High Lonesome Sound

Book Description
This album-matching folio contains a center pull-out photo section. Titles are: Down to New Orleans * Given More Time * High Lonesome Sound * Jenny Dreamed of Trains * A Little More Love * One Dance with You * Pretty Little Adriana * Tell Me Lover * Worlds Apart * You and You Alone. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description:
This album-matching folio contains a center pull-out photo section. Titles are: Down to New Orleans * Given More Time * High Lonesome Sound * Jenny Dreamed of Trains * A Little More Love * One Dance with You * Pretty Little Adriana * Tell Me Lover * Worlds Apart * You and You Alone. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

High Lonesome Sound,Vince Gill,Mca Nashville,Country,Country & Western,Pop

Average customer rating: Vince Gill Sings My Heart Diverse, Well Written - Appeals to Country & Mainstream Fans Maintaining the expected quality My First Vince CD Won't Be My Last a classic from Vince Gill

High Lonesome Sound Vince Gill Manufacturer: Mca Nashville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: When I Call Your Name I Still Believe in You When Love Finds You Souvenirs Next Big Thing ASIN: B000002P06 Release Date: 1996-05-28

Tracks:

1. Once Dance With You
2. High Lonesome Sound
3. Pretty Little Adriana
4. A Little More Love
5. Down To New Orleans
6. Tell Me Lover
7. Given More Time
8. You And You Alone
9. Worlds Apart
10. Jenny Dreamed Of Trains
11. High Lonesome Sound

Customer Reviews:

Vince Gill Sings My Heart.......2005-07-29

I love Vince Gill's music. His sweet, mellow vocals embrace you and take you on a journey of heart and soul. His musical versatility makes him a singer for all seasons. I highly recommend "High Lonesome Sound"!

Diverse, Well Written - Appeals to Country & Mainstream Fans.......2004-11-10

In the 1990s, the Country Music began to go through some transitions. Country music which had for the most part stayed in a vacuum began to go mainstream and embrace other genres of music. As a result, the sound started to change. By the end of the 90s, Country Music had full blown established music superstars in Shania Twain and Faith Hill. One may argue that Twain and Hill have deviated from their Country Music roots - and to some extent I can agree with that argument. I do think that other Country Music artists have found a way to go toward the mainstream while keeping to their Country Music roots. One such artist is Vince Gill, who proves his album "High Lonesome Sound" that it possible to go mainstream and keep to the roots of Country Music. In addition, Gill also proves that the end product can be something that is very enjoyable.

By no means do I consider myself a Country Music expert. The nice thing about "High Lonesome Sound" is that I believe it caters to a fan like myself that may not be deep into Country Music, but can appreciate many of the elements Country Music can bring to the table. While Gill's Country Music could be directed to a more casual fan like myself, I think Gill does an admirable job at addressing the fan who is deeper when it comes to the Country Music genre. Vince Gill also isn't afraid to explore some different directions - and I think this goes a long way for helping this become more appealing to the mainstream fan.

Gill assembles a nice cast of studio musicians to help him on this effort. The most noteable musician is Leland Sklar on Bass. Sklar is best known for being a part of Phil Collins "Serious" band. He was the long hair, long bearded bass player. Sklar does an admirable job on Bass on this collection. There are also some noteable vocalists that help Gill out. Patty Loveless does harmony vocals on "Given More Time" while Shelby Lynne lends vocals on the tune "You and You Alone". Lynne's vocals really connect well with Gill and I wish they would do more work together. Other vocalists, Jeff White and Kim Richey lend some terrific background vocals on multiple tracks.

The opening track is "One Dance With You". When you listen to "One Dance with You", there immediately is a feeling for a country sound. However, there almost is a Doo-Wop-ish type of theme to this song. This Doo Wop-ish theme can be heard in the melody as well as some of the names that are in the lyrics ("Peggy Sue", "Mary Lou", etc). This is a very nice track and appealed to a casual fan like myself.

