Tales of the New West

1. Oh, Justine

2. Parrothead Paradise

3. Rosa Danced in Veracruz

4. So Hard to Be Strong

5. Mama Della

6. One Time We Cared

7. Come Back, Angel

8. Pancho Villa's Gold

9. Silver Wings in the Stars

10. I Get the Bird

11. Cold and Lonesome Life

12. Downtown Matinee

Tales of the New West,Buddy Jewell,Corey Productions,Contemporary Country,Country,Country & Western,Country-Pop,Pop

Average customer rating: This CD is just plain cool I normally don't care for country music, but... New old country at its best What a uniquely brilliant CD!!! Choices and Consequences

Tales of the New West Buddy Jewell Manufacturer: Oarfin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Buddy Jewell Times Like These Lone Starry Night One Good Friend Patient Man ASIN: B0000D9PP3 Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

1. Oh, Justine
2. Parrothead Paradise
3. Rosa Danced in Veracruz
4. So Hard to Be Strong
5. Mama Della
6. One Time We Cared
7. Come Back, Angel
8. Pancho Villa's Gold
9. Silver Wings in the Stars
10. I Get the Bird
11. Cold and Lonesome Life
12. Downtown Matinee

Product Description

1. Oh, Justine
2. Parrothead Paradise
3. Roas Danced In Veracruz
4. So Hard To Be Strong
5. Mama Della
6. One Time We Cared
7. Come Back, Angel
8. Pancho Villa's Gold
9. Silver Wings In The Stars
10. I Get The Bird
11. Cold And Lonesome Life
12. Downtown Matinee, The


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

This CD is just plain cool.......2006-03-14

I recently got the chance to review this album, and I was really impressed. Buddy Jewell is a great singer, and really belts these tunes out. If you like Buddy Jewell already, just stop reading here and buy the album.
The album is really easy to listen to all the way through, but several of the songs are really top notch. "So Hard to Be Strong" has one of the best lines in country music....but I won't spoil it for you. "I get the bird" is hilarious, almost on the level of Joe Diffie's "John Deere Green", and "Downtown Matinee" is a great reminiscence of a song. If you like Radney Foster's "DEl Rio, TX, 1959" album, you'll love this song and the whole album.
The songs on this album are great, and the vocals are tremendous. It's got that old-timey country music feel with all the benefits of modern recording and songwriting. Just like driving around in a restored 1956 convertible....with air conditioning and a CD player! It's great!

I normally don't care for country music, but..........2006-01-20

I enjoyed this collection! Buddy Jewell has a strong, convincing voice that "sells" these songs well. My favorites were "Oh, Justine," which gives a strong start, "Downtown Matinee" (I, too, miss Roy Rogers and Gene Autry), "I Get the Bird" (great lyrics!) and "Mama Della," which has a nice touch of Western swing to it. Recommended for those who like country and those who think they might like to try to like it.

New old country at its best.......2005-10-16

Somehow this CD recaptures memories that you never thought you had. The combination of Buddy Jewell's powerful range of vocals, some nice melodies and lyrics that trascend time, result in some sweet listening. "The Downtown Matinee" revives some memories of watching the double feature on a Saturday afternoon, maybe listening to Hank on the way home and feeling free with your whole life still in front of you.
The songs have a nice range of sounds and stories with some of the arrangements reminiscent of Clint Black, the Eagles, and even Jimmy Buffet. The entire CD is suggestive of Hank Williams except with better vocals (forgive me).
This is new old country at its best

What a uniquely brilliant CD!!!.......2005-08-30

Hey Guys and Gals:
You gotta hear Tales of the New West for yourself before you can even imagine how great it is. What fantastic storytellers these writers are. Everything is stellar, the musical instumentation, the backup vocals, the writing, the singing,all magical and positively excellent. Wow, these CD is the total package. You couldn't ask for better than this because it just doesn't get any better. No bad songs on it. I was just freaked out at how superlative it was the first time I heard it and I've played it a thousand times since then. There are hauntingly beautiful melodies and lyrics that play over and over in your head long after the CD ends. Its a spectacular piece of craftsmanship! A thousand kudos to the Coreys and Dennis Kahler, and to Buddy too, for his magnificent vocals. I read the beautiful note Buddy wrote inside the CD about how proud he was to do it, so lets see the videos already. This is his absolute best work ever.
Kaja Pristo
Detroit, Michigan

