Lonesome Blues

1. I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time

2. Cold, Cold Heart

3. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

4. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

5. Long Gone Lonesome Blues

6. Hey, Good Lookin'

7. Let's Turn Back the Years

8. I Won't Be Home No More

9. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?

10. I've Been Down That Road Before

11. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

12. Lost Highway

Lonesome Blues,Hank Williams,Special Music,Country,Honky Tonk,Traditional Country

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: Quantity Over Quality Mediocre One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Pretty close to original recordings Really Good Collection

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schifrin | Schifrin, Lalo | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: All-Time Top 100 TV Themes TV Land Presents: Favorite TV Theme Songs TV Guide: 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes NBC: A Soundtrack of Must See TV Six Million Dollar TV Themes ASIN: B00005Y49F Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

1. The A-Team - Nic Raine
2. The Addams Family - Nic Raine
3. The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe - Nic Raine
4. Airwolf - Derek Wadsworth
5. The Avengers - Mike Townend
6. Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith
7. Batman - Nic Raine
8. Battlestar Galactica - Nic Raine
9. Baywatch - Derek Wadsworth
10. Beverly Hills 90210 - Derek Wadsworth
11. Bewitched - Nic Raine
12. Between The Lines - Mark Ayres
13. The Bill - Nic Raine
14. Bonanza - The Philharmonia Orchestra
15. Brideshead Revisited - Derek Wadsworth
16. Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Nic Raine
17. Burke's Law - Derek Wadsworth
18. Cagney And Lacey - Derek Wadsworth
19. Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Mark Ayres
20. Casualty - Mark Ayres
21. Cheers - Mark Ayres
22. Dallas - Nic Raine
23. Dangerman (Secret Agent) - Mike Townend
24. Doctor Who - Mark Ayres
25. Doctor Kildare - Jerry Goldsmith

Tracks:

1. Doogie Howser, M.D. - Derek Wadsworth
2. Dynasty - Nic Raine
3. The Equalizer - Derek Wadsworth
4. Falcon Crest - Derek Wadsworth
5. Fireball XL-5 - Derek Wadsworth
6. The Fugitive - Nic Raine
7. Hawaii 5-0 - Mike Townend
8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Nic Raine
9. The High Chaparral - Nic Raine
10. Highway To Heaven - Derek Wadsworth
11. Hill Street Blues - Derek Wadsworth
12. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Mark Ayres
13. The Incredible Hulk - Derek Wadsworth
14. Jason King - Mike Townend
15. Jesus Of Nazareth - Paul Bateman
16. Joe 90 - Derek Wadsworth
17. Johnny Staccato - Derek Wadsworth
18. Knight Rider - Derek Wadsworth
19. Kojak - Mike Townend
20. L.A. Law - Derek Wadsworth
21. Land Of The Giants - Nic Raine
22. Little House On The Prairie - Derek Wadsworth
23. Lonesome Dove - Nic Raine
24. Lost In Space - Nic Raine
25. Lou Grant - Derek Wadsworth

Tracks:

1. Magnum, P.I. - Derek Wadsworth
2. A Man Called Ironside - Mike Townend
3. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Derek Wadsworth
4. M*A*S*H - Nic Raine
5. Miami Vice - Mark Ayres
6. Mike Hammer - Derek Wadsworth
7. Mission Impossible - Mike Townend
8. Monty Python's Flying Circus - Nic Raine
9. The Munsters - Derek Wadsworth
10. Murder She Wrote - Derek Wadsworth
11. Newhart - Derek Wadsworth
12. North And South - Derek Wadsworth
13. Northern Exposure - Derek Wadsworth
14. NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres
15. The Outer Limits - Nic Raine
16. Perry Mason - Mike Townend
17. The Persuaders - Mark Ayres
18. Peter Gunn - Mike Townend
19. Police Squad - Nic Raine
20. The Prisoner - Mike Townend
21. Quantum Leap - Derek Wadsworth
22. Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - Mike Townend
23. Red Dwarf - Mark Lambert
24. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
25. Roseanne - Dan Foliart

