As the name suggests, Yankee Grey suffer from an identity crisis. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the band debuted with the single "All Things Considered," an odd and jittery rhythm number that attempted to blend urban angst, Texas pride, and Southern rock. Instead, it simply irritated whoever heard it. The rest of this uneven album skitters around the perimeters of '80s rock, but Yankee Grey, with their layered vocals and tight instrumental approach, can't decide if they want to be Restless Heart, Boston, or Exile, with a Charlie Daniels-like boogie and fiddle flourish. That leaves them with the occasional fetching song ("Another Nine Minutes," a celebration of early-morning amour), and the distinctive vibe that you've heard it all before. --Alanna Nash
Untamed,Yankee Grey,Sony,Contemporary Country,Country,Country & Western,Pop
Average customer rating:
|
An Untamed Sense of Control
Roscoe Holcomb Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008BXHA Release Date: 2003-03-25 |
Tracks:
- Swanno Mountain
- Across The Rocky Mountain
- Graveyard Blues
- Single Girl
- Little Maggie
- Born And Raised In Covington
- Barbara Allen Blues
- Coal Creek
- Rock Island Prison
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- Combs Hotel Burned Down
- The Hills Of Mexico
- Knife Guitar
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
- Coney Isle
- Train That Carried My Girl From Town
- Milk Cow Blues
- Black Eye Susie
- Darling Cory
- I Ain't Got No Sugar Baby Now
- Sitting On Top Of This World
- Frankie And Johnnie
- Foggy Mountain Top
- Fair Miss In The Garden
- Willow Garden
- True Love
Album Description
Bob Dylan stated, "Roscoe Holcomb has a certain untamed sense of control, which makes him one of the best." Eric Clapton called Holcomb "my favorite [country] musician." Holcomb's white-knuckle performances reflect a time before radio told musicians how to play, and these recordings make other music seem watered-down in comparison. His high, tense voice inspired the term "high lonesome sound." Self-accompanied on banjo, fiddle, guitar, or harmonica, these songs express the hard life he lived and the tradition in which he was raised. Includes his vintage 1961 "Man of Constant Sorrow."Customer Reviews:
there's a really cool picture on the back i just noticed.......2005-05-23
A real gem, Thank You John Cohen.......2004-11-16
If anyone wants to see this illustrated, pick up the film John Cohen made called High Lonesome Sound (make sure you get John's film not the several copy cats later made about bluegrass using similar names). You see the contrast between Roscoe's old time music that seemed to be left behind by all the people around him for Nashville drivel or rock and roll. You see a determined hard working man proud to stick out like a hard horny thumb with his music in a world going another direction.
We get reminded here of the multiple sources of Holcomb's music. Rather than being the product of some prestine tradition, Holcomb's tunes and his ways of playing them show the profound mixture of cultures and influences that marked him and the mountain communities. We old English ballads played on blues harmonica, traditional unaccompanied sounding songs learned from 1950s Bluegrass records, and, of course, the blues blues blues played on guitar, banjo, and harp. We even have Roscoe Fiddling.
There are some nice versions of songs we're accustomed to hear in other people's versions like Darling Corey, Little Maggie, I Ain't Got no Sugar Baby Now.
Holcomb's music is a good antidote to current trends in revivalist old time music that tend to want to reduce fiddling and banjo playing to one or two regional styles--not real even regional but narrow local or even family styles-as doctrinally reinterpreted and "taught" by one or two virtuosi. Other variations, or having your own individual styles tends to be frowned on.
Yet, Roscoe Holcomb's unique style and fascinating music speak to that fact that traditional music in this country encompassed thousands of styles, regional styles, personal styles, left such great room for the personal expression of a true artist like Holcomb who could make each tune his own tune, not just a representative of some general type. It speaks to all the opportunities for ideas about music to flow to someone from old traditions, the radio, records, and people of all kinds coming up and down the mountains.
Likewise contemporary old time music focuses almost exclusively on fiddle tunes and banjo versions of them, without much recognition or orientation to songs sung for their content and expression. Yet, such songs are at the heart of Roscoe's work on both of the CDs. He uses his music fundamentally not only to move dancers around floors, which I am sure Roscoe could do and do well, but to concentrate the utter meaning of the songs to his life into his performances.
Finally, much contemporary old time music seems to follow the white flight middle class population that produces it and their fantasies about a less diverse past and the white purity of the music. Holcomb's music is so infused with blues and African American influence that when Cohen met Holcomb the first time and asked what he did, Roscoe Holcomb said he was a "blues singer!"
The greatest exponent of American mountain music.......2003-07-22
I was wrong, about as wrong as a body could be. A couple of years later, I picked up "High Lonesome Sound" again and listened to it with care. The peculiar and high-pitched voice grew on me, and I found the powerful and honest delivery 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.