Choices and Consequences.......2005-08-29

First let me say that I admire Buddy Jewell as a writer and singer and from the first episode of Nashville Star I knew he would be the winner because he had more talent than all the others combined. Next, I know that tens of thousands of women (and some men) across this great country of ours are devout Buddy fans, after all, he got more than 3 million votes to win. The problem is that often those choices by mostly women and some men of zeroing in on an artist and being a confirmed fan can frequently become "FANantical". They have their own little click going and when they see or hear something they don't like about thier "IDOL" they pick apart the songs or singers or writers without giving any thought as to how hurtful their words are. These writers didn't all go to work one day, put in eight hours, then go home with a finished CD. I know the Coreys and all four of them are very friendly, honest, gentle and kindhearted people. I'm proud to be their frined. The cruely inflicted by "fanatical fans" have long reaching consequences that can be viciously cruel and painfully hurtful but I imagine their negative comments come from their own insecurities. All one has to do is read the remarks inside the CD label made by Buddy himself about how proud he was to be a part of the Corey's project and how great the writing and songs were. Buddy also says these are ALL songs he would have chosen on his own to record. The Tales of the New West CD is NOT a demonstrational (demo) quality product. It is a full A+ quality product that deserves no less than a major label, major artist and half a dozen videos and airplay all across the country. Buddy was paid handsomely, and much more than any Nashville label would have paid him to do the project. After the initial pressing the demand became huge and when additional copies were pressed Buddy was paid more than 75% higher commison off of each unit than he got for his own debut album, which by the way, is not nearly as good as Tales of the New West. Buddy's biggest problem is that he can't get out of his own way long enough to become the superstar right up there with Toby, Chesney, Jackson. McGraw and all the others that he deserves to be. Buddy is his own worst enemy and is slowly fading his three minutes of fame into obscurity with unwise moves. His latest single peaked at number 17 then fell off the charts all together. I only pray that since Buddy is determined to make foolish and unwise decisions that just maybe a "REAL" star will listen to Tales of the New West and negotiate a deal with the Coreys to release the album in its entirety. Chesney, Urban and McGraw could also be dynamite candidates for Corey songs. The songs that Buddy should have done immediately upon winning Nashville Star. He would have had around seven number ones off of the CD and then he could have followed it up with his two independent albums which would have also been double platinum for him. Instead he sold his soul to Sony and let the likes of Clint Black, Tracy Gershon and Sony execs tell him: sing this one, sing that one, do it like this,do it like that, you're finished, go home. Buddy should have taken a lesson from Toby and struck a deal with the Coreys and Sony to release Tales of the New West, he would have been a millionaire by now. Buddy stuck me as being an intelligent and not afraid to speak up when I watched him every Saturday night but right after the show he sold himself to the people that know less about making good country music than a kindergarten child would know. Clint Black may be a good singer, but a producer he is NOT!!!!! When you hear men and women say negative and hurtful things about this album, just remember how PROUD that Buddy was before he sold out to Sony. When women fan members say cruel things that they hear from gossip and have no true and personal knowledge of, well, you figure it out, it hurts. What we have here is a wonderful singer that doesn't have the good sense to stand up to Sony to produce a great album like Tales of the New West, and we have four wonderful people, the writers, that have done nothing wrong but are being criticized unfairly and unjustly by people that don't know the truth. It's sad, but true. So go to Walmart or Amazon and buy this great album and see for yourself how wonderful it is. The Corey's only write wonderful songs, and this was years and years of hard work, with writes and rewrites and then more rewrites until they acheived perfection, along with Dennis Kahler. Don't trust hurtful people that make poor choices for they will surely somewhere down the line pay the consequences for their unkind words in haste. Its a great CD that any record major label would be proud to gladly release if they would take the time to listen to in its entirety. Jason Meadows or George Canyon could do that CD just as good as Buddy who doesn't want to ackowledge it since he sold himself to Sony and they own him. Sad, sad, sad! Such a loss. The Coreys are honest, kind, hardworking people, so you remember that the next time people say unkind comments. I'm PROUD to call the Corey's my friends. I would buy anything they wrote and if I lived in Nashville I would take a copy to every record label because no big name star in his right mind would take a listen and then turn it down, they know a moneymaker when they hear it and Tales of the New West is definitely a moneymaker.

