tape or LP or a CD of it until 12 years after it came out, until after we lost Kate. Still its power comes to me as it did on an old radio sitting in an Oakland apartment, the signal fighting its way all the way up from KFAT ("because we need the bucks) down in Gilroy.

The vision of California that Kate weaves on all her records is preciseless, unique real, and a treasure even if much of it is sweeten myth.

I feel so bad that I lived in San Fransisco and Oakland and travelled up and down California and the West Coast in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Kate was doing her best work and only saw her sing once. There was something to her voice that gets through to me, something pure. Part of Kate's magic is the superb arrangements and backup that got from the musical genius Nina Gerber her main accompaniest. Nina is now out there solo alot. If you like guitar and this kind music check out Nina too.
Oh Kate, why didn't we realize how much of a golden treasure you were when you were among us. In her memory think of a performer you might miss like we all miss Kate--well that isnt fair because thats a big ideal to measure up to--how about someone you would miss half or a quarter as much as I miss Kate, and make sure you go see them while you can, and maybe bring a friend, bring two. How about going to see everyone on this record who is touring and ask them to do a Kate Wolf song, or better, ask them to do whatever song Kate liked them to play for her.

sweet love..........2001-10-15

This CD will bring you to tears...all the artists that paid tribute to Kate Wolf did so with all their hearts...every song is done with tender loving care and honor the memory of this beautiful song writer...

Radiant proof that Kate Wolf was a first rate lyricist.......2001-07-03

I love these songs more than those that I've heard Kate Wolf herself sing. Lucinda William's contribution is perfect.

In memoriam Kate.......2001-06-14

A lovingly produced tribute to the late folk singer/songwriter. Some of the artists -- John Gorka, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams -- never met her but are fervent admirers. Others -- U Utah Phillips, Terry Garthwaite, Peter Rowan, Greg Brown -- worked with her. Each seems moved to invest something of their soul in the songs, and the result is extremely moving. Best tracks? Well, they're all great, but I'd give the nod to Dave Alvin's world-weary take on These Times We're Living In, and the age-meets-experience of Phillips on See Here She Said and Rosalie Sorrel's In China Or A Woman's Heart; and the instrumental version of Back Roads by Nina Gerber, Kate's own guitarist, who also acted as the producer and motivating force behind the project. If you don't know anything about Kate Wolf, you'll be a fan by the time the record's over; if you're already a fan, you'll be intrigued and moved by the different approach each artist brings to these songs. Get it; you'll never regret it.

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Highly recommendable Buddy Holly tribute
Buddy will never fade away
Great Memories of Holly
Buddy Holly still lives.
Worth the price, nice interpretations of Holly"s songs

Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly)
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Highly recommendable Buddy Holly tribute.......2003-10-10

To my mind Buddy Holly was the best musician of all the fifties rock n roll acts .Mind ,I say "musician" not "singer" for while a perfectly talented singer he was outclassed vocally by Presley and the Killer .However,he possessed a great deal of musical insight and applied the fruits of his wide listening to create a substantial musical legacy in a tragically brief time span .
This 1996 tribute to Holly is a labour of love and a worthwhile album in its own right .Predominantly a country music affair it gives a number of stellar performers the chance to pay tribute to a lasting influence in American musis.
It has its weaknessses -the opening track Peggy Sue Got Married ,which features Holly's own vocal grafted onto a new version by the Hollies is over arranged and for me it simply does not work .Also the take on Midnight Shift by Los Lobos is too plodding for my taste .Yet all else is fine and in some cases better than that.
The soaring version of True Love Ways by the Mavericks is passionate and beautiful;Nanci Griffith and the Crickets add something new to Well All Right make it sound well at ease in her usual "folkabilly" style;the perfect pitch of Suzy Boguss on It Doesn't Matter Anymore comes close to the original,while other highlights include a nice version of Think It over from the Tractors.

Check out the duet between Steve Earle and Marty Stuart on Crying ,Waiting ,Hoping for new insights into a Holly song,;listen to the Bo Diddly-ish attack on Not Fade Away by the Band and the Crickets but above listen to the simplest arrangement of all on the most affecting track of the lot-the reflective take on Learning the Game by the great Waylon Jennings.With a simple guitar accompaniment he cuts to the heart of the song bringing the gravitas of the years to the deceptively simple song .Its called experience and its priceless.
This does not Buddy down even when adhering closely to the original arrangement as in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band cut of Maybe Baby

A pleasing album.