Imagine my surprise when this new recording of Holcomb's was released. To my amazement, the leftovers that were not included in Holcomb's earlier ("High Lonesome Sound") album are at least as good. This is a wonderful and astonishing set of recordings. Lovers of American mountain music should be grateful that this legacy of Holcomb's great artistry has been preserved.
Roscoe Holcomb: Beautiful Untamed Master.......2003-07-14
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 acknowledged in America as one of the greatests artists to ever live out some seventy odd years on it 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 primitive, 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, his artistic imagination and insight are highly sophisticated and anyone who can not see this simply can not see Roscoe Holcomd. 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 sophisticated. He knows exactly what he is doing, but he is not doing it for the sake of originality or sophistication, he is doing it for its artistic truth-value. And he is not incapable 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 of his 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 such an interest in truth then I would suggest that you get both 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.
Dark Chords a Rollin, Lightnin Ever'where.......2003-07-12
Average customer rating:
|
Untamed - Next Generation Celtic
Various Artists Manufacturer: Narada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000589U7 Release Date: 2001-02-13 |
Tracks:
- Gwerzy - Kila
- Alexander MacAskill Of Berneray, Harris - Peatbog Faeries
- Bjork's Chauffeur - Shooglenifty
- Dr. Gilbert/Devils Of Dublin/Black Pat's - Lunasa
- Turlough's - Kila
- Faerie Stories - Peatbog Faeries
- Eanair - Lunasa
- August - Shooglenifty
- Ril A Do - Kila
- Bealtainne - Lunasa
Amazon.com
This intriguing collection features four neo-trad bands: Ireland's Kila and Lúnasa, plus Shooglenifty and the Peatbog Faeries from Scotland. Each uses related Gaelic sources as a jumping-off spot to destinations unknown, weaving multistrand day-glo Celtic knots by any means necessary. Downtown club styles like drum & bass, house, and techno romp amid the shamrocks and heather, but are applied with such taste, humor, and nonviolent restraint that the acoustic traditions emerge enhanced rather than extinguished. Shooglenifty's chatty, quirky "Bjork's Chauffeur" and their elegiac "August" are especially notable. Lúnasa contribute a syncopated, jazzy ode to an ancient Druidic seasonal celebration called "Bealtainne" (a bit of trivia: their name refers to another one of these). Kila's "Gwerzy," a hyperactive and uniquely merry treatment of a Breton lament, is another standout, as is a set of trance-infused jigs by the Peatbog Faeries titled "Alexander MacAskill of Berneray/Harris." --Christina RodenCustomer Reviews:
Untamed is a huge hit!!.......2006-06-26
Steve Renfroe
The best.......2006-01-17
ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE for celtic music fans.......2004-07-23
A New Twist.......2004-03-22
AWESOME CD!!!.......2003-12-21
Average customer rating:
|
Untamed
Yankee Grey Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00001R3GW Release Date: 1999-09-21 |
Tracks:
- All Things Considered
- Another Nine Minutes
- This Time Around
- I Should've Listened To Me
- Untamed
- This Ain't It
- That Would Be Me
- There's Only One
- I Know How You Feel
- Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Amazon.com
As the name suggests, Yankee Grey suffer from an identity crisis. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the band debuted with the single "All Things Considered," an odd and jittery rhythm number that attempted to blend urban angst, Texas pride, and Southern rock. Instead, it simply irritated whoever heard it. The rest of this uneven album skitters around the perimeters of '80s rock, but Yankee Grey, with their layered vocals and tight instrumental approach, can't decide if they want to be Restless Heart, Boston, or Exile, with a Charlie Daniels-like boogie and fiddle flourish. That leaves them with the occasional fetching song ("Another Nine Minutes," a celebration of early-morning amour), and the distinctive vibe that you've heard it all before. --Alanna NashCustomer Reviews:
Yeesh........2003-12-04
Just saw them live!.......2001-09-29
EXCELLENT!!!.......2000-08-18
The Most Underappreciated Album of the Year.......2000-06-14
YG is Untamed!.......2000-05-03
Average customer rating:
|
Untamed Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Cliff Eidelman Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000014T7 Release Date: 1993-02-16 |
Tracks:
- Untamed Heart
- I'll Give You My Heart
- Rainfall
- Stabbed
- You Are My Peace
- Opening
- Hockey Game
- Lost
- End Credits
Customer Reviews:
the name of the hit song .......2007-06-30
More a response.......2005-05-04
For more then three stars the music from Eidelman alone is not outstandig enough. The sad parts are very nice.
If you are looking for the song, when Marisa Thomai leaves the restaurant, you have to buy the CD "The trinity session" from the group "Cowboy Junkies".
