The ballad of Dood & Juanita / Sturgill Simpson.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 36800CD | High Top Mountain RecordsPublisher: [Lexington, Kentucky?] : High Top Mountain Records, [2021]Description: 1 audio disc (27 min., 46 sec.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Ballad of Dood and Juanita
- Produced by Sturgill Simpson.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | CD | COUNTRY Simpson, Sturgill | Available | 33111009942760 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Following quickly on the heels of his two-part bluegrass excursion Cuttin' Grass, The Ballad of Dood & Juanita finds Sturgill Simpson continuing his retreat to the olden days. A cinematic country & western concept album, The Ballad of Dood & Juanita is set during the Civil War and follows a military veteran called Dood as he tracks down his kidnapped bride Juanita. It's an old-fashioned tale told in an old-fashioned way. Using many of the musicians he did on Cuttin' Grass, Simpson plays an augmented version of bluegrass, taking the time to wander into Latin music and making nods to cowboy tunes. Listen closely and it's possible to discern some progressive politics -- the central figure has left the war between the states to marry a woman who at the very least bears a Latina name -- but The Ballad of Dood & Juanita isn't designed for intense inspection. Written and recorded in a week, it's as swift and easy as a cool summer breeze, its 28 minutes zipping by as Simpson and his Hillbilly Avengers spend as much time picking as they do singing. Its brevity means that The Ballad of Dood & Juanita can initially seem a bit slight, yet it's ultimately quite sturdy, an album that gains its strength from Simpson's dogged dedication to the concept -- there's nothing extraneous in his songs here -- and the impeccable execution of the band. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Title from disc label.
Sturgill Simpson, vocals, rhythm guitar ; with accompaniment.
Produced by Sturgill Simpson.
Recorded The Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, Nashville, Tennessee.
All songs written by Sturgill Simpson.
Compact disc.
Prologue (1:01) -- Ol' Dood (part I) (2:57) -- One in the saddle, one on the ground (3:15) -- Shamrock (4:40) -- Played out (3:25) -- Sam (1:12) -- Juanita / feat. Willie Nelson (3:40) -- Go in peace (2:37) -- Epilogue (0:37) -- Ol' Dood (part II) (4:22).
Written and recorded in less than a week, and featuring the same ace musicians who played on last year's Cuttin' Grass albums, the album tells a classic American story of a Civil War-era couple torn apart by violence and reunited by love.