Tried & True

About the Artist
ELLEN WOLOSHIN: TRIED AND TRUE

It has been said of singer-songwriter Ellen Woloshin that she is "blessed with the ability to beautifully frame a song with a voice that embodies the essence of warmth and sincerity." And, whether breathing life into her own original songs or creating fresh reinterpretations of cherished pop favorites, it is this magic that epitomizes Ellen's first solo recording, Tried and True.

No stranger to the recording studio, you have no doubt heard Ellen as the voice of everything from McDonald's to Crystal Light to Trump Castle (including making certain that the entire country knows that "Nobody Cares for Eyes More than Pearle"). And while Ellen has sung and written jingles for radio and television since her college years, it is as a singer-songwriter that she has truly distinguished herself.

As lead vocalist in the acoustic duo, "Woloshin & Griffin," Ellen has opened for such artists as Laura Nyro and Bill Stains. Ellen's personal appearances range from playing the college circuit to appearing in her hometown of New York City at the famous Knitting Factory and as part of the "Battery Park City Concert Series" (which also featured Richie Havens) to performances at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.

As a songwriter, Ellen's The Promise of Life has been recorded by Dionne Warwick to raise funds for crib death research and has been played by radio stations throughout the country. Ellen has written material for Ben Vereen and LaToya Jackson and her song Warning Label (co-written with "Woloshin & Griffin" partner, Barney Griffin) is included on two country music compilations currently in release throughout Europe and the UK.

And so it seems inevitable that this collective experience as a studio singer, live performer and songwriter would come to fruition in Tried and True. This beautiful CD offers Ellen's songs performed with the insights only the songwriter herself can provide including an original duet, I Fall Hard with actor Mike McGlone of the films "The Brothers McMullen," "She's the One," and "The Bone Collector."

In addition, the CD offers a sprinkling of songs by other writers that struck a particular chord with Ellen. Included are George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Ellen says she was "touched by its moving message of leading with love rather than fear"); Bill Withers' Whatever Happens (which Ellen discovered in a "happy accident" as she was looking for a different Withers song); and When We Dance (a lesser-known Sting song which Ellen says "perfectly matched my voice").

Ellen has said she wanted Tried and True to be her personal collection of songs she truly loves to sing. And, in return, the world now has a classic, new voice that it can love to listen to. Join us in the celebration of Ellen Woloshin's Tried and True.

Product Description
Newly formed 58th Street Records' first release "Tried & True."

Tried & True,Ellen Woloshin,58th Street Records,Heartfelt pop with contemporary sophistication. (somewhere between Carly Simon & Trisha Yearwood)

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Average customer rating: old and still good Not What it Claims to be Good Memories!! Witty, clever and a joy to listen to

At the Drop of a Hat Michael Flanders & Donald Swann Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Flanders & Swan - A Transport of Delight Complete Flanders & Swann The Songs of Michael Flanders & Donald Swann Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer That Was the Year That Was ASIN: B000026GPR Release Date: 1999-07-15

Tracks:

1. A Transport Of Delight
2. Song Of Reproduction
3. The Gnu Song
4. Design For Living
5. Je Suis Le Tenebreux
6. Songs For Our Time
7. A Song Of The Weather
8. The Reluctant Cannibal
9. Greensleeves
10. Misalliance
11. Kokoraki
12. Madeira M'Dear?
13. Too Many Cookers
14. Vanessa
15. Tried By The Centre Court
16. The Youth Of The Heart
17. The Hippopotamus Song

Customer Reviews:

old and still good.......2005-02-20

I count myself a rare American who appreciates this recording. My uncle sent it to me on tape when I was quite small. my mom, ever handy with the censor's razor blade, let it go--untouched--in spite of the song about madeira, which I now know is about an old man doing the nasty to a young innocent lass. back then, of course, I thought it was about cake! with both mom and uncle passed on, I wanted to buy up what music of theirs I could locate, and I fortunately found the Complete Flanders and Swann, apparently no longer available. i bought up the copy and didn't get scalped, somehow. 45 years after the songs were sung, "Transport of Delight," "Soung of Reproduction," and "reluctant Cannibal," and yes even "Song of the Weather," still reverberate in my mind. i used to sing "The Gas Man Cometh," from the "At the drop of Another Hat" show album, in performances as a teen-ager, and sometimes even got good results. any of their albums are money well spent.

Not What it Claims to be.......2004-12-10

For those of you who grew up with the UK recording of "At the Drop of a Hat" be warned - in spite of what it says on the box this is NOT the recording of the 1959 show at the Fortune Theatre. This is the Broadway show.

The identity of the recording can be determined in the first minute from Flanders' introduction of Swann as "noted composer, pianist, linguist, also contains lanolin" - in the Fortune Theatre recording he is introduced as "noted composer, pianist, linguist, and all round egghead". There are substantial differences in the two performances, not least of which the pace which is a lot quicker in this recording, lacking the elegant timing which characterised the UK performance and which is comparable to the available CD of "At the Drop of Another Hat" (which WAS recorded in the UK).

Many of the jokes and asides are different - for instance in "Have Some Madeira", the Fortune Theatre recording includes an aside "He slyly inveigled her up to his flat, to view his collection of stamps [aside] All unperforated! ha ha ha ..." clearly this was regarded as too risqué for the US performance.

The songs are the same vintage and hilarious Flanders and Swann but the presentation, to me, is nowhere close to the quality of the earlier performance - it sounds to me like they were by this stage tired of the material and "going through the motions" for an audience that they did not relate to in the same way as an English audience.

Incidentally - Too Many Cookers, Vanessa, Tried by the Centre Court and The Youth of the Heart were not on the original LP recording and judging from the acoustics these were recorded elsewhere. The sleeve notes identify these as being recorded in 1957, 2 years prior to the Fortune Theatre performance.

Good Memories!!.......2000-12-05

My father used to work in the kitchen, cooking or cleaning, with music playing in the background. One of his favorites was this album by Flanders & Swann. He had seen the show and loved the record. I sang the songs through my childhood and now I sing them to my children, my co-workers, my friends! I only just realized that I can get the original album on CD. WHAT JOY!!!

Witty, clever and a joy to listen to.......2000-08-30

I first encountered Flanders and Swan on the LP version of this recording forty years ago. Loved it then, love it today. These two inventive and joyful British devils have delighted theatre audiences for years and their "Hippopotamus Song" has become something of a children's classic. This is the original cast recording of their first hit London show and is a marvelous performance. Can't say enough good about it but best of all my wife and I have been humming the songs and quoting the lyrics to one another now and then ever since we got the LP as a wedding present.