Buddy will never fade away.......2003-03-21

Sixties group The Hollies named themselves after him and they open this set with a remix of Buddy's original version of Peggy Sue got married. Modern recording technology is amazing, but I admit that I would have preferred the Hollies to do their own version rather than mix their vocals with Buddy's.

The remaining recordings were all (as far as I know) completely new for this album and feature a mix of rock and country performers. Buddy's former band, The Crickets, lend their support to Nanci Griffith on Well all right and to The Band on Not fade away.

My favorite track here is It doesn't matter anymore, featuring outstanding guitar picking by Dave Edmunds and brilliant singing by Suzy Bogguss. Actually, I think all the tracks are great, except Peggy Sue got married which is merely OK. You have to like both country and rock music to agree with me. If you only like one of these genres, you may only like some of the tracks here.

Despite a recording career cut short by death, Buddy's influence on pop, rock and country music is substantial. This is a fitting tribute album, although it would have been nice to have more than twelve tracks.

Great Memories of Holly.......2002-10-03

Holly may have died before his time but his music lives on and thanks to Waylon and Mark Knopfler, this album will always be one of my favorites.

Buddy Holly still lives........2002-07-07

Buddy Holly's career only lasted a couple of years and he was only 21 or so when he was killed. Thus, it's astonishing that we are still listening to his music forty-plus years later. Holly's music was innovative. Modern groups use dozens of musicians to produce sounds not as original as Holly did with a four piece band.

This is a good tribute album. The best version of a Holly song here is "Midnight Shift" by Los Lobos, a hard-rocking, smoky, mysterious tune. I don't know the song in the original Holly version. Also good are "Maybe Baby" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and "Not Fade Away" by the Band and the Crickets. The mix of Buddy Holly's voice with a new background and the Hollies on "Peggy Sue Got Married" is also kind of cool. But where is Holly's most famous song, "Peggy Sue" with its absolutely unique, unforgettable, machine gun rhythm?

I suspect we'll still be listening to Buddy Holly in 2050 and new interpretations of his songs will appear every decade or so. He's one of the best from the early days of rock and roll.

Worth the price, nice interpretations of Holly"s songs.......2000-11-01

This disc is a nice tribute to the music of Buddy. Two tracks stand out for me, Cryin, Waitin, Hopin by Earle and Stuart.Its raw, gut bucket music. The Ely-Snider version of Oh Boy! is the best cover, including Doug Sahms' version, contained in "Live Texas Tornado" I have heard. The guitar and bass work is thundering. These boys did Holly right.The rest of the cd is nice and was done with great respect for Holly. All except the Hollies watered down version of Peggy Sue Got Married.

Tracks:

I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
So Wrong - Patsy Cline
Misty Moonlight - Jim Reeves
Back In Baby's Arms - Patsy Cline
Missing You - Jim Reeves
Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
The Blizzard - Jim Reeves
Why Can't He Be You - Patsy Cline
Distant Drums - Jim Reeves
Leavin' On Your Mind - Patsy Cline

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Not Long Enough.......2005-08-29

Two strong, easy-to-listen-to voices that were tragically taken well before their time! Jim Reeves mellow, soothing vocals were always a treat to listen to alone-----very romantic. Patsy's voice was strong and passionate, but both sang from the core of their hearts. Mixed together, it's a classic combination. The only problem I found was the CD was not long enough! There could have been 20 - 25 songs done by those two great gone-too-soon artists!!

Could We Use These 2 Today!.......2002-02-16

"Remembering" is classic country. How tragic that both Jim and Patsy were killed in separate plane crashes in the early '60s at the height of their careers. How we could use these 2 today! While the album may not represent the best work of either star, I recommend it on its' own merits. Patsy gives us a plaintive "Why Can't He Be You" and a pleasantly authoritative "Leavin' On Your Mind". (She'll just find another guy!) Jim gives us two huge posthumous hits; "Missing You" and a wonderful "Distant Drums", with that fade in and fade out thumping. Rising to #1 in early '66, how appropriate it must have been for the Vietnam- bound soldier, not to mention his family and girl friend. Jim had 31 Billboard hits AFTER his death. "Remembering" also presents a pseudo duet, "I Fall to Pieces", produced electronically in the studio. It may have been Patsy's solo hit in real life, but so what? In fact, with Jim and Patsy, what's not to like? Buy it and enjoy the work of 2 great pros, both of whom are surely turning in their graves at what their "successors" have done to the industry.

Oldies but not so goodies!.......2001-06-12

There is a great deal of distortion in the duets

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Wandering and Remembering
Beautifull Piano Arrangements

Wandering and Remembering
Newell Oler
Manufacturer: NOME Co. of Dallas, Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1998-08-01

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It's Been a Long Time
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Album Description

This CD features solo piano arrangements of best songs of 40's era, played in the great style of Newell Oler.