The song is called "Blue moon revisited (Song for Elvis)". If i am right, the melody is based on the old song "Blue moon" from Richard Rodgers.
What song is this?.......2005-04-26
Untamed Heart Soundtrack?.......2004-12-27
Thanx a bunch!
Bridgette
song?.......2004-12-23
Average customer rating: |
Untamed
Full Blooded & H.O.U.N.D. Faculty Manufacturer: Red Dawg Ent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005RYH4 Release Date: 2001-11-13 |
Tracks:
- (Intro)
- Hound Dog
- Untamed - Full Blooded,
- What It Be Like - Fiend, Full Blooded
- Know No Good - Full Blooded,
- (Interlude)
- Don't U Dog Me
- My Story, My Song
- O.P. P (Interlude)
- Dear Lover
- Neck of the Woods
- Memorial Day
- Silver Dollar
- (Interlude)
- Never - Full Blooded, Eric Knight
- Can't Do Nothin
- Deeper Than Rap
- Ride Wit Us
Average customer rating:
|
Untamed
Heather Myles Manufacturer: Hightone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000005R0 Release Date: 1995-01-24 |
Tracks:
- And It Hurts
- Just Leave Me Alone
- When You Walked Out On Me
- Cadillac Cowboy
- Until I Couldn't Have You
- Indigo Moon
- It Ain't Over
- Begging To You
- How Could She
- Coming Back To Me
- Gone Too Long
- Untamed
Customer Reviews:
proper country music !.......2006-08-10
Another Good One.......2006-05-15
One of a kind female country singer.......2000-11-07
More songwriting and singing genius.......1999-06-04
Great songwriting skills, can belt it out also.......1999-02-08
Average customer rating:
|
Untamed Melodies
The Untamed Youth Manufacturer: Norton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001UG3 Release Date: 1996-06-24 |
Tracks:
- Some Kinda Fun
- You've Got To Understand
- Laughin' Linda
- Pabst Blue Ribbon
- Beer Bust Blues
- She's So Satisfying
- I'm Going Away
- Haulin' Honda
- Go Go Ferrari
- Santa's Gonna Shut 'Em Down
- Santa's Midnight Run
- Little Miss Go Go
- The Hearse
- Hey Elly May
- Angel Face
- Contentment
- California Street
- I Live For Cars And Girls
- Supercharged Steamroller
- The Gasser
- Overcast
- What'll You Have
- She Cares
- Hey Little Girl
- Drag Race Tragedy
- Russian Roulette
- Adam And Evil
- Land Beyond The Moon
- Kapo
- Sour Grapes
- Rollerland
- Some Kinda Fun Radio Ad
Customer Reviews:
a real gone gasser, man!!.......2003-02-01
Average customer rating:
|
Caged Heat
Rockin' Ryan & The Real Goners Manufacturer: Golly Gee ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00009NRWJ Release Date: 2003-04-01 |
Tracks:
- Spider-Legged Baby
- Rock On The Moon
- Get On or Get Off
- Caged Heat (Garage Version)
- Beat That Love Out
- Hey Teen Baby
- Wasting Time
- Hot Headed Mama
- Hobo Husband
- Whens Daddy Getting Paid
- Wild For You Baby
- Deacon Jones Wife
- You Done Lied
- Jeannie With The Dark Blue Eyes
- Please Tease Louise
- Caged Heat (Stroller Version)
- Hot Headed Mama (Hidden Version)
Album Description
Caged Heat is a jet propelled fiery inferno of wild rockers that will send your hi-fi flyin' as high and fast as the Haley Bop!!! This record will send you out of orbit and into another galaxy - so cool your jets and get ready to roll with the frantic sounds of Rockin' Ryan and The Real Goners! They'll flip your lid!Customer Reviews:
All I can Say is WOW.......2004-08-29
great late 50's style rock'n'roll and some rockabilly.......2004-08-25
Average customer rating: |
Untamed Sounds of Exotica
Various Artists Manufacturer: Remember ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000QJLP5O Release Date: 2007-05-28 |
Tracks:
- Besame Mucho
- Quiet Village
- China Boy (Go Sleep)
- Shangri-La
- Lust
- Jungle Drums (Canto Karabali)
- Freeway Mambo
- Mozambique
- Twilight Time
- Taki Rari
- Vereda Tropical
- Simba
- Jungle Fantasy
- Gopher
- La Comparsa
- Nightingale (Ruisenor)
- Despair
- Delicado
- Siboney
- Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love)
- Ebb Tide
- Nocturnal
- Poor People Of Paris
Average customer rating: |
Untamed Hawk
Merle Haggard Manufacturer: Bear Family (Ger) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000IF6G Release Date: 1995-04-14 |
Music Album:
