Texas / Rodney Crowell.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: RC104077 | RC1 RecordsPublisher: [Nashville, Tennessee?] : RC1 Records, [2019]Copyright date: ℗2019, ©2019Description: 1 audio disc (40 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Produced by Ray Kennedy & Rodney Crowell.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | CD | COUNTRY Crowell, Rodney | Available | 33111009517141 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Rodney Crowell hails from Houston, so in a sense he's been writing about Texas since his first record way back in 1978. Nevertheless, 2019's Texas is his first album designed as an explicit tribute to the Lone Star State, an idea that formed when he started to pair some new originals with old tunes about his home state. To accentuate the music's deep roots, he brought on a cast of Texans to spotlight different aspects of the state's culture and attitude. Willie Nelson is here, naturally, singing on the waltz "Deep in the Heart of Uncertain Texas" with Ronnie Dunn and Lee Ann Womack, but so is Billy Gibbons, growling and grinding through the down-n-dirty blues of "56 Fury." Lyle Lovett shows up to sing on the slyly playful "What You Gonna Do Now" and Steve Earle offers a bit of barbed political commentary on "Brown & Root, Brown & Root" -- songs that speak to the wily, witty side of Texas, but the presence of Randy Rogers on "Flatland Hillbillies" helps bring the album into the red dirt present. "The Border," a stark ballad with spooky Tejano undertones, also speaks to the social politics of the late 2010s, and while it provides a weighty emotional anchor for the record, most of Texas is considerably lighter on its feet. The songs are filled with good humor and wry details, the music played with exuberance and casual virtuosity, a combination that amounts to an outright celebration of the many things that makes Texas great. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Title from disc label.
Produced by Ray Kennedy & Rodney Crowell.
Performed by Rodney Crowell; with accompaniment.
Recorded Room & Board Studio, Nashville, TN.
Compact disc.
Flatland hillbillies / (featuring Randy Rogers & Lee Ann Womack) -- Caw caw blues / (featuring Vince Gill) -- 56 fury / (featuring Billy F Gibbons) -- Deep in the heart of uncertain Texas / (featuring Ronnie Dunn, Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack) -- You're only happy when you're miserable / (featuring Ringo Starr) -- I'll show me -- What you gonna do now / (featuring Lyle Lovett) -- The border / (featuring John Jorgenson) -- Treetop Slim & Billy Lowgrass -- Brown & root, brown & root / (featuring Steve Earle) -- Texas drought part 1.
Grammy winner Rodney Crowell explores his Lone Star roots with an eclectic cast of all-star friends on his adventurous album of collaborations. Featuring Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Ronnie Dunn, Billy Gibbons, Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Ringo Starr, and more, the 11 tracks represent not just a fresh batch of weathered poetry from one of Americana's finest craftsmen, but also an iconic singer-songwriter letting loose with his friends.