Legendary Song Stylist [Import]

Legendary Song Stylist [Import]

ASIN: B00002543S

Track Listings

1. Rainy Night In Georgia

2. Think Twice

3. The Same One

4. Hotel Happiness

5. So Many Ways

6. Endlessly

7. Revenge

8. Thank You Pretty Baby

9. Lie To Me

10. Kiddio

11. The Boll Weevil Song

12. Baby (You've Got What It Takes)

13. My True Confession

14. It's Just A Matter Of Time

15. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)

16. Frankie And Johnny

17. It's Just A House Without You

18. I Got What I Wanted

19. For My Baby

20. So Close

Tracks:

Every Time I See the Sun
It Makes No Difference
Stand by Me
International Medley
Willow Weep for Me
You'll Be Thinkin'
Young Blood
Beyond the Breakers
Concert Hora
Blind Willie McTell
Give Ear Unto My Prayer
Weight
Little Island Blues [*]

Customer Reviews:

What music is all about.......2007-02-14

A classically trained musician, Garth Hudson brought his formidable musical skills and creativity to the world of rock as The Band's keyboard virtuoso, wind player, and arranger. In Live At The Wolf, Garth, on acoustic piano, and his wife, Maud, on voice, show how dazzlingly far beyond that earlier music their horizons now extend. Garth has said that his recent keyboard playing is better than any he did as a Band member. His improvisations, showcased here in three original piano pieces and his elegant song accompaniments, seamlessly combine jazz, roots, blues, and classical elements. In "International Medley," Garth adds patriotic tunes to this mix, and in "Concert Hora," he enriches his palette still further by performing a klezmer-like, Romanian folk dance melody on accordion. Amid all these diverse influences, one also senses in Garth's playing rock's sublime essence. Maud Hudson is a singer of flair, passion and wit, who beautifully synchronizes her rich and expressive voice with her husband's most ethereal phrasings. Together, the Hudsons have fashioned a new musical language that incorporates, yet stands apart from, all of the styles they explore.

Garth and Maud use this new language to make each of the album's song selections uniquely their own, from the early gospel "Stand By Me," to the sorrowful jazz standard "Willow Weep For Me," to the rock and roll classic, "Young Blood." They transform the lament for lost love "It Makes No Difference" into a heartfelt ode of remembrance for The Band's Rick Danko, the song's original vocalist. On Garth's impressionistic "Beyond the Breakers" (words by Eric Andersen), they wonderfully blend word and tone images of wind, water, color, and light. "The Weight" attains a sacred dimension when Garth prefaces this Band favorite with a 16th century hymn. Maud's excellent blues original, "You'll Be Thinkin'," packs buoyancy and verve. Her performance of Bob Dylan's "Blind Willie McTell" is stunning, as she speaks, sings, and whispers its words to summon ghosts of Southern slavery. Shining throughout every song are Garth and Maud's consummate artistry, gentleness of spirit, and love of music.

Live At the Wolf commemorates two significant dates. The September 2002 concert that it records was the first at London, Ontario's new Wolf Performance Hall, and also marks the beginning of the Hudsons' career as a performing duo. The CD's 2005 release celebrates Garth and Maud's 25th wedding anniversary.

This album is delightful and inexhaustible. You will never get tired of listening to it. In its understated way, it makes musical history.

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