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Nelson, Willie - Country Music

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Tuesday, 27 April 2010 13:48

The title and the cover speak for themselves. In an old barn, someone has painted with white paint "Willie Nelson - Country Music". And if you still hear that pro-Roots T Bone Burnett has produced the album, the direction is clear: to consciously trimmed authentic songs, all of country classics and traditional music, recorded with old equipment and pure acoustic instruments. The Country purists goes to the heart, the lover slides commercial Nashville sound it in the pants. But Nelson fans are definitely the first category.

After his excursions into jazz, reggae, blues and Popstandard-plains it was time the "real deal" - Country in its purest form. Banjo, acoustic guitar, fiddle, double bass and harmonica. Nelson himself has both proud of his musical foundation so far not approached. But "Country Music" is just a T Bone Burnett album as a Willie Nelson album. The signature of authenticity freaks, multiple Grammy-and Oscar-winning freshly baked (for the song "The Weary Children" from " Crazy Heart ") is unmistakable. Now he embeds Nelson in a warm analog sound where you like to imagine that the photographs of the barn have taken place in directly, the cover shows that, from hand-selected Nashville studio musicians (Ronnie McCoury, Jim Lauderdale, among others) on straw bales sitting recorded.

But that's nostalgic enthusiasm, because it is of course much damn studio technology (in this case from Nashville) needs to make an album sound so natural. The song selection is no less traditional and is also primarily on Burnett's cap. He beat Nelson Title 28, said the conclusion of the song "Nobody's Fault But Mine added," and finally chose 23 images from the present 15 with. Besides Nelson's "Man With the Blues" is exclusively foreign compositions, such as Hank Williams' "House of Gold", and traditionals such as the pleading "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down." The tone of "Country Music" is more quiet and subdued. Apart from the swinging "Pistol Packin 'Mama" and the energetic "Freight Train Boogie" dominate slower pieces, including the indestructible classic "Satisfied Mind", which happens to be on Johnny Cash's " American Recordings VI is located.

The Night-Life-ballad "Drinking Champagne" by Bill Mack Smith turns out to be a stroke of luck and good song of the whole album. Although Nelson rather with a joint and a beer in hand, provides, as with a champagne glass, he feels in the morning clouded discreet atmosphere felt good. For what the night life are concerned, no one knows better than the old Willie , and that carries over to the listener.

Short: The combination of Willie Nelson / T Bone Burnett was indeed nothing wrong at all. Burnett's production of good style is complemented well with Nelson's interpretation of its still impressive and gives powerful voice to the right setting. This selection of traditional country songs with no frills to make Willie Nelson himself the best birthday present (he is on 30 April this year 77).

Conclusion: Willie Nelson's output is nearly endless, because you can hardly behind. But "Country Music" is thanks to T Bone Burnett's production of one of the most beautiful Nelson albums of recent years.

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