A Decade of Country Company [Import]

A Decade of Country Company [Import]

ASIN: B00026B07E

Track Listings

1. Born Country

2. Kick A Little

3. Someone Who Likes Me

4. Amarillo By Morning

5. Hello Trouble

6. Country Life

7. Getting Even

8. Friends In Low Places

9. Is This Love

10. Thunder Rolls

11. I Don'T Even Know Your Name

12. Thank God Its Friday

13. My Best Friends Girl

14. November Blues

15. Race Is On

16. Johnny B Goode

17. Fur Ne Bessere Welt

Tracks:

Nothin' Special
Never Grow Up Boy
If Here Is Where You Are
She Can't Burn Me Now
Mountain Song
Untamed
Seventh Heaven
Fathers And Sons
When It Stops Hurtin'
Keep Her While She's There
When Fall's Coming Down
I Never Knew Life
Eyes That Won't Meet Mine
Blown Away And Gone

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Though the Del McCoury Band has earned renown for its wide-ranging repertoire--drawing from the rock, blues, and folk songbooks for its bluegrass adaptations--The Company We Keep finds the revered vocalist sticking close to his musical roots. McCoury's songwriting collaborations provide autobiographical highlights, from the eternal innocence of "Never Grow Up Boy" to the age-old wisdom of "If Here's Where You Are" ("then here's where you're supposed to be"). Del and his band, including sons Ronnie (mandolin, co-producer) and Rob (banjo), survey a bluegrass range that extends from the Appalachian strains of "Mountain Song" to the instrumental romp through Ronnie's "Seventh Heaven" to the deeply spiritual gospel of "I Never Knew Life." Best of all is the album's centerpiece, "Fathers and Sons," which finds the family band harmonizing on the bonds of blood. While the shifting time signatures of the opening "Nothing Special" serve notice that the music won't be bound by tradition, the album serves to celebrate that tradition and extend it. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

A Fine "Company" Indeed From The Best Bluegrass Band I've Heard.......2007-07-03

I honestly can't think of when I've heard a bluegrass band play with such empathy and virtuosity. Maybe the last time was more than a decade ago in Tucson, Arizona, but I know I haven't heard anything here in New York City that remotely comes close to The Del McCoury Band. Until last Saturday, when this wonderful band played a great set - which included celebrated banjo musician Bela Fleck on one number - at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium. Much of their set consisted of music from this CD and earlier releases from 2001, including a great cover version of a song written by legendary British folk rocker Richard Thompson. Del has a great tenor voice and is a fine guitarist too. But maybe more importantly, his superb musical talents also run in the family, since sons Rob and Ronnie are stellar virtuosos on the banjo and mandolin. I'm not sure if one can say that this is Newgrass music; it's just simply great Bluegrass. For this reason alone I am not surprised to hear that this band has earned countless awards from their peers in Nashville and elsewhere; awards which I am certain they'll continue earning well into the future.

Did not get correct cd.......2007-05-29

I would like to review this cd very much but unfortunately I was sent a cd by Greg Russell or some such person. I returned the cd but have not had any further communication from Amazon.....where is my Del McCoury cd......

It has been at least 2 weeks since I returned the WRONG CD.......

Thank you

Dave.......2007-03-02

Good album. Just a shade below their "It's Just the Night" CD, but very good.

New Songs Right on Target.......2007-01-11

I bought this cd for my husband and he loves it. It includes lots of new songs that really ring true for him. Some make him chuckle. He especially likes "Nothin' Special," in which the message is ". . my interest don't fall in monetary desires just a steady dose of passion baby's all I require." "Keep Her While She's There" and you won't have to get her back when she's gone. Also, you'll feel a lot better, "When It Stops Hurtin'." Del McCoury's voice is an acquired taste, but this collection is excellent.

Del McCoury "The Company We Keep".......2007-01-09

McCoury's unique voice and great bluegrass style shows in every song. Great CD!

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)

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Simply the Best
Inconsistent, but mostly excellent
"Celebration" is not strong enough a word
A maginificent evening, a magnificent album

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters
Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway
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ASIN: B000003FDW
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
Being Alive--Patti LuPone
Good Thing Going--The Tonics
Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2006-08-06

This is a wonderful double CD of fabulous musical numbers performed by theatre greats and directed by a legandary musical director.