Mary Spalding
Charlotte, North Carolina

Average customer rating: yikes HE LIKES HIM TOO yuke, doc one star. Just a wonderful CD The Movie Continues: Stan's Best (So Far) Anatomy Stan Ridgway - masterful storyteller

Anatomy Stan Ridgway Manufacturer: New West Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Snakebite:Blacktop Ballads and Fugitive Songs Holiday in Dirt Barbeque Babylon Black Diamond The Big Heat ASIN: B00001X583 Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

1. Mission Bell
2. Deep Blue Polka Dot
3. Train Of Thought
4. Murray's Steakhouse Story
5. Susie Before Sunrise
6. Sweet Pig Alley
7. Valerie Is Sleeping
8. Mickey The Priest
9. Mama Had A Stove
10. Whistle For Louise
11. Picasso's Tear
12. Sixteen Tons

Amazon.com

One of the most unique, if misunderstood, talents to emerge from the vaunted 1980s Los Angeles punk/new-wave era, Stan Ridgway arguably owes more than most to the art-rock and modern jazz which crucially informed that scene. He's shrugged off MTV's stereotyping of his former band Wall of Voodoo to forge a rich, if stubbornly independent, body of solo work, freely retooling his sound and viewpoint along the way. Black Diamond, his 1995 outing (and one of the best, if sorely underappreciated, singer-songwriter albums of the '90s) placed Ridgway in a spare acoustic setting far removed the propulsive synth-sense of The Big Heat, his expressive baritone taking on a new warmth and range. Anatomy is an attempt to move both forward and reconcile the various aspects of his previous work. The stirring, elegiac opener "Mission Bell" adds depth and dimension to Black Diamond's tack, while "Train of Thought," "Susie Before Sunrise," and "Valerie is Sleeping" supplant Ridgway's trademark seamy-side-of-life storytelling with more personal--if oblique--observations, set with confidence against music that freely mixes electronics, acoustic guitar, and his plaintive harmonica. Three surprisingly varied instrumentals cue listeners that Ridgway now splits his time between songwriting and film scoring. Ridgway is a true musical rebel, but one with a rich sense of history and no time for the cheap encumbrances of fashion. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

yikes HE LIKES HIM TOO yuke, doc one star........2003-10-07

IF YOU LIKE YOUR SARCASTIC? , LIKE IN PLASTIC,AND you like to cry alot, and you like keyboards singer song writers and your sick of billy joel and you feel stuck in mind rot middle of the ROADISM, give ole stan a try, even though your an inteligent oblivous ERADITE WEASSELaka COLLEGE EDUCATED BORE LIKE,MY self, you like[ BOB DYLAN SEXPISTOLS] not NOT! PARTY Pro CHAIRMEN MAO greil ]MIGHT object; TOO bad! [ MAXIM here is..] almost sheer poetry potency KINDA LIKE CAPTAIN JACK.volcano suns bast aLLmost as fast.. AS the plasmatic,STANS STORIES SOAR AS SOUR TOWERS in TUNESVILLE.

Just a wonderful CD.......2002-12-10

Difficult to wax poetic about music. The person who said that Ridgway is the Dashiell Hammett of music was on target. Every song on this CD is great, and they are excellently organized. Start with Mission Bell and keep listening.

The Movie Continues: Stan's Best (So Far).......2000-09-22

"Anatomy" is another incredible soundtrack for the underbelly of America. Stan is the most under rated songwriter on this side of the Atlantic, with 12 new examples that labor the point.

The cover art is a nod to film scoring, with a nice take/update of the jacket for Duke Ellington's "Anatomy Of A Murder" soundtrack, by way of the graphics used in the TV show "The Wild Wild West."

The two tracks pulled from the "Film Songs" EP sound a bit better here. "Susie Before Sunrise" sounds a little more crisp, while "Deep Blue Polka Dot" (aka "Deep Inside We're Blue") gets a bit of a remix.

The use of instrumental interludes are perfected on this record. You can almost see the betrayal (A desparate kiss? Or maybe a tired sunrise) during "Murray's Steakhouse Story," while "Mickey The Priest" is an absolutely creepy interlude, bringing "Valerie Is Sleeping" and "Mama Had A Stove" together brilliantly. The triptych works well as a companion to Richard Thompson's "Killing Jar," while "Sixteen Tons" is going to stand as the definitive read for a long, long time.

A five star rating for a six star record.

"Maybe someday you'll finally reveal / something you stole, or something you'll steal."

Anatomy.......2000-06-23

Stan Ridgway's new album continues his string of wonderful songs with lyrics that help you escape from everyday life. THis album would make an excellent purchase for any true music lover.

Stan Ridgway - masterful storyteller.......2000-06-15

Ridgway continues his spinning of tales & stories in a slightly off-beat, slightly twisted way. The balance of upbeat tunes here and slow ballads show great compsition of the CD itself (somewhat rare these days). Anyone looking for an intelligent, slightly offbeat, contemporary singer-songwriter-type CD will love this.

Average customer rating: Peculiar Amazon indexing

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ASIN: B0009VNBR4 Release Date: 2005-07-05

Tracks:

1. Blue Danube
2. Waltz of Flowers
3. Waltz No. 1
4. Waltz of the Snowflakes
5. Naila Waltz
6. Spanish Dance
7. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
8. Sugar Plum Fairy
9. Dance of the Comedians
10. Camptown Races
11. Carnival of the Animals Finale
12. Dance of the Clown [From "A Midsummer Night's" Dream]
13. Dance of the Hours
14. Dance of the Swans [From "Swan Lake"]
15. Faust Ballet
16. Tritsch Tratsch Polka
17. Hungarian Dance
18. Dance of the Priestesses
19. Overture from "William Tell"
20. Toreador Song [From "Carmen"]
21. Overture from "Carmen"
22. Samson & Delilah
23. Ride of the Valkyries
24. Baracole from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
25. Scheherazade
26. Water Music - The Hornpipe
27. Nocturne
28. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
29. Hungarian Rhapsody
30. Prde L& Arlenne
31. Preer Gynt Suite No. 1 Anitra's Dance
32. Liebestraum
33. Adagio from "The New World Symphony"
34. Flight of the Bumblebee
35. Ave Maria
36. Air on a G String
37. Neapolitan Song
38. Violin Concerto
39. Serenade No. 4

Tracks:

1. When You Wish Upon a Star
2. Chances Are
3. Calcutta
4. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
5. Gigi
6. They Call the Wind Maria
7. Memories Are Made of This
8. Catch a Falling Star
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
10. So in Love
11. Begin the Beguine
12. Misty
13. Little Things Mean a Lot
14. Embraceable You
15. It Might as Well Be Spring
16. On the Street Where You Live
17. Moment to Remember
18. Anniversary Song
19. Golden Days
20. Theme from a Summer Place
21. Tonight
22. Lullaby of Broadway
23. Easter Parade
24. Tenderly
25. Young at Heart

Tracks:

1. Claire de Lune
2. Piano Concerto No. 1
3. Minute Waltz
4. Piano Concerto
5. Fantasy Impromptu
6. Piano Sonata No. 20 - Finale
7. Swan
8. Polonaise No. 6
9. Waltz in C Minor
10. 1812 Overture
11. Light Cavalry Overture
12. Nutcracker Overture
13. Marche Militaire
14. Tannhauser Overture
15. Radetsky March
16. Tragic Overture
17. Triumphal March
18. Tales of Vienna Woods
19. Emperor's Waltz
20. Waltz. Wine, Women and Song
21. Voice of Spring
22. Fledermaus Overture
23. Skater's Waltz
24. Roses from the South
25. Romance
26. Symphony No. 5
27. Mer
28. Moonlight Sonata
29. Capriccio Espagnol
30. Lohengrin
31. Symphonie Fantastique
32. Greensleeves
33. Souvenir
34. Lonely Heart
35. Die Meistersinger
36. Polovtsian Dance

Customer Reviews:

Peculiar Amazon indexing.......2007-06-08

A search for Deep Purple's "Smoke on [in] the water," brought up this title. I rate it only #1 because I could not locate the "Smoke on the Water" listing. Amazon seems to be having an indexing problem.