The title track "High Lonesome Sound" appears on the collection twice. This is a very Country sounding tune that is a very catchy tune. This song is the second track and the last track. The difference is the latter track has Alison Krauss and Union Station helping out with this song. You will hear a stronger fiddle element on the latter track that will give it a much more of a "Dixie Music" feel to it. Alison Krauss plays fiddle on that track and also lends background vocals to both of the tracks. I find the earlier track is the one that will appeal to a more mainstream fan, but the latter track isn't bad either.

The most popular track is the ballad "Pretty Little Adriana". This is definitely a cross-over track. Although it does sound more Pop/Adult Contemporary-ish - the gentle melodies and powerful vocals of this song I still think remain true to the Gill's Country Music Roots.

Another song where Gill does things a bit different is the song "Down to New Orleans". While Gill explored a Dixie sound on the latter version of "High Lonesome Sound", Gill integrates some Jazz and Blues sounding elements into a definite "New Orleans" feel of a song. Once again, Gill doesn't abandon his Country Music Roots and the end result is another great product.

Gill also proves he can be an outstanding storyteller. This is shown on the track "Jenny Dreamed Of Trains". This is an oustanding written song by both Vince Gill and Guy C. Clark. A lot of this song reminds me of Dan Fogelberg. It has a Dan Fogelberg-like soft piano introduction for about one minute. The song then proceeds to be a story in which he tells the story of a girl named Jenny who had a love of trains and then deals with the decline of the railroads in the U.S.. Another song in which Gill tells a nice story is "Given More Time" in which Gill portrays himself as a Working Man trying to balance time with his family. The song "Worlds Apart" is also very well written and deals with a couple going through empty nest syndrome and starting to question the love between them. There is a pause a little after 4 minutes into the song - giving it a very powerful effect.

Another good track that is very enjoyable is "A Little More Love" is another example of a Country Music song that appealed to a mainstream fan like myself.

The liner notes do contain all of the lyrics to all of the tunes. They do a nice job at lining up the studio musician credits to each song. This album pretty much surprised me. I originally wanted it for the song "Pretty Little Adriana", but I ended up discovering so much more. I especially got hooked on the title track. I also discovered what a diverse musician and talent that Vince Gill is. I think this is the perfect album to introduce yourself to Vince Gill and I think Gill fans will not be disappointed with this collection. I'd recommend adding it to your collection.

Maintaining the expected quality.......2004-06-10

Vince has a very distinctive voice, which he uses to good effect on this interesting collection. Vince wrote or co-wrote all the songs, which are an excellent mix of ballads, mid-tempo and up-tempo songs.

Perhaps the strangest song is Jenny dreamed of trains, about a girl living near a deserted railroad. I wonder what inspired Vince to write this song, which was covered by John Denver for his train song album, All aboard.

Two versions of the up-tempo title track are included, both with Vince singing lead and Alison Krauss sing harmony but with one featuring Alison Krauss's band, Union Station, giving the song a bluegrass treatment. Apart from Alison, other harmony singers featured on the album include Kim Richey (A little more love), Patty Loveless (Given more time) and Shelby Lynne (You and you alone).

Other outstanding songs include Pretty little Adriana and Down in New Orleans, but every song here is worth hearing.

While I don't regard this as Vince's best album (my favorite is When I call your name), it has much to commend it. No self-respecting fan of Vince's music should be without it.

My First Vince CD Won't Be My Last.......2003-02-28

I bought this because of "Pretty Little Adriana" and "Worlds Apart", which are two of the prettiest songs I have ever heard from anybody. I ended up discovering some of Vince's most outstanding material that never got the attention it deserved. "You and You Alone" is a really good love song, and the 2 versions of "High Lonesome Sound" are one of a kind. I would recommend this album in a second, especially if you like songs with plenty of heart and true emotion.

a classic from Vince Gill.......2003-02-27

A very nice album from Vince Worlds apart are a classic and one of his greatest songs definately get it if you are vince gill fan he has one of the nicest smoothest voices in theis album so definately listen to it

Average customer rating: Old and in the Way Jerry Garcia and former Blue Grass Boys put on a good show Just gets better and better ... Bluegrass lovers top notch stompin' fun!