Average customer rating: Return to Sanity Have Some Madeira British humour at its best If you haven't heard this... Gentle Satire

Complete Flanders & Swann Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances French Horn | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Broadway & Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music Comedy & Spoken Word | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Songs of Michael Flanders & Donald Swann At the Drop of a Hat The Best of Flanders & Swan - A Transport of Delight Beyond The Fringe (1961 Original London Cast) Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer ASIN: B000006T4S Release Date: 1997-04-30

Tracks:

1. Warthog, The (The Hog Beneath The Skin)
2. The Sea Horse
3. The Chameleon
4. Whale, The (Mopy Dick)
5. Je Suis Le Tenebreux
6. Songs For Our Time
7. A Song Of The Weather - Flanders & Swann
8. The Reluctant Cannibal
9. Greensleeves
10. Misalliance
11. Kokoraki
12. Madeira M'Dear?
13. Too Many Cookers
14. Built Up Area
15. In The Bath (From 'At The Drop Of A Hat')
16. Sea Fever
17. The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

1. The Gas Man Cometh
2. Sounding Brass
3. Los Olividados
4. In The Desert
5. The Sloth
6. The Rhinoceros
7. Kangaroo Tango
8. Jaguar
9. Dead Ducks
10. The Elephant
11. By Air
12. Slow Train
13. A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
14. The Humming Bird
15. The Portuguese Man-Of-War
16. Sea Fever
17. The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

1. The Gas Man Cometh
2. Sounding Brass
3. Los Olividados
4. In The Desert
5. The Sloth
6. The Rhinoceros
7. Kangaroo Tango
8. Jaguar
9. Dead Ducks
10. The Elephant
11. By Air
12. Slow Train
13. A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
14. The Humming Bird
15. The Portuguese Man-Of-War
16. The Wild Boar
17. The Ostrich
18. The Wompom
19. Twice Shy
20. Commonwealth Fair
21. P** P* B**** B** D******
22. Paris
23. Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Cha Cha Cha
24. The Hundred Song
25. Food For Thought

Album Details

Fantastic Triple CD Box Set of the Recorded Works of One of Britain's Most Popular Comedy Duos. Their Keen Observations of Everyday British Life and Abilities to Exemplify them in Song Made them the Darlings of the UK. Cleverness, Wit and Absoute Hilarity were the Order of the Day, in Just About Any Style of Music. Pure Comic Genius on Three Discs!

Customer Reviews:

Return to Sanity.......2005-07-27

Before Monty Python, before the Beatles, before "'Enery the Aigth Oi Am" there was the subtle, sweet, insdious humor of Flanders and Swann, and their lyrics remain part of the recognition rituals of Ivy Leaguers of the sixties. For any aging hippies or yuppies who find life WAY more stressful than we ever expected, and for whom the down side of alcohol, sex, and drugs has become apparent, I recommend listening several times to "In the Bath". It raises a cry for peace among the nations by inviting all the leaders to sit congenially steaming in a communal bathtub. And they reminding us of our essential self-interest when they add the proviso "as long as Swann and Flanders get the end without the taps." On those nights when we suspect that there isn't any point to it all, reach for the Flanders and Swann. They won't convince you there is any meaning to life, but they'll make it a lot easier to bear. Don't even try to do without it.

Have Some Madeira.......2005-07-06

Not every line in Flanders and Swann has become part of our 37-year marriage, but many have. As our turntables fail, we are pleased that we can relive all the fun stuff we used to collect. Nothing is like this duo, especially what you usually hear as French horn by Mozart converted into "I found that horn go(r)ne." And, of course,
"Have some Madeira, m'dear" is an all-time favorite.

British humour at its best.......2003-03-15

When I started out as a teacher of English, I had the most wonderful colleague as a mentor -- when she retired she gave me three LPs with much of what is on these CDs, and it must be one of the best gifts I have ever been given. Practically all of it makes me smile or laugh out loud (although I must admit that some, like The Armadillo and Slow Train, make me so melancholy that I can just feel my lower lip tremble and my eyes fill up). How can you beat lines like "Hail to thee, blithe Wompom", or "The English are moral, the English are good / And clever, and modest, and misunderstood"? I find they make great listening exercises for my teenaged students as well -- they consider it ancient, but incredibly funny!

If you haven't heard this..........2003-01-16

The great comedic pairing of the late Michael Flanders (vocals) and Donald Swann (piano and occasional vocals) must surely rank among the hall of fame of comic singers and songwriters. Descended from the British music hall tradition, these two men wrote and performed music which still sparkles with wit today, some 40 or more years since it was recorded.

After being told to take up singing as a means of strengthening his polio-weakened lungs, the wheelchair-bound Flanders teamed up with pianist Swann and proceeded to write such classic songs as "The Hippo Song (Mud Mud Glorious Mud)", "The Gasman Cometh", "The Gnu Song", "A Transport of Delight" and many others. As well as a gently satirical spirit, all these songs feature the sublime wordplay and interplay of both men.

The first two discs of this box set are actual concerts - "At The Drop Of A Hat" and its successor "At The Drop Of Another Hat". Recorded at the height of the duo's popularity and form, the sound quality is surprisingly good for recordings this old.

"At The Drop Of A Hat" opens with three of the Flanders and Swann classics. "Transport Of Delight", a song in praise of the "97 horsepower omnibus" features the wonderful harmonies of the duo on lines like "any more fares" and Flanders' dead-on impression of a London busdriver "Geddardait, we're full right up inside". "Song of Reproduction" deals with the new, as it was then, stereo technology and features Flanders delivering an incredible monologue using every conceivable piece of audiophile jargon. "The Gnu Song" (in which "gnu" is pronounced phonetically) is a real treat. The audience's reaction to the reappearance of the gnu is superb.
As well as this opening trio, the disc features Flanders' snippets of "Songs For Our Time" (in which he experiments with conventions of hit songs), "Song of the Weather" (a rundown of English weather throughout the year), "The Reluctant Cannibal" (featuring Swann in the tititular role and the chorus "I can't eat people/I won't eat people/eatin' people is wrong"), Swann's foray into Greek folksong "Kokraki" and the justifiably famous "Madeira M'Dear". The performance ends with a rousing version of "The Hippo Song".
Flanders is in fine voice throughout and his comments introducing each song are delivered with deadpan accuracy. The story behind "The Gnu Song" is an absolute masterpiece. Flanders' monologue about the creation of "Greensleeves" is also superb - "'Greenfleeves'. That's an interesting name for a fong" (referencing old English script) being just a taste.