Tracks:

1. The Saint - Mike Townend
2. Seaquest DSV - Nic Raine
3. Space 1999 - Derek Wadsworth
4. Star Trek - Mike Townend
5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Derek Wadsworth
6. Star Trek: Voyager - Nic Raine
7. St. Elsewhere - Derek Wadsworth
8. The Streets Of San Francisco - Nic Raine
9. Stingray - Barry Gray
10. Taxi - Derek Wadsworth
11. Thunderbirds - Derek Wadsworth
12. Thirty Something - Derek Wadsworth
13. The Time Tunnel - Nic Raine
14. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Philharmonia Orchestra
15. The Twighlight Zone - Nic Raine
16. Twin Peaks - Derek Wadsworth
17. U.F.O. - Derek Wadsworth
18. The Virginian - Nic Raine
19. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Nic Raine
20. Wagon Train - Paul Bateman
21. The Waltons - Jerry Goldsmith
22. The Wild Wild West - Derek Wadsworth
23. Young Riders - John Debney
24. Xena: The Warrior Princess - Paul Bateman
25. The X-Files - Mark Ayres

Customer Reviews:

Quantity Over Quality.......2007-01-15

As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. Much of the instrumentation has been reduced to a cheezy, thin, plastic synthesized replica. The performances are simply a watered-down lackluster version of the classic originals. If it were not for the sheer volume of tracks compiled here, I would have rated the comp only "one star".

Mediocre.......2006-05-17

The sound quality for this collection isn't much better than the samples offered by Amazon.

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes.......2005-08-06

I have watched almost all the shows that are on these 4 cd's. Many were made before I started watching TV. Most I've seen once or twice before.

Pretty close to original recordings.......2005-07-24

Definitely not as good as the originals. You'll probably notice the slight differences since it's stuff you saw and listened to every week or everyday in reruns growing up, but it's still an amazing collection.

Really Good Collection.......2004-07-11

I bought this in part because it had soundtracks to tv shows that are unavailable. My husband and I watch aome British programming. Many of the theme songs are for what seems like obscure British shows. That said; it has been enjoyable to hear music that I would normally never hear. Some music does sound tinny; some are very very rich, and some music is derived from actual preformances from the original artists. I think this is worth buying because is has a wonderful blend of music. The pieces are full soundtracks so they includes the parts of the theme song which are often edited out. I think the orchestra's who preformed the music did a great job. I have MonsterMania which redoes the soundtracks to the Godzilla movies. The interpretation is less heavy and stark than the preformance we associate with the original soundtrack; but I regard it as a new way to appreciate the music and all the componets which make the song unique.

Average customer rating: What ?? Nice Voice, but not a nice person...(read on, pls.) A let down The definitive Paul Robeson compilation

The Essential Paul Robeson Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Robeson, Paul | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ballad for Americans Paul Robeson Live at Carnegie Hall Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" & Other Favorites Songs of Free Men/ A Paul Robeson Recital Ol' Man River: His 25 Greatest ASIN: B00005B15R Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Ol' Man River
2. Steal Away
3. Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho
4. Water Boy
5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
6. Deep River
7. Lonesome Road
8. Mighty Lak' A Rose
9. Rockin' Chair
10. When It's Sleepy-time Down South
11. Mah Lindy Lou
12. My Curly Headed Baby
13. Carry Me Back To Green Pastures
14. Lazy Bones
15. St. Louis Blues
16. Congo Lullaby
17. Canoe Song
18. Shenandoah
19. I Still Suits Me
20. Summertime
21. It Ain't Necessarily So
22. Just A-Wearyin' For you
23. Song Of The Volga Boatmen
24. Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day

Tracks:

1. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Minstrel Man
2. Git On Board, Li'l Children/Dere's No Hidin' Place
3. Go Down, Moses
4. Bear De Burden/All God's Chillun Got Wings
5. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
6. Got The South In My Soul
7. Blue Prelude
8. Fat Li'l Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes/Shortnin' Bread
9. Wagon Wheels
10. The Banjo Song
11. Love Song
12. Climbing Up (Mountain Song)
13. All Through The Night
14. Mood Indigo
15. At Dawning
16. An Eriskay Love Lilt
17. Trees
18. Jerusalem
19. The Cobbler's Song
20. A Perfect Day
21. Sylvia
22. Sea Fever
23. King Joe (The Joe Louis Blues)
24. The Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)
25. My Old Kentucky Home

Customer Reviews:

What ??.......2006-12-10

The idiot from Virginia thought it a bit strange that an American black man would give the communists a chance. Looking back from modern perspective is easier than what he had to go on in the thirtes. Gee, I wonder why a black man would do that after all that southern hospitality, segregation, and steady work you gave the "black folk". Not to mention all those nighttime campfires you had going in their honor.
While I might be from New York I certainly would not be called a bleeding heart liberal but I can certainly understand why the poor soul was looking elsewhere. You are either ignorant of history and its influences on people or you are a totally unsympathetic jackass!!

Nice Voice, but not a nice person...(read on, pls.).......2006-01-07

Paul Robeson, who was brainwashed into
beleiving Communist rhetoric (which is
strange as hell for an Amer-I-can black
man). A good singing voice but all cover
songs! Come on, Paul!

A let down.......2004-09-24

I own several Robeson recordings and purchased this one with high hopes as it has a great selection of tracks. Unfortunately given the excellent recording quality of "Songs for Free Men" and "The Paul Robeson Oddyssey", the remasters from what I assume are 78's and possibly radio are a let down and mar what could have been an excellent album.

The definitive Paul Robeson compilation.......2003-09-19

This 2 CD set of Paul Robeson is the definitive collection providing a decent overview of his work in 50 tracks all wonderfully restored from 78s as usual for ASV, with spirituals, show tunes, Shakespeare-like readings, and more done with a trademark bass voice and orchestration that backs up Paul perfectly and he would later be one of the first civil rights activists. The first disc is a reissue of the single disc "Ol' Man River-His 25 Greatest" on ASV containing "Ol' Man River," "Mighty Like a Rose," "Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho," "Carry Me Back To Green Pastures," "Lazy Bones," and many more classics which is also available here at Amazon for those who only want a single disc of Paul's work and the 2nd disc contains 25 more classics including "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen," "The Old Folks At Home," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Wagon Wheels," "Git On Board, Little Children," and many more. In other words, all 50 of these tracks are essential to any early pop, folk, gospel, blues, etc. music fan and this is the set to introduce yourself to his work in a convenient 2 CD package with the usual great liner notes and details on the original 78s ASV provides with each CD released in their Living Era series.

Average customer rating:

Lonesome Is I Melanie Mason Manufacturer: Melanie Mason ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bendin' the Blues ASIN: B000CAG4O4 Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
2. Joe Turner Killed a Man
3. Statesboro Blues
4. Prodigal Son
5. Ease Up
6. Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor
7. Come On In My Kitchen
8. Stones in My Passway
9. Sliding Delta
10. Nobody Cares for Me
11. Sweet Home Chicago
12. Lonely Lonesome Gal

Product Description

From the D.C area artist hailed by The Washington Post as "a promising newcomer who's drawn comparisons to Bonnie Raitt" comes a follow-up release to her award-winning debut album, "Bendin' the Blues." Fans of Mason's electric blues-rock guitar work may be surprised to hear her "go acoustic," but those who have seen her as a solo opening act for Taj Mahal, Don McLean and other legends already know that she is equally at home in an acoustic setting. This album was nominated for the cross-genre “Album of the Year” award and won the Washington Area Music Association's 2001 "Best Blues Recording" award.

"Lonesome Is I," titled after the first line of the Mississippi John Hurt waltz, "Nobody Cares for Me," covers Mason's favorite acoustic country blues songs, plus a couple she penned herself. In addition to Hurt, Mason interprets the songs of blues legends Mance Lipscomb, Robert Johnson, Reverend Robert Wilkins and Blind Willie McTell. "Lonesome Is I" was recorded by award-winning producer and engineer Chris Biondo, known for his work with the late Eva Cassidy.

BLUES REVUE MAGAZINE (Hal Horowitz): "Melanie Mason's second album's title is an accurate description of the poignant songs within. Mason's supple guitar work is exemplary throughout. She slides and picks with an obvious understanding of the desolate qualities that make this music so timeless. 'Lonesome Is I' is a beautifully rendered album that expresses the sorrow, pain and the hopelessness long-gone bluesmen experienced."

Average customer rating: different is better Good , but not great. For Die-hard Harman fans only

Lonesome Moon Trance James Harman Manufacturer: Pacific Blues ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Extra Napkins Takin' Chances Strictly Live... In '85! Plus Mo' Na'Kins, Please! Ain't Easy No More ASIN: B0000DI4UY Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

1. Double Hogback Growler
2. Lowdown Grown-Up Live
3. Skeet-A-Little Taste
4. Piecework Politicians
5. Alibi, Reason Why (Sounds Just Like a Lie to Me)
6. Miss Bessie Mae Blues
7. My Secret Escapade
8. Bad-Luck Life
9. Love Stuff
10. Time Will Tell
11. It's Yo' World (I'm Just Livin' in It Now)
12. Lonesome Moon Trance

Customer Reviews:

different is better.......2005-08-13

I will respectfully disagree with the other reviewers. I think this CD is wonderful. Lowdown Grown-up Jive is tongue in cheek yet serious. The musical arrangement is tight, with a beat reminicent of 60's girl bands. Love Stuff showcases Harmans flawless harmonica technique and the title tune wraps up the CD with a blues festival type jam.
Too often blues fans expect more of the same from their favorite artists. Harmans departure from his previous offerings is clear on this CD, and I like it. Change is good.

Good , but not great. .......2005-07-28

This is not one of James' best by a long shot. A more somber work, probably more reflective of recent personal problems for the artist, but still relevant. The "toned down" production is also a departure from the more agressive tone of his earlier works. There are a few gems on the album (Double Hog Back Growler, It's Your World and the title track)that make it worth the purchase. James has pushed the bar so high with regard to blues songwriting and performing that even a solid work like this falls a bit short compared to earlier classics like "Two Sides To Every Story" or "Do Not Disturb".

For Die-hard Harman fans only .......2005-02-23

I am a big fan of James Harman's, but was very dissappointed with Lonesome Moon Trance. It's not terrible, but it is nothing in comparison to some of his other albums such as Extra Napkins, Do Not Disturb, etc. There are few tracks on this CD that deliver that raucous, toe-tappin' roadhouse boogie attitude that we've come to love and expect from James. Many of the songs are painfully slow in tempo and the lyrics are pretty unimpressive.

Average customer rating: Very entertaining mix of instruments, vocals and choice of songs a great American roots band Its more like "Devil in a CD pile" Sherry channels first-generation on this new release. Great band no one knows about

In Your Lonesome Town Devil in a Woodpile Manufacturer: Bloodshot Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Devil in a Woodpile Division Street The Dirty Old One Man Band Cockadoodledon't Never Make It Home ASIN: B0007LXP4A Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

1. A Long Way From Home
2. Shake It And Break it
3. Until My Love Comes Down
4. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
5. Has My Gal Been By Here?
6. Beer Ticket Rag
7. You Just Well To Let Her Go
8. Louisiana Fairytale
9. Stovepipe Blues/Greenville Strut
10. So Sweet
11. I'll Be Rested
12. When I'm Drinkin'

Customer Reviews:

Very entertaining mix of instruments, vocals and choice of songs.......2007-01-14

I stumbled over Devil In A Woodpile in Chicago when these guys played before the Asylum Street Spankers last November. The style of both groups has some similarity: Mostly accoustic instruments, no or very little use of demon electricity and a great sense of humor.

In Your Lonesome Town captures their live act very nicely. Sherry's special style of singing is fun to listen to. He uses his organ with a rythm, almost as if he tries to imitate a drum set. The only thing I hoped would be more prominent is the tuba. The instrument was an essential part of the concert I attended. It is heard on the CD but somehow a bit burried in the mix. But this is only a minor drawback. I love to listen to this CD in the car. Upbeat and great to sing a long. Highly reccommended for anybody who likes Bar Blues and doesn't mind some Swing and Jug Band influence.

a great American roots band.......2006-06-01

If Downbeat magazine had a category for best Washboard playing, it would be aced by Rick " Cooking " Sherry of Devil In a Woodpile. Although these guys need to write some more original material they generate a lot of good time music and the playing is super fine . Tuba Player Gary Shepers and Tom Ray are a potent rhythm section behind new National guitarist Joel Paterson and quadruple threat Rick Sherry on vocals , washboard , harp and clarinet. This is the 3rd album and has a cool studio in the round sound that is lively . Nice cover photo , don't you wish they played in your town every Tuesday night ?

Its more like "Devil in a CD pile".......2006-03-04

Its this Rootsy, country, folk sound with other instruments in the mix.
I'm not buying it........oops I did, I wish I hadn't.
I read the reviews and it sounded pretty good but to my dismay it was far from good.
Maybe they needed help mixing it in the studio?! the vocals stick out like a sore thumb, maybe thats what they were going for but it doesn't work.
Apparently they're good live, I'd pay cover to see them but would not pay anymore on a CD.
I do like the ability to use a clarinet, tuba, kazoo and a jug.
Yes there's the Broonzy and Charlie Patten covers but they're nothing stellar.

Sherry channels first-generation on this new release........2005-07-04

Rick "Cookin" Sherry masterminds Devil In A Woodpile like a cautious lumberjack using trilling harmonica and sloping vocal interjections to re-create the Country Blues. The absence of a drum kit on many tunes of the record gives "In Your Lonesome Town" a traditional Delta feel with bottleneck guitar, washboard and the occasional Tuba line carrying the rhythm. Charlie Patton's "Shake It And Break It" and Big Bill Broonzy's "When I'm Drinkin" are wonderfully interpreted by Woodpile. Sherry utilizes period-correct speech inflections while singing unadulterated within his vocal range; keeping the authentic sound of the originals while disregarding mimicry. The group includes Sherry on harmonica, clarinet, jug, washboard, and vocals, Tom V. Ray on upright bass, Joel Paterson on guitars, vocals, and kazoo, and Gary Schepers on Tuba. You can check them out every Tuesday at The Hideout in Chicago, IL. - Brett Lemke - All content copyright www.maximumink.com.

Great band no one knows about.......2005-03-27

Devil in a Woodpile is a great band. I saw them live at SXSW in austin. They play a great mix of old time Delta Blues, the best song on the album is a Charlie Patton cover called Shake it or Break it. If you like blues, buy this cd.

Average customer rating: E is incredible "Levity" soundtrack is would be a fine addition to your "E" collection. Though not perfect, still an excellent piece of work Amazing Brief songs, somber instrumentals, beautiful simplicity

Levity (Score) Manufacturer: Pleximusic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: I Am The Messiah Broken Toy Shop Eels with Strings - Live at Town Hall With Strings: Live at Town Hall Blinking Lights and Other Revelations ASIN: B00008ZL8D Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. What I Remember Most
2. Skywriting
3. Running the Bath
4. Gravity
5. Haunted Piano #1
6. In Manual's Room
7. Taking a Bath in Rust
8. Flashback Blues
9. Post-Flashback Blues
10. Lonesome Subway
11. Haunted Organ #1
12. Sofia Writing in the Sky
13. To Adel Easley / Trouble in the Alley
14. Manual's Got a Train to Catch

Customer Reviews:

E is incredible.......2005-10-05

I can't believe how well put together this score is, as well as the two tracks that E sings in.
Track number 9 is great. Has a perfect somber, desolate feel to it. Contrasted with track 14 which is uplifting and hopeful. I love scores to soundtracks and this soundtrack is filled with incredible songs. Tracks 9 and 14 are some of the best I have ever heard.

"Levity" soundtrack is would be a fine addition to your "E" collection........2005-08-04

Very melodic and melancholy, Mark Everett ("E", "Eels") shapes up a wonderful soundscape to a fine little film. Playing the bulk of the instruments himself and singing on one track, "E" & "Eels" fans will find this soundtrack a nice addition to their collection. Softer in tone and sound than much of his work, the "Levity" soundtrack does possess some similarities to the "Eels" newest recording, but with almost no vocals the songs instead come to life through some fine subtle playing and direction from Mr. Everett. I would highly recommend this CD to anyone interested in any of "E"'s or the "Eels recordings and to anyone looking for something soothing and melodic to listen to on a warm summer day.

Though not perfect, still an excellent piece of work.......2004-02-06

Hiring a noted indie rock musician to do your soundtrack will gain you instant noteriety. No matter what one thinks of "About A Boy", Badly Drawn Boy's jaw-droppingly beautiful soundtrack was a highlight, and even better than the actual BDB album that followed. And who can't forget "Chelsea Walls"? So, hiring the enigmetic E to do a soundtrack seems like a good idea, right?

Correct. Don't get me wrong - there are a few downsides to the album, most notably the length (pay this much for under 35 minutes of music?) and only two Eels songs, but it really is worth it. "What I Remember Most" is a haunting opener, which faintly recalls Belle & Sebastian's work with Todd Solondoz's "Storytelling" soundtrack. The instrumentals are short, pretty, but establish the effective mood RIGHT AWAY, something not many other scores can do. The latter suites that close the album are undeniably moving.

The two Eels songs, both under 3 minutes, are worthwhile in themselves. While the acoustic "Skywriting" is extremely worthy, it's "Taking A Bath In Rust" that steals the show, with it's soft-loud scratchy-voicings and the lush & memorable string arrangement that follows. It's amazing it wasn't a single, because it easily could have charted.

Again, it isn't perfect. Some of the "themes" are recycled too oft, but again, it's a minor complaint to a great work. It's not the greatest soundtrack ever made, but it's a very worthy entry into that "indie-rock soundtrack" subgenre, and an enjoyable one at that.

Amazing.......2003-11-02

This soundtrack is amazing. The movie is amazing, the actors are amazing, and Mr. Everett is amazing. You are lost without seeing this movie... and once you see it, you know you'll be lost without the soundtrack.

Brief songs, somber instrumentals, beautiful simplicity.......2003-10-28

I'm a big fan of the Eels, especially their first works (Beautiful Freak, Electroshock Blues, and Daisies of the Galaxy). This score is an excellent compilation, much of which is based on the same few basic melodies. These deceptively simple patterns unfold into a beautiful variety of music. Check out my favorite track from the album "Haunted Piano #1" for a sample. "Running the Bath" is probably most representative of the overall tone and feel of the album. Levity's brevity (gwah hah hah!) is the only downside. All but 2 of the tracks fall into the one to two and a half minute mark, making some of them seem like samples instead of full tracks. Given the ambient nature of the pieces they really should go on longer. Definately go for it if you are a fan of the Eels or any other tingly, experi-pop-orchestrock. Keep in mind most of the album is instrumental, in case you need "singing or guitars" to enjoy music.

Average customer rating: Freshest I've heard in a long time... Joel Krakowsky

Big Lonesome Radio Mark Lemhouse Manufacturer: Yellow Dog Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Great American Yard Sale I Watched the Devil Die A Fix Back East Bywater Dance Hell Can Wait ASIN: B00006ZGWZ Release Date: 2002-10-17

Tracks:

1. You Can't Get that Stuff No More
2. What's the Matter With Papa's Little Angel Child
3. Baby Sister
4. Jealous Moon
5. Tappin' that Thing
6. Electra 225
7. Edwin's Lament
8. No One Can Forgive Me But My Baby
9. Mercy Mia
10. Pony Blues
11. One Hand Loose
12. Driftin'

Album Description

Nominated for two W.C. Handy Awards in "Best Acoustic Blues Album" and "Best New Artist Debut" categories, Mark Lemhouse's debut release delivers string-strangling, gut-rocking blues ecstasy. Lemhouse reaches into a wicked toolbox - containing resonator chainsaw, electric tube-amp machete, and bottleneck auger - to uproot blues tradition with a vandal's glee.