That High Lonesome Sound Old & In the Way Manufacturer: Acoustic Disc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Bluegrass Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Jam Bands | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jambands | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Breakdown: Live Recordings 1973 Shady Grove The Pizza Tapes Old & In the Gray Grisman & Garcia ASIN: B00000391G Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

1. Hard Hearted
2. The Great Pretender
3. Lost
4. Catfish John
5. High Lonesome Sound
6. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
7. Love Please Come Home
8. Wicked Path Of Sin
9. Uncle Pen
10. I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home
11. Lonesome L.A. Cowboy
12. I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent
13. Orange Blossom Special
14. Angel Band

Customer Reviews:

Old and in the Way.......2007-05-12

If you likes The Grateful Dead and if you like bluegrass, then this is something you have to have

Jerry Garcia and former Blue Grass Boys put on a good show.......2006-02-25

This awesome album combines the signature rough vocals of Jerry Garcia (who also plays banjo!) with the crisp mandolin sound of David Grisman, agile fiddling of Vassar Clements, and solid guitar of Peter Rowan in a collection that pulls heavily from the repertoire of Bill Monroe's old Blue Grass Boys. Bluegrass fans and Garcia fans alike will enjoy this enthusiastic live performance by Old and In the Way.

Just gets better and better ..........2002-01-17

I bought this album because it's considered a classic, and because I love the fiddle stylings of Vassar Clements. At first I was irked by some out-of-tune vocal harmonies (it's live, after all). But I kept the album on and set the CD player to continuous play. Well, the second time it started at the beginning, I was hooked. I listened a couple more times and had to force myself to turn it off. It is really a true gem of an album. Vassar's fiddling is top-notch, a great example of his classic licks and style. Garcia, Grisman and Rowan also rock. This is indeed a classic bluegrass album, and should be in any respectable collection.

Bluegrass lovers.......1999-07-28

This CD is great! If you are not a bluegrass fan, it will certainly make you one! Some of Jerry Garcia's finest work without his electric guitar. He sure picks a mean banjo!

top notch stompin' fun!.......1999-02-11

Listen to this classic, bluegrass sound and you'll be hard pressed not to become a foot stompin', leg-smackin bluegrass fanatic in no time. This is blue ribbon bluegrass!

Average customer rating: Real Americana A must buy for fans of good music Peculiar, Strange, Moving, and Powerful Roscoe Holcomb: Beautiful Untamed Master Not bad

The High Lonesome Sound Roscoe Holcomb Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Smithsonian Folkways Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: An Untamed Sense of Control Mountain Music Of Kentucky [2-CD Set] Ballads, Banjo Tunes, And Sacred Songs Of Western North Carolina Clarence Ashley And Doc Watson: The Original Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 [2-CD Set] Dock Boggs: His Folkways Years 1963-1968 ASIN: B000001DK0 Release Date: 1998-01-20

Tracks:

1. Moonshiner
2. Old Smoky
3. Little Birdie
4. House In New Orleans
5. Trouble In Mind
6. The Wandering Boy
7. Hook And Line
8. Married Life Blues
9. Omie Wise
10. Willow Tree
11. Boat's Up The River
12. In The Pines
13. Fox Chase
14. Little Gray Mule
15. I'm A Free Little Bird
16. Little Bessie
17. Motherless Children
18. Darlin Corey
19. Roll On Buddy
20. A Village Churchyard
21. Walk Around My Bedside

Amazon.com

With a voice that could crack the same cement he worked all his adult life, Roscoe Holcomb, along with Dock Boggs, Wade Ward, and Banjo Bill Cornett, was one of the most searing singers and pickers of the Appalachian banjo style. He performed mostly in Holiness Church services and impromptu square dances, and his style was never polished by an extensive professional career. His banjo playing is distinguished by speedy, irregular meter, and seems to mimic his vocal approach (or vice versa). First released in 1965, this John Cohen edited collection includes the well-known traditional cuts "Moonshiner" and "House of the Rising Sun," and is fleshed out by the guitar playing of Mike Seeger. --Roy Francis Kasten

Album Description

The legendary Roscoe Holcomb performs 21 powerful songs shaped by the hard times and conflict between old and new that marked his life in the Kentucky mountains. A hard-hitting singer and banjo-player, he also performs unaccompanied ballads, banjo and harmonica solos, and with a guitar. These recordings from 1961, 1964, and 1974 were previously released on three different Folkways LP records and had a powerful influence on the folk music revival. Accompanied by extensive new notes and photographs by John Cohen. 71 minutes. "Roscoe Holcomb is a true genius." -San Francisco Chronicle

Customer Reviews:

Real Americana.......2007-01-22

The title characterizes the music; it's high lonesome music at its best. No high tech mixing, just honest, straight from the heart music that has been passed down from generation to generation, with Roscoe Holcomb's distinct voice and style of play. A must for the serious "old-timey" music collector.

