Guit with It

Guit with It

ASIN: B000000D6O

Track Listings

1. Doin' What Comes Easy to a Fool

2. Highway Patrol

3. So Close Yet So Far Away - Junior Brown, Tanya Rae Brown

4. Sugar Foot Rag

5. My Wife Thinks You're Dead

6. You Didn't Have to Go All Theway

7. Party Lights

8. Names and Addresses

9. Still Life With Rose

10. Holding Pattern

11. Guit-Steel Blues

12. Gal from Oklahoma

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
Most artists playing and staying true to traditional country styles get pigeonholed as retro acts in the 1990s. Junior Brown, on the other hand, is viewed as something fresh and vital. You'd like to think it's because of his appealing baritone drawl, deft songwriting touch, and fleet set of picking fingers, but you just know that it's the Hendrix flourishes and his "guit-steel" creation that make him "relevant" to the contemporary Nashville tastemakers. Either way, Brown's mix of Hawaiian-tinged ballads, honky-tonk weepers, steady shuffles, and boy-girl duets is as potent as country gets in the 1990s. This 1993 effort, his first for Curb, not only showcases his rather formidable guitar technique and wall-shaking voice, but also proves him to be a sneakily clever lyricist, whether being ironic, sarcastic, or honest. --Marc Greilsamer

Tracks:

Doin What Comes Easy To A Fool
Highway Patrol
So Close Yet So Far Away
Sugarfoot Rag
My Wife Thinks You're Dead
You Didn't Have To Go All The Way
Party Lights
Names And Addresses
Still Life With Rose
Holding Pattern
Guit-Steel Blues
The Gal From Oklahoma

Amazon.com essential recording

Most artists playing and staying true to traditional country styles get pigeonholed as retro acts in the 1990s. Junior Brown, on the other hand, is viewed as something fresh and vital. You'd like to think it's because of his appealing baritone drawl, deft songwriting touch, and fleet set of picking fingers, but you just know that it's the Hendrix flourishes and his "guit-steel" creation that make him "relevant" to the contemporary Nashville tastemakers. Either way, Brown's mix of Hawaiian-tinged ballads, honky-tonk weepers, steady shuffles, and boy-girl duets is as potent as country gets in the 1990s. This 1993 effort, his first for Curb, not only showcases his rather formidable guitar technique and wall-shaking voice, but also proves him to be a sneakily clever lyricist, whether being ironic, sarcastic, or honest. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Junior Brown's first and some say, still best...read on.......2006-03-24

I first became acquainted with Mr. Brown on
Austin City Limits, which at that time (in my
area of the good 'ole US of A was still showing
acts worth watching (Webb Wilder, et, al). I
was blown away watching plunk the strings on
that 'thang' he calls a 'Guit-Steel'! It's so
Country, it's well, Anti-Country! But just to
prove he hasn't strayed too far from the farm,
Junior has Jimmy Rogers original cut as the
closer. I loved it! Pick Up On It!

Even if you DON'T like country music, get it!.......2005-07-30

This (debut?) album is possibly the best country-cross-over album since Gatemouth Brown's (no relation, except musically) "Black Jack" and "Makin' Music" duet album with Roy Clark.

Jr. Brown has a pleasant baritone voice, about which he's reasonably modest, and a sense of humor about his material which recalls both Willie Dixon's blues writing and mainstream country writing of the 50's and 60's ala George Jones. Check out "You're Wanted by the Po-lice [pronounced like that, two sylables]. and My Wife Thinks You're Dead".

THEN listen to what's going on instrumentally on the rest of the album, BEFORE you tackle the all-instrumental "Sugarfoot" and "Guit-Steel", because, otherwise, you WILL be picking your lower jaw off the floor. Surf? Hawaiaian? Hendrix quotes? Chet Atkins? Texas swing? Sonny Rhodes? Black southern "sacred steel guitar"? He's got it ALL in the mix there.

The ONLY REAL country album I've listened to repeatedly, in the last decade...

rfgs

"I left country because country left me...".......2004-11-10

Damn if that isn't the TRUTH. Junior Brown is a GOD. A GENIUS. He puts what passes today for "country" to shame. Lately, his recordings haven't measured up to the quality of this or his other, earlier recordings, but so what. This man loves the classics and does very well by them. The fact of the matter is that to truly appreciate Junior you MUST SEE HIM PERFORM LIVE. It is an experience you cannot forget, and once you see him, you MUST see him and hear him OVER AND OVER AGAIN. There are simply no words to describe his blistering guit-steel skills - they have to be seen and felt to be believed. Consider yourself lucky if and when Junior comes to your town. If rocking, roadhouse country is your thing, do WHATEVER it takes to see him!

pull over..........2002-03-31

Who is this madman with the big hat and where did he learn to play like that? What an awesome cd!!! If you ever see him on Austin City Limits, you will be amazed.

Country the way it was meant to be.

Definitely One to See.......2002-01-23

Junior Brown is a guitar enigma. He's a little bit country, a little bit western, a little bit rock and roll, a little bit blues, a little bit surf.... In a live show, you never are quite sure what he'll be throwing your way. One thing is for certain, you will definitely be amazed. Although "Guit With It" isn't at the same intensity as his live shows, it is still a masterpiece of dazzling finger-work on the fretboard and slide. His hybrid guitar that's half Telecaster and half pedal steel (without the pedals - he does all the string bends with his ring finger behind the slide) is a sight to behold. It's even a greater treat to watch him play it.

"Guit With It" is a playground to show off Brown's talents, and he has many. My favorite track on the album is the instrumental, "Sugarfoot Rag". A brilliant display of his flat-picking ability and fingers faster than light. He moves seamlessly between the Tele and the steel. He makes it trickier by adding vocals for the remaining songs. His voice is a low rumble that's very fitting to his playing. When Brown sings, you can't help but smile, especially with lyrics like "You're wanted by the police, and my wife thinks you're dead", which guest stars Jimmie Vaughan on guitar. His songs are full of humor and irony like "Party Lights" and "Highway Patrol", and he can even get a little romantic like the duet with his wife "So Close Yet So Far Away" and "The Gal from Oklahoma".

Brown is definitely what country should be about. Everything he plays, no matter how far he strays, still has a twinge of country to it. Even if it is Jimi Hendrix's "Red House" underneath all that "Guit-Steel Blues" or "Foxy Lady" (sorry, you'll have to catch this one live) Brown is country at heart. If you're a guitar fan, you'll have to catch Brown live just to revel in his high-energy performances and amazing guitar work. He's easily worth twice the cost of admission, and you don't even have to like country to enjoy the show...or album.

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Manufacturer: The Clashing Plaid
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA339I
Release Date: 2002-11-26

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