Simply the Best.......2005-06-29

First, to the person who criticizes the recording b/c of "Broadway Baby." Daisy Egan (who sings in in this recording) sounds like she's 10 becuase she IS young. She had just appeared on Braodway in Secret Garden and won a Tony for it. It's a joke...Broadway BABY...hello, it's a joke.

In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.

In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.

If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.

Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21

I am sure no knowledgeable person would deny how absolutely perfect all these songs are. However, the performances on this album are extremely inconsistent. It will go from an excellent rendition (Waiting for the Girls medley, Sunday, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Sooner or Later, Green Finch, Send in the Clowns, Pretty Lady) to the weird (I never Do Anything Twice), to the bad (Broadway Baby, Our Time). I still have absolutely no idea how they managed to butcher one of the best songs ever written--Good Thing Going--and turn it into smooth jazz elevator music. Why would they give Broadway Baby to someone who sounds like she's 10? That said, Liza Minelli, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Dorothy Laudon and the "Waiting for the Girls" performers are all very good. And ending with Bernadette Peters and "Sunday" ends the set on a absolutley fabulous note.

"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30

This review is by Crosley.

I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.

There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.

I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.

A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16

There's something to be said for the first concert you ever see at Carnegie Hall. I was fortunate enough to have this be my first. This entire evening was devoted to his genius and the performers did not disappoint.

This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.

My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."

Hellfire Hymns
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Hellfire Hymns
Those Poor Bastards
Manufacturer: Tribulation Recording Company
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000N3AWL6
Release Date: 2007-02-13

Tracks:

The Dust Storm
Where She Been?
John Henry Gonna
God Damned Me
Behold Black Sheep
Have I Been Faithful?
The Hellbound Train
There's Gotta Be Something Better
Ruin My Life
Blood on my Hands
Family Graveyard
Stay Away from the Forest Boy
In the Backwoods
Farewell Happy Fields
Lost on the Way
Everything is Gone

Product Description

Hellfire Hymns is a masterpiece of infernal atmosphere. The production creaks like a gallows pole, and the songs don't seem ancient as much as they seem otherworldly, crafted by damned souls on Hell's plain. These songs speak of bloody redemption, of what befalls those who stray from the straight and narrow. As sanctified as the songs seem, you get the idea that Lonesome Wyatt and The Minister don't speak from a high horse, but from personal experience of the tribulations of the damned. Let the death country revolution descend. - Owl and Bear

Customer Reviews:

Why did I buy it?.......2007-05-22

For the poetic images it inspires and for the fact that they list Black Flag, and Blind Willie Johnson as influences on their 'myspace' page. To put those two in the same sentence is an act of genius by itself, but to have them as influences is certifiably inspirational: you have to be either mad or very perceptive, probably both.

Hellfire Hymns is full of little nuggets of poetry, you have to listen carefully or read the lyrics while listening to feel your own emotional being resonate. Lines like: `Everyone turns so cold hearted, when they get holy' and `I've gotta ruin my life on my own' are not much by themselves: it is the way Those Poor [..]sing them that says it all.

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Best ever
Fantastic!
No Strangers in my House

In the Company of Strangers
Robin & Linda Williams
Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003W8AV
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

The Hard Country
So It Go
Rumble
Sometime Tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow
Bar Band In Hillbilly Heaven
Allow It
This Is The Real Thing
The Perfect Country Song
Some Peculiar Beast
Cold, Cold Heart
In The Company Of Strangers

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Here's a perplexing mystery of the Americana scene: Why the devil isn't this Virginia-based duo as well known as tradition-minded singer-songwriters Lucinda Williams, Iris DeMent, and Greg Brown? Judging from In the Company of Strangers, Robin and Linda Williams are every bit their equals. Contrary to the title, these 11 original songs (plus an exquisite cover of "Cold, Cold Heart") find the twosome surrounded by longtime friends Kevin Maul (Dobro and pedal steel), Tim O'Brien (fiddle and mandolin), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Mary Chapin Carpenter (harmonies), and Stuart Gunter (drums). The songs are loving studies in the art of personal but universal songcraft: cliché-bucking lyrics of sorrowful but inevitable departure, spiritual hope, and lessons found on life's hardest journeys. Sung and played with the effortless intuition of musicians who've immersed themselves in the many streams of American roots music, this is a wholly satisfying work of melodic country and time-defying folk art. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Best ever.......2000-09-18