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Wandering and Remembering.......2005-09-25

Great listening, of course I am a Newell Oler fan. I don't believe he could put out a bad CD.

Beautifull Piano Arrangements.......2004-01-08

I enjoy the style of piano arrangements Newel did for this CD. I love to listen to it when I want to just relax. It has a peacefulness to it that I enjoy. If you like these kind of songs in particular, you will enjoy this CD.

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The Great Buddy Clark

Remembering Buddy Clark
Buddy Clark
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00069I732
Release Date: 2005-03-29

Tracks:

Spring Is Here
Let's Be Buddies
It All Comes Back To Me Now
A Sinner Kissed An Angel
I Hate You, Darling
There's A Long, Long Trail
Isn't This Better Than Walkin' In The Rain?
After Graduation Day
Made For Each Other (Tu Felicidad)
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You Was
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Me An' My Bundle
Nobody's Home In My House

Product Description

1. Spring Is Here
2. Let's Be Buddies
3. It All Comes Back To Me Now
4. Sinner Kissed An Angel
5. I Hate You, Darling
6. There's A Long Long Trail
7. Isn't This Better Than Walking In The Rain?
8. After Graduation Day
9. Made For Each Other
10. I'm Waiting For The Ships To Come In
11. Don't You LOve Me Anymore
12. Freedom Train
13. Those Things Money Can't Buy
14. It's Easy When You Know How
15. Serenade (Music Played On A Heartstring)
16. Confess - (with Doris Day)
17. You Was - (with Doris Day)
18. Easy To Love - (with Dinah Shore)
19. Nobody's Home At My House - (with Dinah Shore)
20. Matinee
21. Where The Apple Blossoms Fall
22. Love Me! Love Me! Love Me!
23. Chapter In My Life Called Mary, A
24. Me An' My Bundle

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

The Great Buddy Clark.......2005-07-15

In the late forties, Buddy Clark was the biggest recording star in the country. He is all but forgotten today because his career was cut short by an airplane accident on October 1, 1949. He was 37.

For the Buddy Clark fan this collection is a worth celebrating because it avoids songs like "Linda", "I'll Dance At Your Wedding", "Ballerina" et. al. Fine songs but they have been done to death on every compilation ever released. The sound quality is also superb. It's obvious that SONY (formerly Columbia) transferred these recordings from the masters. Listening to the final track, a light hearted duet with Dinah Shore called "Nobody's Home At My House" is especially bittersweet in that it is the very last thing that Buddy ever recorded. Nineteen days later he was gone.

In an era of great singers, Buddy Clark was one of the greatest.
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

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As someone who's new to Patsy Cline's music...
They butchered those beautiful songs
A few gems in a well-intentioned mess
Patsy was one of a kind ...
"Sweet Dreams" Are Made Of This

Remembering Patsy Cline
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Tracks:

I Fall To Pieces - Natalie Cole
Why Can't He Be You - Norah Jones
Back In Baby's Arms - Amy Grant
Crazy - Diana Krall
Strange - Michelle Branch
She's Got You - Lee Ann Womack
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Walkin' After Midnight - Terri Clark
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So Wrong - Jessi Alexander
Sweet Dreams (Of You) - Martina McBride

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As someone who's new to Patsy Cline's music..........2007-02-17

I'm giving this album a great rating, to counterbalance those who are nit-picking it to death. I'm not a country music fan and I was barely familiar with Patsy Cline before listening to this CD- so I'm speaking to anyone wondering whether this is an album they might enjoy, who isn't coming from a place of comparision with how much they loved "the way Patsy Cline sang it." I find this album a complete joy to listen to. All of the songs are wonderful, and I really enjoy the variety of styles and voices. My favorite track is Lee Ann Womack's awesome rendition of "She's Got You." I'm so glad I received this CD as a gift, because it's not something I would have bought for myself, and I'm now quite taken with this repertoire.

They butchered those beautiful songs.......2006-11-28

It was stated that the artists on this cd were encouraged to do their own interpretations of the timeless classics made popular by Patsy Cline. I think it was just an excuse for those horrible performances. This poor cd makes me appreciate that beautiful voice of Patsy Cline even more. There is a day-and-night difference between the way she sang the songs and the way these other people did on this cd. Save your money and buy the "Patsy Cline: greatest hits" cd instead.