"Another Hat" begins in equally fine form with "Gasman Cometh" and "Ill Wind". "Gasman", presaged as "a tale of unending domestic upheaval", is sure to have most people who've ever dealt with unreliable tradesmen nodding in agreement, while "Ill Wind" is Flanders' attempt at setting words to a French horn concerto featuring the immortal lines "I lost that horn/lost that horn/lost that horn/found that horn/gorn". The performance continues with Swann's Russian/English song "In The Desert", the ending of which is truly side-splitting. "All Gall" (a reinterpretation of "This Old Man" to fit then-French President Charles de Gaulle) is a little dated but very cleverly done. "Song of Patriotic Prejudice", with its introduction and opening lines grabbing the audience's attention is another triumph, while the "Hippo Encore" is a great end to the performance.
Again Flanders is at his peak. His loving description of the Spanish olive-stuffers ("Olividados") and his superb story about flying ("By Air") are both brilliant examples of the shaggy dog story.
My favourite from both of these discs would have to be "First and Second Law". Flanders decides to educate Swann in elementary science and picks on the first and second laws of thermodynamics ("heat is work and work is heat" and "heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body") and the repetition of these phrases in time to Swann's barely-there piano accompaniment is one of the finest moments in British comedy.

The third disc is largely forgettable. It begins with a series of animal-related songs performed in a studio and without much of Flanders' rambling introductions. "Warthog" has its moments, while the others were clearly not performed in front of an audience for a reason. "Wompom" is also mildly diverting, presenting a story about a made-up substance which is the answer to everything.
The rest of the disc is then filled out with much earlier material in a rather poorly-recorded concert. "20 Tons of TNT" (related to the calculation the pair had done which gave that as the amount of TNT per person on the planet at the time) provides food for thought, but little more.

Is this box set for everyone? No. Much of the humour both within and without the songs does require a bit of background knowledge to what was going on in Britain and Europe at the time (1960s), John Profumo is referenced a few times as well as Charles de Gaulle and the Common Market, while a smattering of classical music knowledge can help out a bit with Swann's work and "Ill Wind". The fact that my grandfather (who's in his late 70s) recalls hearing these songs and laughing may give an indication as to the age of some of the subject matter. Equally the fact that "First and Second Law" references an awful lot of physics might do the same.

Nevertheless, for anyone who loves British humour done in a gentle manner or who is interested in the source of "mud mud glorious mud/nothing quite like it for cooling the blood", give these CDs some serious consideration.

Gentle Satire.......2002-04-03

I've been singing Flanders and Swann every day In the Bath since I first heard them in 1964. If you don't know them, think Gilbert and Sullivan by way of English music hall and Noel Coward, with a bit of Tom Lehrer musical satire and classic Bob Newhart or Charlie Manna monologues. F&S commented gently on their times: "The purpose of satire, it has been rightly said, is to strip away the veneer of comfortable illusion and cozy half-truth. And our job, as I see it, is to put it back again." Quite simply the best comic songs and patter of the 20th century. Michael died in 1975, Donald in 1994. Goodnight, Mabel Figworthy, wherever you are.

Here are some samples of Michael's verbal wit.

Wordplay:
- "A Transport of Delight," their song of the pleasures of the double-decker bus "has recently been adopted as the theme song of the Underground resistance movement."
- Speculating that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves: "and the royalties go to royalty."
- About a tennis referee late in the day: "the umpire upon whom the sun never sets."
- Explaining how he was hoisted in his wheelchair onto airliners by a fork lift: "Why they need a great machine like that to lift forks I do not know. Well, they're only plastic, now, aren't they?"
- On status symbols: "The object is to Gunga Din your neighbor: 'I'm a better man than you' is the acid test," and, "let's bang our status cymbals with the best."
- To a disenchanted cannibal: "You used to be a regular anthropophagi."
- Of a lecher: "And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar, and the lamps," while the girl "lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes, and his hopes."
- At the corrida d'olivas (the Andorran festival of olive stuffing, not to be confused with the Spanish corrida de toros, or bullfight): "And a great cry goes up of Ole! He has made an 'ol."
- "It's no good going up to a scientist and saying to him like you would to anybody else, 'Good morning, how are you, lend me a quid, and so on.' He'll just glare at you, or make a rude retort."

Throw-aways
- During the height of the cold war the Soviet Union sent the Moscow Ballet on a world tour. Donald sang one chorus of the Hippopotamus Song "mud, mud, glorious mud - nothing quite like it for cooling the blood" in Russian. Michael: "That should improve our cultural relations."
- During the 1963 Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler scandal: "None of that going around saying no smoke without fire. Nil cumbustibus, Profumo." Also, from "Friendly Duet," "such models of friendship are precious and rare, while the friendship of models is not."
- "Now if you're writing a musical, as I'm sure practically all of you are, . . ."
- Of Donald: "You know that no one has a higher regard for your music . . . than you do yourself. I merely meant that you are not great because you are not dead. If you wish to be great you must stop composing and start decomposing."
- "We never found a rhyme for (Soviet Premier Nikita) "Kruschev" until he was dead: Did he die or was he "pushed off"?"
- "We spent two dreadful, uh, delightful years, entertaining the Americans whose need, let's face it, is greater even than yours. Of course, when we're over there we say that the other way 'round."
- "No matter what you may say about the Germans, and who doesn't . . ."
- "Some of the songs that have made our names a household word, like slop-bucket . . ."
- "They've started testing cars now. They started at 10 years, then 5, now three. There's even some talk of having them tested before they leave the factory."

Absurdities
- "I'm delirious about our new oven fitted with the eye-level grill. This means that without my having to bend down the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye."
- A spectator during the construction of Stonehenge: "So, it's not going to be lived in. Well, that's something anyway. So what is it, then? It's a what?! A calendar?! A bit big for a calendar isn't it? You'd look pretty foolish with that on your desk."
- "Donald knocked himself out this morning. Got one of those new pop-up toasters. Nasty things."