This is Robin and Linda's best ever (I've been buying their recordings since you could get them on vinyl). "Hard Country" is worth the price of the CD by itself, with Linda's throaty voice accompanied by the flawless musicianship of the players they've assembled for this effort. But after leading off with such a terrific song, the CD only improves. Great recording, well engineered and superbly performed.

Fantastic!.......2000-05-20

What a great CD. The quality of the recording is wonderful, but best of all is the amazingly great storytelling.

This is a subtle change for the Williams - they have a complete band (including the members of The Fine Group!) - even percussion!

I strongly suggest the addition of this great CD to your collection!

No Strangers in my House.......2000-03-10

I have all of the Williams Sugar Hill releases, and this latest one follows their twenty-year pattern of fine lyrics wedded to terrific singing and playing. This release is a bit more country-ish in feel due to fiddle whizzes Stuart Duncan and Tim O'Brien joining doborist Kevin Maul. Stuart Gunter's drumming gives the sound some punch. But what has always distinguished this underrated duo is their superb harmonizing and Linda's awesome voice. Her rendition of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart" would thaw a wooly mammoth. The Williams are also superb lyrcists, augmented by Jerome Clark. "The Hard Country,' "Rumble," and "Some Peculiar Beast" address the great mystery of fate and the devil at war in the human heart. Country music used to address such issues, oh, about thirty years ago, I guess. The Williams do it without cliche and they make it sound both universal and contemporary. I'm glad they keep making this kind of music for those of us who are not interested in the flashy dregs that pass as country artists these days.

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Friday Night Live
Next Level S#%*
Fantastic!
Awesome Jewish CD
Fresh and stirring

Friday Night Live
Craig Taubman
Manufacturer: Craig 'N Company
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JIPH
Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

Romenu
L'cha Dodi
Barchu
Ahavat Olam
Shema
Mi Chamocha
Hashkivenu
Adonai S'fatai
Shalom Rav
B'yado
Yigdal
Adonai S'fatai
Bonus Track

Album Description

Friday Night Live is a service held at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, CA designed for young people, ages 25-40, many of whom were estranged from the synagogue and Jewish life. Now the monthly service is an amazing "happening" that draws 2,000 people! Craig's wonderful music that resulted is recorded with all the energy, excitement, and artistry that mark all of his recording projects.

Customer Reviews:

Friday Night Live.......2005-11-11

This CD not only changed they way I looked at Shabbat but the way I look at Judaism. It opened my eyes and heart to the beauty of the Jewish tradition as well as new possibilities.
It is at once new and old. It is powerful!

Next Level S#%*.......2002-03-15

Craig Taubman is without a doubt one of the most inspiring voices in modern Jewish music and religion today. This Friday night live CD helps convey to the world that the services he is a part of in LA, Friday Night Live at Sinai Temple, and One Shabbat Morning take the whole concept of prayer, spirituality and Judaism to the next level. Combining modern arrangement with ancient melodies, Craig is without a doubt one of the strongest voices in new Jewish music today. Buy this CD, play it for your family, and prepare to welcome the Shabbos Bride into your houses and into your hearts...

Fantastic!.......2002-01-23

I can't say enough good things about this CD. I was fortunate enough to attend an actual Friday Night Live service in CA last year, and the music just moved me so much. The CD is just as stirring, I think, whether or not you are Jewish (I am). It's traditional religious music, yet it has a beat and you can dance to it. It is my 5-year-old daughter's favorite CD. She listens to it over and over, especially "Hashkivenu". Please buy this! You will feel good about yourself and Judaism!