A must buy for fans of good music.......2005-08-26

I'm not gonna get up on my high horse like some people do on these Amazon reviews, but I will say this: The High Lonesome Sound is a CD I have never gotten sick of. It is probably the best bluegrass/old timey album I've ever bought.
Holcomb's vocals, particularily on the first track, give me goose bumps every time I hear it. His harmonica playing and banjo picking is distinctive and first rate. If you are a fan of older music, bluegrass, blues or country... BUY THIS CD!

Peculiar, Strange, Moving, and Powerful.......2003-07-22

My wife gave me this recording several years ago as a birthday gift. After listening to it once or twice (and reading the fascinating and impassioned liner notes), I set it aside as odd, strange, and most peculiar. Although Mr. Holcomb is a fluid instrumentalist, his voice is so high and unusual that I did not see how his songs could bear repeated listening.

I was wrong, about as wrong as a body could be. A couple of years later, I picked up the recording again and listened to it with care. The peculiar and high-pitched voice grows on you, and the powerful and honest delivery is moving in the most compelling way. I now think that Roscoe Holcomb stands on a par with Blind Willie Johnson (in his time an equally obscure and strange singer) as one of the greatest exponents of American-born and bred music. This recording grows on you. I'm extremely grateful that this legacy of Holcomb's great artistry has been preserved for those of us who did not have the joy of listening to his searing voice and delivery while he still lived.

Roscoe Holcomb: Beautiful Untamed Master.......2003-07-14

This review is for THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND and also for AN UNTAMED SENSE OF CONTROL.

After many years of listening to the recordings of Roscoe Holcomb, of letting myself become intimately open to and familiar with them, of brooding upon them, then listening some more, I am convinced (conviction)that the true reason that Roscoe Holcomb has never become widely recognized and acknowleged in America as one of the greatest artists to ever live out some seventy odd years on its soil is not because he spent most of his life in the little backwoods community of Daisy, Kentucky where people have strange, unpleasant accents. Or rather I should say that that is only the apparent reason, the pretext. It is rather because wider American 'culture' can not embrace expression of such depth and intensity of unfiltered feeling, such depth of undecorated honesty, such depth and directness of response to life, such depth of raw, unpretentious beauty, such depth of blazing strength and haunted vulnerability, and such fierceness of unambitious artistic focus, without being intensely confronted by its own utter mediocrity.
American 'culture', which has been reduced to the hustling entertainment of an endless carnival, is tyranically controlled by capitalistic business interests and academic prejudice and pretension (backed by more capitalism). Its dominant characteristic on all levels is manipulation and self-interest. Its pseudo-passion is akin to simple lust. Roscoe Holcomb's genuine passion is a raw response to, and an unpretentious but fiercely focused hunger for, truth. He is a guileless, intelligent, aware, sensitive, gifted Kentucky 'hillbilly' who is far too large in soul to be drawn in by the smug, meretricious banality of American 'culture'. He is a grim and beautiful reminder of what wider America might have been.
As an artist and a man, he is indifferent to the illusions of 'civilized' high life, but he has no illusions about the facts of poverty and want. He is a mature, decent, gifted man trying to walk a truthful path through a bewildering maze, a man burning with life and love and suffering, and passionately confronting death and producing great art in response.
The art of his singing and playing, though clothed in Appalachian style, reaches beyond the conditioned behavior of any historical time-period, it reaches into primal emotion. He reaches into ancient, even primitve, feeling. But he is far from being unsophisticated. I am amazed by the people who claim to admire Holcomb, then submit to the terms of his critics by conceding that he is "unpolished, but...", or some such rot. Holcomb's musical knowledge, his vocal and instrumental ability, and his artistic imagination and insight are highly sophisticated and anyone who can not see this simply can not see Roscoe Holcomb. The fact that Holcomb was born in a setting that afforded him no "education' is utterly trivial and has no bearing on his artistic greatness. When, in his matchless version of LITTLE MAGGIE (UNTAMED SENSE OF CONTROL), he vocally holds that maj. 2nd (of all things!) as in the line:

low d o w n sorry man

he is being highly original and highly sophiticated. He knows exactly what he is doing, but he is not doing it for the sake of originality or sophistication, but for its artistic truth-value.
And Holcomb is quite capable of 'polish'. Listen to his beautiful mellow vibrato in his a capella version of MOONSHINER (THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND). If he usually gives his music a jagged edge it is because he has a conviction that it takes him closer to truth. I think here of another great and abused American artist, Herman Melville, who wrote:

"Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges."

If you share this interest in truth then I would suggest that you get THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND and AN UNTAMED SENSE OF CONTROL and listen and listen and listen and learn about art and life from this master, burning intensely, though quietly, unambitiously, lost in the crowd.

Not bad.......2003-02-13

This is a great CD. Featuring good ol' time music. This has been in my CD player for weeks and I'm still not tired of listening to it. Great value.

Average customer rating:

The High Lonesome Sound of the Satyrswitch The Satyrswitch Manufacturer: Camera Obscura ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00061QJ4E Release Date: 2004-09-07

Tracks:

1. Boys of Bedlam
2. Jack Orion
3. Angel of Wolves
4. Second Air
5. Under the Double Eagle
6. Dorado
7. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
8. Israfel
9. Kindred
10. Nottamun Town
11. Three Maidens

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High Lonesome Sound Vince Gill Manufacturer: Mca Nashville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Nature Boy: The Standards Album These Days Gaucho ASIN: B0002IQANQ Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

1. One Dance With You
2. High Lonesome Sound
3. Pretty Little Adriana
4. Little More Love
5. Down to New Orleans
6. Tell Me Lover
7. Given More Time
8. You and You Alone
9. Worlds Apart
10. Jenny Dreamed of Trains
11. High Lonesome Sound - Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Union Station

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TECHNO REDEFINED Planet E. - Violet Force / High Lonesome Sound System - Waiting for the Lights , Happy As Hell - Mean Go Getter / The NIghttripper - Tone Exploitation , The Odd Company - We Are Experienced / The Irresistible Force - Space Is the Place , Fantasizing - Trancesetters / Utopia - Reality Studio , Naked and the Dub - Orbital / Always - Nico , Let Yourself Go - WestBam , and Paradise 3000 - Normizon 5am ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000TB8M5A

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Melodic Array of Change Necronauts Manufacturer: Sunset Alliance / High School Football Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJVOY Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

1. 10-4
2. Divorce
3. Being in Here
4. Bullet
5. Cool Kids
6. Half-Time
7. High School Football
8. It's Obvious
9. Objectified
10. Skyline
11. Texas

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That High Lonesome Sound Various Artists Manufacturer: Celtic America Llc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000055WD4 Release Date: 2002-01-01

Average customer rating: It's aight

We Are One Keoki & High Lonesome Sound System Manufacturer: Adrenalin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jealousy ASIN: B000003GN2 Release Date: 1993-08-20

Tracks:

1. We Are One
2. Take It
3. I Slapped The Jack
4. Perpetuate
5. Land Of Dreams
6. Birds And Whales

Customer Reviews:

It's aight.......2004-03-02

The only songs that I really like are song 4. Perpetuate and song 5. land of dreams.... other than that I'll try something different... Keoki's Jealousy cd, Altered Ego-Trip, Clash, and Kill the DJ are all PHAT but this I'm guessing is his oldschool.. i mean, not to say that oldschool is bad heh, and if you really like keoki then go ahead... but if not then get the other cds i mentioned earlier, they are better

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2. I've Got a Right to Cry
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4. Inspirational Journey
5. Into the Cauldron
6. Iron Flowers [Enhanced]
7. Jolene/My Tennessee Mountain Home [Import]
8. Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss
9. Let's Put the Western Back in the Country
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