Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments For Lost Buckaroos

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Since they first discovered country music as members of England's beloved Mekons, Sally Timms, Jon Langford, and Rico Bell have been firing off albums of their own interpretations of the genre: Timms and Bell as solo artists, Langford with his fiery Waco Brothers. On Timms's first full-length collection of her so-called "art country," she tames her former band's beer-and-whiskey rep in favor of stripped-down, traditional performances of songs she cowrote with Langford, and covers of those written by Robbie Fulks, Johnny Cash, Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco), and the Handsome Family. With a sweet-as-honey delivery that often turns into a spoken whisper, Timms can follow a waltz about milkmen with Roy Rogers roundups about Dr. Strangelove, but it's on the fiddle-driven romp "Snowbird" that Cowboy Sally's true Mekons spirit comes alive. --Scott Holter

Product Description:
On this handsome little package, Cowboy Sally curls up by your bedside and softly croons a dozen lullabies for adults about dreaming cowboys, sad milkmen, sweetheart waltzes, Dr. Strangelove, and bloody snowbirds. Her languid, dreamy, smooth-as-honeyed whiskey voice will take you on a pleasing journey through the un-make believe lands of sorrow, betrayal, and emotional devastation.

Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments For Lost Buckaroos,Sally Timms,Bloodshot Records,Alternative Country,Country,Pop,Popular Music,Rock

Average customer rating: Sally does the Roses with a great bluegrass kick! Absolute Beauty A little sleepy in spots, but high points are special Different country (from a different country!) Outstanding album from an unlikely cowgirl

Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments For Lost Buckaroos Sally Timms Manufacturer: Bloodshot Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cowboy in Flames The Executioner's Last Songs Heaven and Hell: The Very Best of the Mekons Making Singles, Drinking Doubles Translated From Love ASIN: B00002EPKU Release Date: 1999-11-02

Tracks:

1. Howdy Folks & Gather Round (Intro)
2. Dreaming Cowboy
3. The Sad Milkman
4. Dark Sun
5. In Bristol Town One Bright Day
6. Sweetheart Waltz
7. Snowbird
8. Cry Cry Cry
9. When The Roses Bloom Again
10. Cancion Para Mi Padre
11. Rock Me To Sleep
12. Goodnight Cowboy Sally (Outro)

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Since they first discovered country music as members of England's beloved Mekons, Sally Timms, Jon Langford, and Rico Bell have been firing off albums of their own interpretations of the genre: Timms and Bell as solo artists, Langford with his fiery Waco Brothers. On Timms's first full-length collection of her so-called "art country," she tames her former band's beer-and-whiskey rep in favor of stripped-down, traditional performances of songs she cowrote with Langford, and covers of those written by Robbie Fulks, Johnny Cash, Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco), and the Handsome Family. With a sweet-as-honey delivery that often turns into a spoken whisper, Timms can follow a waltz about milkmen with Roy Rogers roundups about Dr. Strangelove, but it's on the fiddle-driven romp "Snowbird" that Cowboy Sally's true Mekons spirit comes alive. --Scott Holter

Album Description

On this handsome little package, Cowboy Sally curls up by your bedside and softly croons a dozen lullabies for adults about dreaming cowboys, sad milkmen, sweetheart waltzes, Dr. Strangelove, and bloody snowbirds. Her languid, dreamy, smooth-as-honeyed whiskey voice will take you on a pleasing journey through the un-make believe lands of sorrow, betrayal, and emotional devastation.

Customer Reviews:

Sally does the Roses with a great bluegrass kick!.......2005-10-04

As other reviewers noted, this is a unique album by a great singer with a lovely voice. What I'd like to know is: "Who is 'Celine' credited for all instruments on the incredible "When The Roses Bloom Again."

The Bluegrass chops that kick that song off must come from somebody who grew up on Del McCoury. It could be Del McCoury! Along with McCoury's "High on a Mountain," Sally's version of "When the Roses Bloom Again" ranks at the top of my "Opening Measures that Grab You" list.

Absolute Beauty.......2003-08-07

I ordered this album not really knowing what to expect, but it was one of the best purchases I've made in a long time. I ordered Emmylou Harris's Songs of the West at the same time, but this was actually better! It is very artisticly done, and touches my deepest emotions. It shows that western music and good art are not incompatible. Only two complaints: Cry, Cry, Cry & no lyricsheet.

A little sleepy in spots, but high points are special.......2003-06-27

Timms has several 5-star performances (S. Waltz, Snowbird)... in fact, all but a couple could be so classified. Those couple (and I'm thinking specifically of Cry x3) are pleasant and even lovely but not as gorgeous as the rest of the album. Sort of like comparing South Padre Island beaches at sunset to Bali anytime--the former is damned nice at times but not overwhelming all the time.

Analogies aside, Timms deserves a lot of credit for producing an album that strives for the energy of altcountry while avoiding too much GenX irony. It's definitely postmillenial, but not as studied as Prairie Home Companion, though Timms would be an appropriate guest.

Great effort.

Different country (from a different country!).......2003-01-14

Mekons frontlady Sally Timms follows her British bandmate Jon Langford into the world of Chicago "insurgent country," with this mellow set of artful neo-billy ballads. I give her credit for not falling into the trap of "keep it sloppy" cowpunk that typifies many Bloodshot releases, and for trying to elevate alt.country into a higher, more literate style, closer to the feel of the best British traditional folk music. Backing Timms up on this full-length outing are Bloodshot stalwarts such as guitarist Jon Rauhouse, Robbie Fulks and, of course, Jon Langford on a couple of cuts. Overall, though, this is a pretty mannered and reserved album -- sleepy, even -- doubtless exactly at the energy level that Timms intended, but not something that really grabs my emotions. Doesn't make you want to sing along (which I think great country music should), but it does make great background music, for those so inclined.

Outstanding album from an unlikely cowgirl.......2002-07-03

Sally sings these songs brilliantly, as though she was born for them, but she certainly wasn't. Sally is from Leeds in England (a city I know well) and began her musical career in punk rock. I am unfamiliar with her story, but it is clear that there has been a major transformation somewhere along the way.

Even though she has lived in America for many years now, she still has an English accent. The musicians are of a high calibre. They get their chance to shine, but it is Sally's haunting voice which is the outstanding feature of this album.

The songs all soft and slow - even her cover of Johnny Cash's Cry Cry Cry, which we all know as an uptempo rocker - it's almost unrecognisable here.

This album is pure magic, nothing like any mainstream album, nor like any other cowboy music that I've come across - cowboy albums are usually more upbeat than this. It is therefore difficult to say which customers this is most likely to appeal to, but it will certainly appeal to those, like me, who are always looking for something different.

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2. Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years
3. Daddy of Western Swing [Box set]
4. Dancing Under Water
5. Dust on the Bible
6. Early Tracks
7. Essentials [Import]
8. Finding The Way
9. First Ladies of Country [Import]
10. For Old Times Sake

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