Average customer rating: The "real" Best of the Beat Farmers Be Aware Of New Release

Tales of the New West Beat Farmers Manufacturer: Rhino Handmade ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Van Go Loud and Plowed and...LIVE!! Live at the Spring Valley Inn, 1983 Sordid Lives Loaded ASIN: B0002235GW Release Date: 2004-06-08

Tracks:

1. Bigger Stones
2. There She Goes Again
3. Reason to Believe
4. Lost Weekend
5. California Kid
6. Never Goin' Back
7. Goldmine
8. Showbiz
9. Lonesome Hound
10. Where Do They Go
11. Selfish Heart
12. Happy Boy
13. Powderfinger
14. Death Train
15. Beat Generation
16. Glad 'N' Greasy
17. Delayed Reaction
18. Big Rock Candy Mountain
19. Road of Run [Demo [#]
20. Gun Sale at the Church [#][Demo Version]
21. Blue Chevrolet [#][Demo Version]
22. Deceiver [#][Demo Version]
23. Jump Right Back [Live]
24. Lonely Blue Boy [Live]
25. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, And Loud, Loud Music [Live]
26. I Still Miss Someone [Live]
27. Mondo [Live]
28. Watching the River [#]

Customer Reviews:

The "real" Best of the Beat Farmers.......2004-09-09

I can't imagine how many times I have seeked, "beat farmers", in search engines, in vain hope that I might find "Tales of the New West" on cd. I had over ten years of only finding it on ebay where it would be selling for $25 or more. This is the true best of the Beat Farmers. If there is anyway for you to buy this cd now, buy it now! I had the privilege of seeing the Farmers many times in the Eighties and early Nineties, so I am sure this has skewed my love for this album and band.

It is almost twenty-years-old now and it does more than stand up. It still falls down and spills beer all over you. I listen to "Tales" almost on a weekly basis. Up to this cd release, all I had was the vinyl and a cassette recorded off my old turntable that played everything just a bit too fast. Even my off-speed recording was a treasure to me. Alt-country is all over the place now, but the Farmers were there when folks that wanted rock hated country and folks that wanted country hated rock. Yet, the Farmers still managed their way through it all in a brazen, beer swillin' and spillin' style that changed my life.

R.I.P. Country Dick

Be Aware Of New Release.......2004-07-27

I was glad to actually get my hands on a new copy of this CD after my original casette tape bit the dust. I paid the higher than average price due to the lack of supply and being a rare CD to find. Surprise to find what I actually received was a 2004 re-release with bonus tracks not on the original release. I was happy to have the additional music but what bothers me is that is was represented as the original copy and not a new release. I could have bought this at my local Tower Records for a lower price.

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Tales of the New West Beat Farmers Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Van Go Loud and Plowed and...LIVE!! ASIN: B000008DAV Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Bigger Stones
2. There She Goes Again
3. Reason to Believe
4. Lost Weekend
5. California Kid
6. Never Go Back
7. Goldmine
8. Showbiz
9. Lonesome Hound
10. Where Do They Go?
11. Selfish Heart
12. Happy Boy
13. Powderfinger
14. Beat Generation
15. Glad 'N' Greasy
16. Big Rock Candy Mountain

Average customer rating: Look for the 2004 Rhino reissue (remastered and expanded) The one to own, period. A candidate for the "roots-rock" hall of fame Gone but not... Come Back Buddy Blue, All Is Forgiven!

Tales of the New West Beat Farmers Manufacturer: Demon Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001170 Release Date: 1995-05-24

Tracks:

1. Bigger Stones
2. There She Goes Again
3. Reason to Believe
4. Lost Weekend
5. California Kid
6. Never Go Back
7. Goldmine
8. Showbiz
9. Lonesome Hound
10. Where Do They Go?
11. Selfish Heart
12. Happy Boy
13. Powderfinger
14. Beat Generation
15. Glad 'N' Greasy
16. Big Rock Candy Mountain

Customer Reviews:

Look for the 2004 Rhino reissue (remastered and expanded).......2004-04-18

5 stars for the original release -- and 5 more for the Rhino reiussue. Amazon needs to stock it, and don't settle for less. The reissue has 28 tracks including some brilliant live performances from the Spring Valley Inn and other unreleased material. The sound is improved over the original and there's not an ounce of filler. This is the definitive Beat Farmers collection. (And no, I'm not with the band!)

