Ain't Comin' Back (this year)

Ain't Comin' Back (this year)
Label: Fred Bailey
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 756432030220
EAN: 0756432030220
ASIN: B000066SZ2


Release Date: 2002-04-26

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Tracks:

  1. Ain't Comin' Back (This Year)
  2. Another Unknown Soldier
  3. Windmills
  4. Clayton Comes to Town
  5. The Dunes of Lisdoonvarna
  6. Delaware County Line
  7. The Cherokee Kid
  8. Sing Me the Sky
  9. Who Could Ever Say?
  10. Welcome Home
  11. Flutter-Bys
  12. The Fargo Stable Fire
  13. The Widow McDaid
  14. Protection

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The real thing.......2003-01-31

I have to say that I'm not a folk music fan, probably because so many of the songs seem overly sentimental and so many of its singers--I guess because of their quest for an "honest" sound?--come across as vocally ugly. So this CD was a wonderful surprise. Energetic, tuneful, musical, authentic, true to folk traditions without being trite, the "real McCoy"--all these come to mind as I listen to the terrific lyrics, beautifully performed from the heart by the very talented Bailey and his ensemble. "Welcome Home", "Windmills" and "The Widow McDaid" are probably my favorites but since all fourteen songs are winners, it's a matter of picking from among the best which ones you like the most. Superlatives are in order for this fine recording.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful things.......2002-08-10

When Howard Carter broke the last seal on Tut's tomb, he was asked, "What do you see?" Carter's reply: "Wonderful things." Break the seal on this album and you'll find the same. Bailey is an extraordinary musical storyteller; these songs let you stand on a hot, dusty rise on the Great Plains, in a Midwest backyard, a street in Northern Ireland, a chilly beach in the west of Ireland. No wispy sentimentalism here. This is folk music of the highest order, the kind that illuminates the importance of individual lives. There is the lilting tragedy of the widow McDaid, the roaring independence of Clayton as he comes to town and a tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale for all. (Take the "Explicit Lyrics" warning with a grain of salt. The "language" used is milder than what you'll hear on commercial radio.) Some of the music is simply Fred and his guitar; on much of it there are lovely background vocals and vibrant instrumentals by local friends. So. Sit down. Just...listen.

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  8. Kids Fly Free ~ Lach
  9. Real Fatherhood ~ Bob Kamm
  10. Fyre & Sworde ~ Various Artists

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