Incredible multiple rhymes:
- "The fair hippoptama he aimed to entice from her seat on her hilltop above, as she hadn't got a ma to give her advice, went tip-toeing down to her love."
- Of Josephine: "Nonsense, said Bonaparte. She lives on her own, apart, in her own apartment."
- "Oh let us be married if our parents don't mind. We'd be happy and inseparable. Inextricably entwined. We'd live happily every after, said the Honeysuckle to the Bindweed."
- "And you'll always see a single lace-less left-hand leather boot. A bootless British river bank's a shock. We leave them there at midnight, you can track a member's route by the alternating print of boot and sock."

Average customer rating: The perspective of a new Fan

Best of the Rest Jerry Jeff Walker Manufacturer: Tried & True ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Collection Cowboy Boots & Bathin Suits Too Old to Change/Jerry Jeff Viva Terlingua 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker ASIN: B000BFNZ2E Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Navajo Rug
2. Just to Celebrate
3. Lucky Man
4. Charlie Dunn
5. Dutchman
6. Borderline
7. Hands on the Wheel
8. Long Afternoons
9. Blue Mood
10. Curly & Lil
11. Then Came the Children
12. Singin' the Dinosaur Blues
13. Cadillac Cowboy
14. Hill Country Rain

Tracks:

1. Gettin' By
2. Viva Luckenbach
3. What I Like About Texas
4. Keep Texas Beautiful
5. Manny's Hat Song
6. Down in Texas
7. Life on the Road
8. Love Changes Everything
9. Long Old Dusty Road
10. Hard Livin'
11. Life's Too Short
12. Pass It On
13. Layin' My Life on the Line
14. Gonzo Compadres

Customer Reviews:

The perspective of a new Fan.......2006-01-15

My wife mentioned she would like to see JJW, and having never really listened much before, I grabbed tickets to The Grand Opera House in Galveston for last weekend 1-7-06.
He played most of what you recognize from hearing on the radio.
The compilation of his Best of the Rest is a great batch of songs you can hear over and over again. You can just get lost in the music that makes this man the artist that he is. From the friends he's known like Charlie Dunn (look this up on http://www.famoustexans.com/charliedunn.htm)to the highs and lows of the life he sings about, this is a must have album.

Average customer rating: High Quality compilation Truely fine work from good Ole' Merley Haggard!

Mama Tried/Pride In What I Am Merle Haggard Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strangers/Swinging Doors & The Bottle Let Me Down I'm a Lonesome Fugitive/Branded Man Sing Me Back Home/Legend Of Bonnie & Clyde Hag/Someday We'll Look Back Modern Times ASIN: B000E5LFFK Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

1. Mama Tried
2. Green Green Grass Of Home
3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
4. In The Good Old Days
5. I Could Have Gone Right
6. I'll Always Know
7. The Sunny Side Of My Life
8. Teach Me To Forget
9. Folsom Prison Blues
10. Run 'Em Off
11. You'll Never Love Me Now
12. Too Many Bridges To Cross Over
13. Lookin' For My Mind (Previously Unreleased - bonus track)
14. You're Not Home Yet (Previously Unreleased - bonus track)
15. I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
16. Who'll Buy The Wine
17. The Day The Rain Came
18. It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him
19. I Can't Hold Myself In Line
20. I'm Bringin' Home Good News
21. Keep Me From Cryin' Today
22. I Just Want To Look At You One More Time
23. Somewhere On Skid Row
24. I'm Free
25. California Blues
26. I Think We're Livin' In The Good Ole Days
27. California On My Mind (Previously Unreleased - bonus track)
28. White Line Fever (bonus track)
29. Streets Of Berlin (bonus track)

Customer Reviews:

High Quality compilation.......2006-12-04

The third of five 2 on 1 early Merle reissues finds Merle at the mill cranking out some of his classic Bakersfield country. Of the two records on this compilation, Mama Tried is by far the most classic, but Pride in What I Am holds up quite solidly as one of Merle's reliable, laid-back folky country albums.

Mama Tried starts off with the classic title track--Merle always does well with semi-autobiographical material about prison life and disappointment, and the lively background singing is one of those golden elements to Merle's sound. "Green Green Grass of Home" is another well-interpreted cover from Merle which far outshines Tom Jones' version for its authenticity and emotion. The joyride feel of "Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me" is another great cover, as is Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues." "I'll Always Know" is interesting--sounds somewhat like a 50's pop rock and roll song more than characteristic Haggard. "Sunny Side of My Life" and "Too Many Bridges" are great up-tempo tunes, and the back-porch sound of "Run 'em Off" is another classic. Basically, on Mama Tried, Merle takes his classic formula of pedal steel, high-energy vocal arrangements, and excellent material to turn in one of the best albums of his early career, chock full of classics.

Pride In What I Am is solid, to be sure, but doesn't shine quite as brightly as the often up-tempo Mama Tried. The title track is certainly a classic, and it sounds less characteristically Bakersfield. This album has more ballads, like "It Meant Goodbye to Me ... " and "Keep Me From Crying Today," and some Spanish-influence like on "I Just Want to Look at You One More Time." The slower tracks are good, but aren't as heartwrenching as some of Merle's finest ballads (although "Skid Row" is pretty classic), so the album feels a little slower than some others. However, there are a couple of great romps like "I'm Bringing Home Good News" and "I Think We're Living in the Good Old Days" that prove that even if a Merle Haggard album wasn't one of his very best, it's still pretty damn good. The driving tune "White Line Fever" is another great addition as a bonus track to this reissue.

Overall, this 2fer is carried by Mama Tried, the stronger of the two for its covers and originals and a truly classic Merle album. Pride in What I Am is a great solid effort and sounds really good in addition to the essential listening of Mama Tried, so this is well worth the buy. If you're new to Merle, this one would be a good choice to start with because of Mama Tried, but don't stop here--the other reissues are spectacular as well!

Truely fine work from good Ole' Merley Haggard!.......2006-04-05

These two albums are finally on one cd. I call him Merle'd Haggard, but it don't matter two flicks of a dime because these 2 albums, which are his originally 8th & 9th recorded albums, are priceless and every song on this single disk is a treasure. I am particularly glad that they put the bonus track "White Line Fever" on here. It is a great tune, and although on other cds it has been hard for me to find. A fine bonus tune indeed. There's a treasure trove of other bonuses on this cd that have never been released in addition to this. Another bonus that particulary touched me was "You're Not Home Yet", which you'll have to listen to to see how beautiful it is.
There are also covers of other people songs on here such as Porter's "Green Green Grass Of Home" and Johnny's "Folsom Prison Blues" which are sung with deep passion. If you don't like covers don't let that hinder you from getting this because if you like the Hag like I do you'll understand the feeling he puts into any and all of songs, especially being in prison when Johnny Cash played "Folsom Prison Blues". This is a real good buy for 29 songs that define a genre of music.