The one to own, period........2002-10-03

The Beat Farmers initial outing is also their best. With good novelity tunes and hilarious drummer/vocalist Country Dick Montana, the Farmers mix of comedy,country and punk went largely unnoticed until Montana's death in 1997. Even after that sad event, they never rose above cult status.
"Tales" contains some stellar material, such as "Bigger Stones", "Selfish Heart", the hilarious and immortal "Happy Boy" and what well may be the greatest Velvet Underground cover ever done "There She Goes Again". The country influence never grates upon the ears of rock fans either and that's saying something.
This is the one to really own by these guys. R.I.P. Country Dick!

A candidate for the "roots-rock" hall of fame.......2002-08-22

Of the many "roots-rock" bands that sprang up in the 80s, the Beat Farmers were one of the very best and Tales of the New West is their Sistine Chapel ceiling. I was playing my lp version of it the other night (17 years after it was originally released) and was floored by the band's boundless energy and wit-something sorely missing from rock these days.

To my ears, their cover of "Reason to Believe" surpasses Springsteen's. The song is driven by incendiary slide guitar work that would have made Duane Allman grin and driving bass and drums that simply blow the roof off the joint. Toss in "Lost Weekend," a tune that achieved anthem status for me during the bleak late 80s reign of Ronald Reagan, the wistful but hard-driving "Never Goin' Back," and the delirously loopy "Happy Boy," and you have one of the truly great lost masterpieces of rock. Let's hope that it is reissued-Rhino Records take note-and while they are at it, how about some of the other great bands from this period. Jason and the Scorchers, the Del Lords, Rank and File, the Textones and a superb California Rockabilly compilation that included Los Lobos and the Blasters.

Gone but not..........2002-02-06

I remember seeing the Beat Farmers when they played at the "Spring Valley Inn" near San Diego, CA. The place was so small the band had to move the pool table in order to have room to play. This was the first album I can recall that they ever released. It is also their best. Spill some beer on your head and turn the volume up, it'll be almost like being there!

Come Back Buddy Blue, All Is Forgiven!.......2001-04-10

Don't ask me why, but when I decided to review this album I fully expected to be the first in this forum to do so. Hah, fat chance! It's encouraging to see that others appreciate this overlooked treasure from the 1980's. The Beat Farmers' playing, writing, and downright addictive country-tinged melodies are often (criminally) overlooked in favor of their sense of humor and over-the-top live shows. There are no clunkers to be found here and "Lost Weekend" and "Goldmine" may just be the best damn songs ever written about inebriation and vindication, respectively. Woefully, things went south for the band when Buddy Blue left after their third release, "Glad N Greasy." Buy all of the Buddy Blue-era material (this one, "Glad N Greasy" and "Van Go")...

Average customer rating: Tales of the New West CD-Buddy Jewel Nice showcase of their abilities Finally A Genuine Country Album Musically and Ethically Great! Musically Minded

Tales of the New West Manufacturer: Frog & Scorpion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000AN42T Release Date: 2003-07-29

Tracks:

1. Oh Justine
2. Parrothead Paradise
3. Rosa Danced in VeraCruz
4. So Hard to Be Strong
5. Mama Della
6. One Time We Cared
7. Come Back Angel
8. Pancho Villa's Gold
9. Silver Wings in the Stars
10. I Get The Bird
11. Cold and Lonesome Life
12. The Downtown Matinee

Album Description

Tales of the New West - Songs of the Coreys and Dennis Kahler. Track after track of realistic story songs, this disc takes you on a fantastic journey with none other than USA Network's NASHVILLE STAR Buddy Jewell as your tour guide. Produced by Marty Rifkin this disc was independently recorded shortly before Buddy's award winning appearance on NASHVILLE STAR. With a decidedly different country/pop flare this disc is Jimmy Buffet meets...well...BUDDY JEWELL of course!!!

Customer Reviews:

Tales of the New West CD-Buddy Jewel.......2007-04-01

I do like Buddy Jewel's voice. He is a very good singer! J. Hall

Nice showcase of their abilities.......2006-03-14

Playing Time - 40:38 -- With over 25 years of songwriting experience, brothers Arthur and Alton Corey also pen tunes with Alton's wife (Sharon), Arthur's wife (Margie), and long-time friend David Kahler. This 2003 release entitled "Tales of the New West" is a nice showcase of their abilities. Well-known Nashville-based tenor vocalist Buddy Jewell was enlisted to sing the songs, and he's got the perfect voice for this material. He's a former Nashville Star winner. Musicians and arrangers contributing to this project include Marty Rifkin, Denny Martin, Steven Cooper, Ed Tree, Joey Scarbury, Eddie Cunningham, and C. Girard. Guitars, bass and drums are supplemented with fiddle, dobro, mandolin, and pedal steel.