A few gems in a well-intentioned mess.......2006-03-24

It seems crazy to even attempt to cover the songs of Patsy Cline and yet if I were a singer I think I'd want to try as well. The trouble is, not many singers can really pull this catalog off as this collection bears out. Only two tracks are outstanding, some are ok, some are depressing for all the wrong reasons.

For the bad, "I Fall to Pieces" is an amazing heartbreaking song and Natalie Cole is completely unequipped to sing it (at least she didn't sing it as a duet with Patsy a la Unforgettable.) Norah Jones and Michelle Branch, two talented singers dealing with their own material, are unable to pull their respective numbers off (incidentally, Norah fares much better on "Just Because I'm a Woman" a similiar but much more successful tribute to Dolly Parton.) Diana Krall's reading of "Crazy" is strangely flat, as is kd Lang's washed-out "Leavin on Your Mind." The latter was particularly surprising because at first glance I expected this to be the standout track. Patty Griffin's rendition of "Faded Love" might have been good but seems drowned by the production.

There is yet some hope for this CD though. Lee Ann Womack does a brilliant, wrenching version of "She's Got You" and Terri Clark smokes on "Walking After Midnight." Amy Grant's cover of "Back in Baby's Arms" is suprisingly good as well. The final track is an a capella rendition of "Sweet Dreams" by Martina McBride with backing vocals from Take 6. Although I didn't really enjoy Take 6's contribution, this was well-executed otherwise.

While cover versions can often be an interesting twist or occasional improvement on the original, I think buying a Patsy Cline album would be a much better use of your hard-earned money OR look into Loretta Lynn's "Sings Patsy Cline's Favorites."

Patsy was one of a kind ..........2005-11-18

... and that's why, with a couple of exceptions, I think this CD works. No one else could bring Patsy Cline's combination of soulful emotion and richly textured vocal quality to these songs, so why try? A case in point: Jessi Alexander's rendition of "So Wrong," wherein she tries mightily to imitate Patsy phrase for phrase - and fails.

Two other cuts miss the mark: Natalie Cole's approach to "I Fall to Pieces," well, falls flat - primarly because Natalie Cole's singing style is somewhere between a bray and a whine. And I have issues with Martina McBride and Take 6's version of "Sweet Dreams," largely because they're so enamored of the soundscape that the song gets completely lost in the shuffle.

But the other cuts are pretty snazzy, each for a different reason. Norah Jones' reading of "Why Can't He Be You?" conveys just the right air of ambivalence. Amy Grant's Texas swing-style arrangement of "Back in Baby's Arms" captures the good cheer of the song, and some of its sass as well. Diana Krall's rendition of "Crazy" proves not only that a great song is a great song in ANY setting, but also that a smart musician with a fresh approach can reveal new meaning in a song you've heard a zillion times. Michelle Branch's "Strange" is a bit, um, strange, in that she has an oddly unpleasant voice - and yet her interpretation somehow works. Terri Clark puts some muscle into "Walkin' After Midnight," Rebecca Lynn Howard tears the roof off of "You're Stronger Than Me," Lee Ann Womack gets to the emotional meat of "She's Got You," and Patti Griffin imbues "Faded Love" with such sadness and a sense of loss that I almost don't miss the ragged intake of breath that made Patsy's original such a stunner.

And then there's k.d. lang. The perfect, velvety vocals ... the powerful sound and equally powerful feeling ... the world-weary, "I've been through this before and I know what's coming" tone ... this is one brilliant recording. Never afraid to take a song apart and put it back together again, she's one of the truly great singers of this - or any - generation.

I'm a bit mystified by the reviewers here who seem to feel this CD doesn't qualify as a "tribute" because the singers, for the most part, bring their own individual style to their tracks. Isn't that what Patsy herself did, to the everlasting good fortune of us all?

"Sweet Dreams" Are Made Of This.......2005-09-16

I love Patsy Cline's music as much as I love her voice. She was an artist who took a song and made it her own. I never thought I could appreciate a Cline song by another artist, that is until now. From Natalie Cole's interpretation of "I Fall To Pieces," Norah Jones' gorgeous vocals on "Why Can't He Be You," to Diana Krall's brilliant take on "Crazy" and the finale of all finales, an acapella rendition of "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" recorded impeccably by Martina McBride with Take 6. This CD has something for every Cline fan and anyone a fan of beautiful songs that are brilliantly recorded and arranged. Other artists include, Michelle Branch, Amy Grant, Lee Ann Womack, and the incomparable k.d. lang singing her idols praises on "Leavin' On Your Mind." If you're in the mood for love, or memories of love, this one's for you. What a remarkable tribute to a remarkable artist. Sweet Dreams indeed!

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