Awesome Jewish CD.......2001-11-03

Great music for all types of music lovers...My tastes run a bit conservative and even I enjoyed this CD with it's rhythm. Even my 3 year old loves it! It has become our CD of choice to be played... : )

Fresh and stirring.......2000-01-18

Wonderful mix of klezmer style, jazz, slower pieces (a stirring b'arechu

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (Highlights from the 1992 Concert Cast)

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What a recording!

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (Highlights from the 1992 Concert Cast)

Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway
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ASIN: B000003FEM
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Company: Loveland - Getting Married Today
Follies: Waiting For The Girls Upstairs - Love, I Hear - Live Alone And Like It
Company: Being Alive
Merrily We Roll Along: Good Thing Going
Merrily We Roll Along: Our Time - Children Will Listen
Dick Tracy: Back In Business
Sweeny Todd: Green Finch And Linnet Bird
Follies: Broadway Baby
Merrily We Roll Along: Not A Day Goes By
A Little Night Music: A Weekend In The Country
A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns
Sunday In The Park With George: Sunday

Customer Reviews:

What a recording!.......2000-06-29

I only wich I could have been at Carnegie Hall that night! Come on, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, Karen Ziemba, James Naughton, and so much more! After i bought this highlights album I knew I had to get the full 2-CD set. It's great cause it's live, the orchestrations are Heaven, and you will feel like your in new york in the audience. Buy it enjoy it and if you like it is much as I do buy the Video of the performance!

Grainger: Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

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Grainger: Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

Manufacturer: Chandos
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Release Date: 1997-09-16

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The Widow's Party
The Sea-Wife
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We Have Fed Our Sea For A Thousands Years
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Colleen Dhas
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WARNING!
This is Acoustic Guitar Heaven
classic

Pure Religion & Bad Company
Rev. Gary Davis
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
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ASIN: B000001DHR
Release Date: 1992-02-14

Tracks:

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Mountain Jack
Right Now
Buck Dance
Candyman
Devil's Dream
Moon Goes Down
Cocaine Blues
Runnin' to Judgement
Hestitation Blues
Bad Company
I Didn't Want to Join the Band
Evening Sun Goes Down
Seven Sisters
My Heart is Fixed
Time is Drawing Near
Crucifixtion

Album Description

A stunning mixture of gospel vocals and deftly played blues and ragtime instrumentals from the guitar playing evangelist. Recordings from 1957 demonstrate Davis's amazing ability to both sing and play with a passion and skill unparalleled. They also contain the first recorded performances of the Davis classics Hesitation Blues and Cocaine Blues. Reverend Gary Davis remains one of America's truly great folk artists. "...mandatory listening...the single best source of his passionate singing and playing..." (One of the top five blues releases of 1991) -- Pulse!

Customer Reviews:

WARNING!.......2002-02-27

Though this has some great guitar picking on it, the version of "Cocaine Blues" on this CD is an INSTRUMENTAL!! The song, when it is SUNG, has some of the best anti-drug lyrics ever. Whoever put this compilation together decided not to put a disclaimer on the CD that this is an instrumental version.

The label is Smithsonian Folkways, Buyer Beware!

This is Acoustic Guitar Heaven.......2001-07-10

Enough has been written about Gary Davis' unique guitar style, so it's time to do some serious listening, and this is the disc with which to do it.

It was recorded when Davis was about sixty years old, and at that moment he had as much power and imagination in his playing as he'd had as a younger musician, while at the same time having reached a level of control that only comes with decades of experience. His tempos are not as frantic as those on his 1930s sides, and his playing is even better. To boil it down: There is no better acoustic guitar playing to be heard in all of American music than you'll hear on this disc. It's always been a problem to capture the sheer "squeeze power" of a street performer like Davis, and this recording does so better than any of his others. And at exactly the right time in his life, for in all his later recordings except "Harlem Street Singer" - magnificent as they may be - his age shows to a lesser or greater degree.

Track one, "Pure Religion," encapsulates all the high points of Davis the musical preacher, and should be played as loud as possible for maximum impact. The very next one, "Mountain Jack Blues," is a perfect example of Davis the bedrock bluesman: like a jazz player, he uses the form to explore melodic line and feeling, letting the guitar do all the singing. The rest of the album alternates more or less in that fashion: dynamite blues or ragtime numbers interspersed with deeply emotional religious songs. For the most part Davis' vocals here are less intense than those heard on "Harlem Street Singer," but his guitar playing takes up that burden.