The Coreys' eclectic country set covers many bases. While some of the songs are more memorable than others, they are very deserving of being recorded by top name country artists and heard by larger audiences. A song like "Oh, Justine" might have just started with some potential melody and a snippet of lyric, but hard work and collaboration eventually saw it to final completion. "Parrothead Paradise" incorporates some Jimmy Buffett touches, while "Rosa Danced" was written in a Marty Robbins vein. Some western swing sensibility is built into "Mama Della," based on a poem written by Sharon as a teen growing up in Corpus Christy. The song was a quarterfinal winner in the American Song Contest in the late-1970s. "One Time We Cared" started as a song written about Art's father and his grieving about the passing of Art's mother. Says Art, "We brought in Dennis Kahler, and the song changed for the better by Dennis making the tune commercial. Dennis is the best for when we have written ourselves into a corner and need to get out!"
Dennis did the same thing with "Come Back Angel."

Stories are paramount to having a good song. "Pancho Villa's Gold" tells one about an unholy trio who searched for the treasure like they were insane until they discovered its truth. The Corey's positive song about Howard Hughes, "Silver Wings in the Stars," was submitted for consideration in Martin Scorsese's film The Aviator, but the music director was only interested in period material from the 30s and 40s.

"I Get the Bird" is a novelty tune about breakup and who gets the flamingo in the yard. The references to a "pink bird on a stick" and his momma's dying words ("Son, you get the bird!") emphasize the importance of catchy hooks in country music. Art told me that to date, that "silly little novelty tune" is the one that many people remember about this album. "Cold & Lonesome Life" was the very first country song they ever wrote, a simple and traditional-sounding three chord diddy that works because of its simplicity and conversational tone. "The Downtown Matinee" is a great closer for this album of original songs because it's a personal statement about the Coreys growing up in the 50s near Pomona, California and their close life-long relationship. Their successful songwriting is documented proof of it. Their younger days certainly might have been characterized by "ridin' and ropin', and all of that kid stuff," but today the Coreys are tunesmiths who are demonstrating considerable aptitude for their craft. They are in the process of a follow-up CD, "Tales Of The New West II," another collection of both up tempo and ballad material. (Joe Ross, Roseburg, OR.)

Finally A Genuine Country Album.......2005-04-13

Once I listened to Tales of the New West, I couldn't stop. From the up beat opener, "Oh Justine" to the Eaglesque "Downtown Matinee," this album delivers what every country fan yearns for.....true heart and country soul with every track.
The flawless production only adds to the already solid vocal style of Buddy Jewel, of which he should be very proud. This album rocks! Finally a genuine country album that out shines just about anything coming out of Nashville today. The lyrical imagery and on the money melodies are near perfect and takes me back to the classic tunes of Merle, Hank and Dwight. Keep it up Coreys......I hope there is a follow up to this heartfelt gem.

Musically and Ethically Great!.......2004-01-06

I agree with Ma Hubbard that this album is musically very good, if not great. However, I disagree regarding the ethics involved. I personally know the songwriters (The Corey Family) who financed this whole project themselves and paid Buddy a substantial amount of money for his participation. Furthermore, they have a contract with Buddy to pay him royalties for every album sold and the royalty rate is three times what Sony or any other record company would typically pay. THIS IS NOT A BOOTLEG ALBUM.. To the contrary, Buddy stands to gain more financially than any other person involved with this album and I heartily recommend it to any of his fans.

Musically Minded.......2004-01-04

I rate this album, excellent. I first saw Buddy Jewel on
Nashville Star. I am normally not a big country music fan,
however, watching Buddy Jewel on Nashville Star, I began
to really enjoy his music and became interested in some of
his other work.

I fell in love with "Tales of the New West". I really enjoy
over half of the songs on this album. Since I purchased,
"Tales of the New West", I seem to listen to it over and over
again. Not only do I enjoy Buddy as a singer, but the lyrics
are very well written, which is what makes the songs so enjoyable. Thank you.

Average customer rating:

Tales of the New West Beat Farmers Manufacturer: Demon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002B60F6 Release Date: 1999-03-23

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