Average customer rating: Excellent new (1999) recordings of career favorites RIP OFF A life worth living Tried and True Music Vintage JJW [without the alcohol (supply your own)]

Gypsy Songman Jerry Jeff Walker Manufacturer: Tried & True ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Driftin' Way of Life Night After Night Viva Terlingua Ultimate Collection Mr. Bojangles ASIN: B00002Z83N Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

1. Gypsy Songman
2. Morning Song To Sally
3. Mr. Bojangles
4. I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)
5. Viva Luckenbach
6. Woman In Texas
7. I Promise To Love You
8. She Knows Her Daddy Sings
9. Little Man
10. The Road You Choose
11. May Music Be Your Wings
12. My Old Man
13. Little Bird
14. Stoney
15. That Old Beat-Up Guitar
16. David And Me
17. Railroad Lady
18. Driftin' Way Of Life

Customer Reviews:

Excellent new (1999) recordings of career favorites.......2002-04-22

The reviewer who ripped this CD is wrong on virtualy every count. First, the point of the recording was a CD of Jerry Jeff's favorite songs from his career to accompany the release of his autobiography. The songs chosen were all done live in the studio, and the playing and recording quality is excellent --clean and crisp, with the cohesiveness found on live (studio) recordings of a band that had been together for as long as these guys had.

Of particular appeal is what, to me, is the definitive version of Mr. Bojangles -- done in a bouncy, jazzy, scatty arrangement that is perfect for the story told in the song, that of a tap dancing cell mate encountered in a New Orleans drunk tank.

Top-notch versions of other career highlights, mostly from the more acoustic side of Jerry Jeff, include: Morning Song To Sally; Woman In Texas; She Knows Her Daddy Sings; and Little Man. This is a 60 year old man who has lived a fast and hard life (and survived it!) who is now clean, sober, and seemingly happy. Contrary to the accusation of the other reviewer that he's ripping off his fans by cramming the same songs down their throats again, what he's really doing is celebrating -- in and with song -- that survival, and recalling and paying tribute to the people and places his life has brought to him.

Songwise, it ranges from very good to excellent; performance-wise, it's terrific -- very down-home and comfortable; recording quality-wise, it's as good a sounding album as you could ask for -- clean and crisp (especially appealing due to the fact that it is dominanted by acoustic guitars).

RIP OFF.......2001-06-07

This CD should never have been released. The only thing of interest on it is Django's song "The Road You Choose" the rest is mostly recycled songs from earlier CD's that are much worse than previously released versions. Whats the matter Ronald??? you dont have enough money already that you have to rip off your loyal fans with this junk?

A life worth living.......2000-01-27

I've been listening to Jerry Jeff Walker for almost 10 years. It's a small amount of time compared to how long he's been playing. I enjoyed this book thoroughly. Many (in these reviews) say that this isn't a great piece of literature, but I couldn't help but recall, almost through every chapter - THE FOOLS PROGRESS by EDWARD ABBEY. If you read this book or the other, you may vicariously feel what it is truly like to live that american reality that so many have no words, thoughts or even expressions to explain. It's not a vision from Oliver Stone or MTV or on the evening news with Dan Rather, it's the man in this book, Jerry Jeff. !Viva Terlingua!

Tried and True Music.......1999-12-30

I cut my teeth on Jerry Jeff's music, and loved the way his songs could get me all pumped up and ready to romp. Then, about 15 years ago, I went to see him at a little place named Fitzgerald's in Houston. I was all excited and fired up, and seeing a lone stool and microphone on stage, knew that we were in for a boring warm-up act.

A few minutes later, Jerry Jeff stepped up on the stage, sat on the stool, hooked his right heel on a rung of the stool, and asked "how y'all doin'?" I was mad because he didn't even have a band! Then he started playing and singing. It took two songs to come down and start listening. Then I just sat there mesmerized, still except for my breathing, for over three hours as I learned what music was really about. I learned that music was about communicating, educating, and sharing life's experiences.

This CD took me right back to that night. With so many "polished acts" out there today, Jerry Jeff uses this CD to remind each of us what life is about... living, learning, and sharing what we know with others.

If you want a "catchy chorus" with no meaning that sticks in your head and nothing else, move on. If you want music that is real, honest, and sincere enough to stir your appetite for life... this one is a "MUST HAVE"!

Vintage JJW [without the alcohol (supply your own)].......1999-12-30

Having listened to Jerry Jeff through the years in various conditions, (both he and I,) I must say the new one sounds particularly good. Crisp, clean pickin', and the old magic is still in evidence. It'll all mean more to you if you read the book "The Gypsy Songman" first. Congrats, Scamp. Another one over the heart of the plate at 95+.

Average customer rating: Highly Recommendable! Excellent ... though I do have some complaints. Nice Collection Of Songs No cheap thrill! Fine Music, Yet Not The Best Of.....

Best Of Tried & True Suzanne Vega Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Solitude Standing Suzanne Vega Nine Objects of Desire Suzanne Vega - Live at Montreux 2004 Songs in Red and Gray ASIN: B00000FDB3 Release Date: 1998-10-05

Tracks:

1. Luka
2. Tom's Diner
3. Marlene On The Wall
4. Caramel
5. 99.9 F
6. Small Blue Thing
7. Blood Makes Noise
8. Left Of Center
9. In Liverpool
10. Gypsy
11. Book Of Dreams
12. No Cheap Thrill
13. World Before Columbus
14. When Heroes Go Down
15. The Queen And The Soldier
16. Book & A Cover
17. Rosemary

Album Description

17 track hits collection with all of the beloved singer/ songwriter's finest, including the top five smashes 'Luka' & 'Tom's Diner' (D.N.A. featuring Suzanne Vega), plus 'Left Of Center' from the 'Pretty In Pink' soundtrack and more. 1998 release.

Album Details

Greatest Hits Collection Not Available in USA. Contains Two New Songs.

Customer Reviews:

Highly Recommendable!.......2004-06-09

This was the first compilation of Suzanne Vega`s best songs released in 1998; featuring songs from her first 5 albums, two new recordings and the rare "Left of Center" from the soundtrack "Pretty in Pink".