Stunning unamplified-guitar pyrotechnics? You've never heard anything to equal these versions of "Hesitation Blues" (truly proto-jazz) or "Twelve Sticks" which here is titled "I Didn't Want to Join the Band." Gentle old-time picking? There's beauty and poetry to spare in "Cocaine [Coco] Blues" - but don't get in between Davis' right thumb and those strings, for there are truly differing degrees of gentle!

And to make it all the sweeter, the disc contains a handful of tunes ("Seven Sisters," "My Heart is Fixed," "Right Now") that are not found on any other Davis album, and the CD issue includes two tracks left off the original LP, which at that was one of the longer LPs to be released in the folk-vinyl days.

One small, minor complaint: The recording overall shows a much higher level of hiss than was present on the long-unavailable British and American LP issues, suggesting some deterioration of the master tapes. The sound suffers a bit as to crispness. ("Cocaine Blues" sounds as if it's transferred from an LP copy.)

But that this recording is available at all is cause enough for joy, for it truly doesn't get better than this. I know it's a cliche, but it's true: If you're a guitarist, or a fan of American folk music, you owe it to yourself to hear this disc.

classic.......1999-11-07

This is one of the classic albums. Rev Davis plays blues/ragtime picking acoustic guitar. If you don't know him yet then this is a good example of his excellent work. Personal, individual and heartfelt like the best country blues but very free with his guitar arrangements. Proper.

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Take Me Home
Redlands Palomino Company
Manufacturer: Laughing Outlaw
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000NJWTIE
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

Wasted On You
Take Me Home
Coastline
Please Come Running
Burning It Down
Empty Feeling
She Is Yours
Harbour Lights
Friend In the Dark
Don't Know Why
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Take Me Home

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A Great Suprise
Bizarre!
Sabella spooks and pleases with a unique sound

Sabella
Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks
Manufacturer: Tribulation Recording Company
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005MI4Y
Release Date: 2001-06-23

Tracks:

Crows
Macabre Holy Pleasure
If You See Sabella
Black is the Color
Rebecca
A Horse Deceased
The Ballerina's Twirl
Jealous
Covered in Straw
Shelter
A Lovely Coffin

Product Description

Rare, early solo recordings by Those Poor Bastards' singer Lonesome Wyatt. "Sabella" was released three years before Those Poor Bastards debut EP "Country Bullshit," and shows a more gothic side to poor Lonesome's songwriting. Included here are haunted tales of dead horses, eyeless children and Satan. Better than a shovel to the back of the head.

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A Great Suprise.......2003-11-08

I suprisingly like this band, I haven't really heard anything quite like it. I especially never thought I would like this so called gothic/folk/punk type of music, but he makes it work. I really enjoyed Crows and If You See Sabella, but A Lovely Coffin has to be my favorite. He has a great voice for the slower songs.

Bizarre!.......2003-08-11

I stumbled upon this band on mp3.com and was impressed so much by the songs that I immediately went to lonesomewyatt.com and bought a cd. It sounds like a mixture of gothic/punk and old folk/country songs. What else can I say? This is a very strange recording.

Sabella spooks and pleases with a unique sound.......2002-06-29

Sabella, by Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks, is an underground classic which ought not to be missed. The album offers constant energy while delving into sorrow, melancholy, and childish sentimentality, and then vacilating between ebullience and somber testimony of longing. Perhaps the sum of this potpourii of sentiments borders upon dementia, but it is that exultant sort of madness thoroughly enjoyed by its victim! Others I have played the album for cite a likeness to Appalachian folk, traditional "cowboy" music, and 1930's Americana, but tinged with a "Gothic" and punk element. This still falls short of encompassing the sonic buffet of divergent sounds, which also exude a spontaineity reminiscent of Jim Morrison's antics with the Doors. The final track "A Lovely Coffin" radiates warmth and loving reassurance, while stringing together a chain of preposterous and childish, yet poetically beauftiful lyrics. I suggest that the listener form one's own opinion, for this album consistently defies categorization.

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