Willie Nelson - I Don't Know A Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard 2023

Исполнитель: Willie Nelson
Альбом: I Don't Know A Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard
Жанр: Country
Год: 2023
Страна: USA
Лейбл: Legacy Recordings
Формат: FLAC (tracks)
Official DR value: DR9
Разрядность: 24bit / 96kHz Stereo
Размер: 641 MB
Источник: qobuz
Залито на: XFile (tracks)

Averaging a pair of new albums a year, Willie Nelson, who is on the cusp of turning 90, has become a recording engine. In the past decade alone he has made albums that focused on gospel and the music of the Gershwins, followed in Bob Dylan's footsteps and made a live album at Budokan, assembled a sparkling collection of duets with female singers and cut a pair of tributes to Frank Sinatra. Proving all those who have disparaged his singing wrong, Nelson's voice, which never fails him here, has become such a sage instrument that he's able to "Willie-ize" any song by any writer and make them his own. After reimagining well-known tunes by songwriters like The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, and Billy Joel, he now turns closer to his roots, to the songwriting legacy of his one-time Nashville Music Row rival, Harlan Howard (the man who coined the phrase "Three Chords and the Truth" to describe country music). Howard, who had a string of big hits like "I Fall to Pieces," and "Heartaches by the Number," also had crossover R&B single successes like "The Chokin' Kind" by Joe Simon and "Busted," which was a hit for both Johnny Cash and Ray Charles. Nelson opens with Howard's classic co-write with Buck Owens, "Tiger by The Tail." Like every tune on the album, the bouncy, iconic "Tiger" gets a straight run-through, forgoing any stylistic liberties to lean on the plain charms of Nelson's phrasing. Outside a few plucks by Nelson on his famously ramshackle guitar "Trigger," even instrumental solos have been excised. A version of "Streets Of Baltimore," recorded by the likes of Gram Parsons, John Prine, and Uncle Tupelo, is convincing in that special Willie way with plenty of pedal steel backing. Amazingly, with the help of background vocals from Melonie Cannon, daughter of his longtime producer Buddy Cannon, Nelson even nails ballads like "Beautiful Annabel Lee." Nelson and Buddy Cannon clearly have a genius formula for extending his career: bring in pro session players, overdub vocals, and keep everything short with relaxed tempos and easygoing arrangements. It's a recording groove that's allowed Nelson to be that rare vocalist who can finish on their own terms.
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Трэклист:

01. Tiger By The Tail
02. The Chokin' Kind
03. Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache)
04. Life Turned Her That Way
05. I Don't Know A Thing About Love
06. Streets Of Baltimore
07. Busted
08. She Called Me Baby
09. Too Many Rivers
10. Beautiful Annabel Lee

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