It`s always a matter of taste which songs are actually the best; in my opinion this album does the job pretty well.

From her debut album "Marlene on the Wall", "A Small Blue Thing" and "The Queen and the Soldier" (her great song about power, loyalty and honesty) are obvious choices. I would not have minded "Cracking" being there too, but these 3 songs represent that album perfectly.

From "Solitude Standing" it`s the same; the best songs are there, but a few more would not have harmed the collection.

I have always considered her third album "Days of Open Hand" her weakest; it seems the compiler of this album feels the same since he`s only selected "Book of Dreams" from the album. "Tired of Sleeping" would also have been a good choice.

On "99,9 F" Vega experiments with new sounds and rhythms. When the album was originally released, I was not so sure if I liked her direction; now it`s my favourite and the title track, "Blood Makes Noise", "In Liverpool" and "When Heroes Go Down" are all great tracks.

The slightly "jazzy" "Nine Objects of Desire" is represented by "World Before Columbus", "Caramel" and "No Cheap Thrill". It`s a good album, where most song could have deserved selection. My favourite "Headshot" is not here, but then I have the original album already.

Both new songs "Book and a Cover" and "Rosemary" are good which was fine for me, since I had already bought her original albums.

This CD is highly recommendable, and if you want more of the same, you can seek out the 2 CD "Retrospective" or simply buy her original albums - they are all worth it.

Excellent ... though I do have some complaints........2003-08-16

First of all ... this is an extraordinary collection of songs, and if you have liked just a few of Suzanne Vega's songs, you should by this record ... it's more than worth it.

My complaints are as always the song selection. Yes, I know Tom's Dinner was a hit in that crappy remix version, but the original A Capella version is just much better. And include the groovy instrumental version ... love that one. Also, I sorely miss the song 'Solitude Standing' - this was actually released as a single, and was always one of my favorites from that album, and I can't for the life of me see why it wasn't included.

Other songs could have been left out. Caramel is ok, though I don't like it that much. Worse however is the utterly boring Book Of Dreams, that I think is only anoying. The new song Book & A Cover is also pretty uninspiring.

Finally I'm not content with the song arrangement. The stunning The Queen And The Soldier deserved to have closed the album - I love Rosemary, but it's not really an album closer. The Queen And The Soldier is about the ultimate album closer, so that's a bit frustrating.

All that being said, this reopened my eyes to the fantastic Solitude Standing album (which I grew up with, since my parents loved it) and offered me a bunch of for me hither to unknown gems like '99.9 F', 'Blood Makes Noise', 'Left Of Center', 'In Liverpool', 'World Before Columbus' and not least 'The Queen And The Soldier' - so I can only recommend it.

Nice Collection Of Songs.......2003-08-01

I'm not a huge Suzanne Vega fan but I do like the ferw singles of her's I've heard (Luka, Tom's Diner, 99.9 F, etc.) so this wasn't much of a dare. I do have to say that while not all of the songs on this CD are just like the ones I'd heard before it was definitely good to listen to. If you're as familiar with this artist as I was I doubt that you'll be disappointed by picking this up. I'm sure the die hard fans will love this collection and newcomers as well. There is very little here that goes off in a tangent. I recommend looking up some of these tracks on other albums to sample if you're on the fence about it.

No cheap thrill!.......2002-06-12

"Luka" isn't exactly one of my favorite songs, but Suzanne Vega is certainly one of my most favorite artists. Her "Nine Objects of Desire" is one of my great all-time favorites, because of the poetry of the lyrics, and the very clever instrumentation. It's the album that made me look for more work by this very unique and creative artist. And I found them here in "Best of Suzanne Vega: Tried and True". My favorite songs from "Nine Objects" are here, (the seductive bossa nova "Caramel" which I really really love, and "World Before Columbus") as well as some of her old songs which I began to hear with a new ear, like "Left of Center", and some new ones (to me, at least) like the thumping "Blood Makes Noise", "Small Blue Thing", "In Liverpool" and "99 degrees F". The writing of the songs is intelligent and consistently strong throughout. That the lyrics are set to wonderful music--each song a jewel in its unique setting--and interpreted by Vega's clear, silky vocals, are the attractions that make this album a must-have.

Fine Music, Yet Not The Best Of............2002-01-06

As a Suzanne Vega fan, I can say that many of her best songs are missing in this otherwise fine, diversely ordered collection. The disc runs a little over an hour in length and the songs could have been featured without sacrificing others.

My advice, especially to U.S. residents who only have access to this disc as an import (aka overpriced), I'd recommend purchasing at least three of her albums (they're about ten dollars a piece; I especially recommend "Nine Objects Of Desire") and end up spending a similar amount rather than this selective album, that nevertheless contains quality music from the classiest, most tender and consistent voice of adult pop for almost two decades now.

Since this review was written, a new Suzanne Vega recompilation has been made available in the U.S.

Average customer rating: What a debut Wonderful!!! what more could you ask for? Amazing music, amazing lyrics

This Time Last Year Christine Kane Manufacturer: Independent Songwriters ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer Songwriters | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Thousand Girls Right Outta Nowhere Rain & Mud & Wild & Green LIVE Pieces of Me ASIN: B000006EV6 Release Date: 1998-03-24

Tracks:

1. Off The Ground
2. Pocketful Of Pennies
3. Where You Are
4. Let's Roll
5. Come And Disappear
6. Fall From Grace
7. Loving Hands
8. Scratch My Back
9. Crack Of Blue
10. Romance Instead
11. Love Like That

Customer Reviews:

What a debut.......2002-10-15

The songwriting is honest and emotional yet never cloying or trite. A great album.

Wonderful!!!.......1998-10-18

Christine is an amazing artist, performer, and person. I listen to her CDs over and over. She understands women so deeply. You will be thrilled with her beautiful music.

what more could you ask for?.......1998-10-05

A fabulous cd by a fabulous artist. Christine Kane's talent is unquestionable. "This Time Last Year" showcases her phenomenal voice and guitar. Touching, ligthearted, intense, sexy, and funny, this cd is sure to work its way into your stash of favorites!!!

Amazing music, amazing lyrics.......1998-05-05

I honestly believe (and earnestly hope) that Christine Kane is an up-and-comer whose name everyone will know very soon. Her voice, her guitar playing (and that of fellow guitarist Richard Birt), her sheer ability to capture incredible emotion into every song, have caused reviewers to compare her to the Indigos, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. And she's at least as talented as any of these. This album, though somewhat spartan in arrangement, features some truly great songs and while more orchestration would be fine, it's completely unneeded. They're songs you feel completely comfortable in from the first time your hear them, like your favorite chair. Ms. Kane's ability to understand human emotion and her capacity for what Tom Robbins calls "joy in spite of everything" make her albums indispensable for anyone even remotely interested in the best of the modern acoustic world.

Average customer rating: just what I was looking for Gringo national anthem Jerry Jeff out Buffett's Jimmy Buffett Captures the essence of costal Belize with JJW class Best Album in Years!

Cowboy Boots & Bathin Suits Jerry Jeff Walker Manufacturer: Tried & True ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Collection Viva Terlingua Scamp Too Old to Change/Jerry Jeff Live from Gruene Hall ASIN: B000005Z6D Release Date: 1998-04-14

Tracks:

1. Come Away To Belize With Me
2. Barefootin'
3. Gringo In Belize
4. Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby
5. Wanted For Love
6. Boats To Build
7. Sloop John B.
8. Rythym Of The Rain
9. Fred Neil Medley
10. The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
11. Cowboy Boots & Bathin' Suits
12. Those Were The Days
13. Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

just what I was looking for.......2007-06-13

Not my favorite CD of all time but this one stays in my changer. Every song is interesting and has its own allure. I don't use the skip button on this CD.
Good Stuff.

Gringo national anthem.......2005-05-16

"Just another Gringo in Belize" is kindof a national anthem for the gringos here. See www.localgringos.com or www.belizenorth.com (my site) to find out more about Belize.
The songs are all about rain, and hammocks, and rum and weed, which is illegal but ubiquitous.
If you want to visit, do it now, before the crowds turn San Pedro into another Cancun.
--Senor Reek, Corozal, Belize, Central America

Jerry Jeff out Buffett's Jimmy Buffett.......2004-07-14

This is a fantastic album. JJ found the equation for the 3:30 vacation song that Jimmy Buffett lost years ago. The CD has had a perminant place in my 12 disc changer since it was released.

Captures the essence of costal Belize with JJW class.......2004-05-23

This is one of my favorite CDs. It makes me feel good and brings back memories of my trips to the Carribean, especially Belize. The lyrics create such vivid images.

Great music to play beside the pool or while relaxing with a cold beverage on a nice tropical day, or a day you wish was tropical.

If you are a JJW fan you have to get this. If you like the tropics and the JJW country/folk/balad style this will likely make you very happy.

Best Album in Years!.......2004-02-26

Jerry Jeff came up with a winner with this live recording. This offering is the best that hes done in a number of years! Great stuff and worth owning.

Average customer rating: First rate, fantastic good performance Another female singer/songwriter... Excellent second album Bravo for Leona

I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll Leona Naess Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Comatised Leona Naess Testimony Siren Happenstance ASIN: B00005PJB0 Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

1. Mexico
2. Mayor Of Your Town
3. All The Stars
4. I Tried To Rock You But You Only Roll
5. Sunny Sunday
6. Weak Strong Heart
7. Blue Eyed Baby
8. Boys Like You
9. Hurricane
10. Panic-Striken
11. Serenade
12. Promise To Try

Amazon.com

A Sheryl Crow with drum programmers as the motor of her dreams, singer-songwriter Leona Naess delivers an affecting second album. I Tried to Rock You could be an answer to the many listless Sensitive Guys clogging 2001 airwaves; Naess's vulnerability sounds not like a ploy to land her on teen-flick soundtrack albums, but like an honest reaction to the love troubles she's encountered since her debut. Open-hearted but never at a loss when it comes to tapping her own strength, Naess is arched-eyebrow funny when dissing and dismissing a lover in the title track, happily puzzled when admitting in "Sunny Sunday" that "I didn't mean to like u so much." Now that the press has lost interest in focusing on her beauty and privileged background (she is the daughter of Diana Ross's ex-husband Arne Naess), the field is clear for Naess's sensible love songs to resound--as it does perhaps most clearly when she reconfigures a pop-culture watchword to read "boys like you never cry." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

First rate, fantastic.......2006-02-21

Something about Leona Naess's music grabbed hold of me and won't let go. This was as good or better than her most recent effort; she makes it seem effortless to create such memorable music; breezy, ingenuous pop at its best. Especial favorites are "Hurricane," "All The Stars," "I Tried to Rock You," "Sunny Sunday," "Mayor of Your Town." An instant classic. Needless to say, wish I'd given this five stars instead of four. That happens to me a lot ...

good performance.......2005-08-16

Leona's performance on ''i tried to rock you but you only roll'' is quite good..I liked it and i will follow her new works..

Another female singer/songwriter..........2004-09-10

Another female singer/songwriter in a field of thousands is better than 80% of what's out there but 20% of thousands is still a lot to compete with. Maybe being Diana Ross' stepdaughter will help her stand out from the pack...plus she's pretty cute.

Excellent second album.......2004-03-13

After hearing Charm Attack just over a year ago, I managed to get hold of Leona Naess' first album in a second-hand store and was slightly disappointed. Whilst it had a few great cuts - Earthquake, Chase, Anything - it felt a bit rushed, but showed a lot of potential. On her second album, Naess has produced the kind of album that most female singer/songwriters can only dream of: heartfelt, intelligent, fragile vocals and catchy. Marking a vast change from Comatised in a lot of ways, this album applies a drum loop and electronic beats to a lot of songs, whilst also retreating to the softer love songs familiar to the first album.

Perhaps most important is the fact that there isn't one duff track on here. Each one is good in its own right, although Boys Like You (a clever hark back to The Cure's classic), the title track, All The Stars and Hurricane stand out. Of course, the question becomes why isn't Leona Naess more popular than she already is? An artist of this quality usually receives their fair share of hype, but Leona has received comparitively little. Whilst it's easy to compare her to other female chanteuses out there she's more upbeat and less poetic than Sarah McLachlan. And she's certainly a lot better than a great deal of the Lilith group following in Sarah's wake. For one, she's cleverer. She knows her relationships inside out and she isn't afraid to wear her heart on her sleeve but, unlike Alanis Morissette per say, she doesn't seem so jaded about love that she can't sing soft tracks that carry you along with her, such as Mexico or Serenade. If comparing Leona to anyone it would probably be as a cross between Amanda Ghost (who also employs dance beats) and Nerina Pallot (vocally they're very similar), which is a high compliment indeed.

In short, this is a brilliant album, and well worth buying even if you were disappointed by Comatised. From reviews of her third album though, Leona shouldn't need much help getting the hype she deserves sometime soon.

Bravo for Leona.......2003-09-12

This is the second album from Leon Naess, and it shows some definite growth from the inconsistency of "Comatised". She has a smooth voice, and her upbeat pop songs and cool ballads are guaranteed to please. Unfortunately you probably won't recognize anything on here from the radio, which is a shame because several songs are quite worthy of attention. Although I hate drawing such connections, if I had to compare her sound to anyone, Leona most closely resembles the more upbeat works of Sheryl Crow or possibly at times even Emm Gryner.

The first four songs are definitely the strongest, with the upbeat "Mexico" kicking off the set. The drawling "Mayor of Your Town" and "All the Stars" follow it up beautifully, and the quartet is capped by the wistful title track. The best of the rest include the slower "Baby Eyed Blue" and "Hurricane". One of the real strengths of this album are the sensible and impassioned lyrics, and when put to Leona's voice they're truly a pleasure to listen to.

Given the development from her debut to "I Tried to Rock You", it's evident that Leona is a singer/songwriter very much on the rise. She is a promising young artist, and I hope that her popularity someday catches up with her talent. Three cheers, and I'm very much looking forward to her new album. (due out soon!)

Average customer rating: jerry jeff Over 40 Years in the Music Business! "It don't get better than this!" My Favorite Jerry Jeff Album !!!! and choosing was difficult Legendary!

Live from Gruene Hall Jerry Jeff Walker Manufacturer: Tried & True ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Viva Terlingua Ultimate Collection Cowboy Boots & Bathin Suits Night After Night Too Old to Change/Jerry Jeff ASIN: B00005UOPO Release Date: 2001-08-07

Tracks:

1. Lovin' Makes Livin' Worthwhile
2. Pickup Truck Song
3. Long, Long Time
4. I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
5. Man With The Big Hat
6. Quiet Fait Of Man
7. Little Bird
8. Woman In Texas
9. Rodeo Wind
10. Trashy Women

Customer Reviews:

jerry jeff.......2007-07-23

a magical night.....a magical moment in time....simply some of the best music america and an american artist ever produced.....Hank Williams would be mighty proud...i love this record in case ya cant tell...'cause when im real high i play ....rock n roll....i play country when im losing control"....i play this this record when i want to hear good music...and feel something real

Over 40 Years in the Music Business!.......2006-10-18

Only a small handful of musical performers have the staying power demonstrated by Jerry Jeff Walker. Not bad for a kid from New York whose father questioned whether or not he "knew enough to come in out of the rain". Obviuosly, all reviews are a reflection of the eye of the beholder but, as one who has "tons" of JJW records, tapes and CDs, I believe Live at Gruene ("Green") Hall is one of the top two or three CDs of his long and illustrious recording career. Recorded in 2001, these songs capture JJ in his natural environment, a hundred year old dance hall near New Braunfels, Texas. This CD also captures a performer at the peak of his career. Four songs were written by JJ including the classic "Little Bird". From an up-tempo "Trash Women" to the moving ballad "Quiet Faith of Man" to the touching "I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight" this CD covers the full spectrum of human emotions and, as another review has written "every song is gold". HIGHLY Recommended for those discovering JJW or 40+ year-long fans like me. ENJOY!

"It don't get better than this!".......2001-11-11

I discovered Jerry Jeff in the mid 70s as a college student in North Carolina at Appalachian State University. It was a great time to be a student, as Jerry Jeff along with many others - including John Hartford, John Prine, Jimmy Buffet, and others - visited ASU and performed. My musical tastes solidified during those formative years. I became a big fan and, of course, had all Jerry's records then, and I kept up with him over the intervening years. I picked up "Life from Gruene Hall" on tape when it first came out in the early 90s. It was better than anything he had done prior to that! The recording is fantastic; in fact, except for the occasional clapping and voices from the audience, it could be a studio album. What a great sound! Rodeo Wind is my all-time favorite song. The only shortcoming, if it can be called that, is I wish his song "The Dear John Letter Lounge" was included. This is on an earlier 70s album and in the vein of "Rodeo Wind." Thank the Lord for Jerry Jeff Walker and his giving us all this great music for well over 30 years!

My Favorite Jerry Jeff Album !!!! and choosing was difficult.......1999-09-05

Somehow this one keeps coming back to me as my favorite Jerry Jeff Walker CD. There are classic songs on Viva Terlingua, and more recently on Night After Night (2 other JJW "must-haves", in my opinion) that don't appear here, of course. But for a CD that has no song rating anything less than a MASTERPIECE, you better buy this one!! I've seen Jerry Jeff in concert in 3 different states, and he never disappoints live, either. Live at Gruene Hall always takes me back to my dusty days in Texas, circa 1991, and the lonely roads we've all travelled. This is an album rich with weather-beaten experience, wisdom, and a dash of faith. Just exactly what you need to get through this life. Thanks Jerry Jeff, you're a true original. Rob Larimer

Legendary!.......1999-08-31

This CD 'Makes Livin' Worthwhile'. It descibes the perfect Saturday night. Very romantic. Put on this CD for the perfect evening... and your woman might even get a little 'trashy' before the night is through! Perfect for the boat. Perfect.

Christian Music:

1. Try Out a Song
2. Unalone
3. Unmistakably Live [Live]
4. Unpretty #1
5. Uptown Girl Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]
6. We'll Meet Again [Import]
7. Welcome To Yolandaworld
8. where it hurts [Explicit Lyrics]
9. YM Hot Tracks, Vol. 1 [Enhanced]
10. You Are My Home

Christian Music

christian music

Christian Music

Heart Go Boom [CD-single]

Last Light: Eleven Art Songs by Ronald E. Moore

Organ Impressions: Book of Hours

Music CD: Bailando Suavecito

Rich Man, Poor Man (1976 Television Mini-Series) [Soundtrack]

Nobody Said It Was Easy

Paul Stanley

Mechanical Oppression [Explicit Lyrics]

Muvangho

link-web.net Track Listings: Allegri: Miserere; Palestrina: Veni Sponsa Christi; Lassus: Missa super bella amfitrit' altera

Piano Solo [Import]

Lo Mejor de la Musica Sudamericana

Nothin' But Drama

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

Goin' Back to New Orleans