Recorded to analog tape with vintage mics at Easley/McCain Studios in Memphis, Big Lonesome Radio has a gritty feel that's more akin to a Howlin' Wolf or Jimmy Reed than a young man playing the blues in the 21st century has a right to sound.

Melding together influences from Delta blues, Piedmont rag-style forms, and North Mississippi trance blues, Lemhouse's notes come across like crackling radio transmissions from a time gone by.

Customer Reviews:

Freshest I've heard in a long time..........2004-03-19

I can't get over how good it is! If you like reso guitar, you gotta hear this!

Lemhouse kicks it off with a fantastic version of Tampa Red's "Can't Get That Stuff No More." The production has a nice vintage sound to it. The original doesn't have bass or drums and this updated version has great accompaniment work, perfect for this song. Lemhouse's vocals have just the right amount of growl.

Many of these tunes are pretty traditional even if he does crank it up and distort it at times or by adding other instrumentation. Many of these songs were solo pieces in their original form but Lemhouse keeps the accompaniment sparse and tasty.

Some covers on the disc seem to be perfectly suited for Lemhouse, though you wouldn't think so to look at the titles. A testament to Lemhouse's ability to translate a song. Notable is a rip-roarin' version of Tom Waits, "No One Can Forgive Me But My Baby" and a rockabilly tune by Charlie Feathers, "One Hand Loose".

If you think rockabilly on reso is out of left field, listen to Jealous Moon and Edwin's Lament. This is where it starts to get weird, in a good way, when he starts swinging a song or two and one of them is even a Tango.

Some of the strongest songs on this CD are Lemhouse's own compositions, including Edwin's Lament and Electra 225.

This is just a great blues effort. Somehow it's bare bones and at the same time it has a very big sound. Mostly guitar, bass and drums, this disc is just raw blues. It swings, it jams and Lemhouse really knows how to play slide guitar. Buy it!

Joel Krakowsky.......2004-03-09

Simply put, one of the best pure blues albums I have heard in quite a while. Mark Lemhouse covers a range of styles so the CD keeps suprising you while you listen. I noticed that Amazon is offering a couple of free MP3 tracks to download so don't take my word for it. Download the music, give a listen and then throw a copy in your checkout cart.

Average customer rating: Robeson at his best

A Lonesome Road Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Robeson, Paul | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Green Pastures Paul Robeson Live at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B000001HFH Release Date: 1994-04-20

Tracks:

1. Ol' Man River
2. My Curly Headed Baby
3. Water Boy
4. I'm Goin' To Tell God All O' My Troubles
5. Oh! Didn't It Rain
6. Little Pal
7. There's No Hiding Place
8. Poor Old Joe
9. Scandalize My Name
10. Ezekiel Saw The Wheel
11. Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass
12. Just Keepin' On
13. Mah Lindy Lou
14. Steal Away
15. Mighty Lak' A Rose
16. Deep River
17. Hear The Lambs A-Cryin'
18. Get On Board, Little Children
19. Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)
20. Witness
21. Oh! Rock Me, Julie
22. Li'L Gal
23. I Got A Home In That Rock
24. Lonesome Road

Customer Reviews:

Robeson at his best.......2001-03-24

This album consists of recordings Paul Robeson made in Britain durong the 1920s. He is accompanied by the great pianist Lawrence Brown or by a small orchestra led by Ray Noble. The songs on this disc are spirituals or pop songs of the era, and Robeson shines on every one of them. Robeson has an uncanny ability to make any song his own property, and this is especially true on his version of "Little Pal" - originally a saccharine semi-racist ballad written for Al Jolson. Robeson turns the song into a searing lament of an estranged father, and makes the song valid even today with his urgent, committed delivery. The majority of the songs on the cd are spirituals, and Robeson's versions are definitive in every sense of the word. All in all, there isn't a bad track here, and as an introduction to Robeson's work the record is priceless. The only aspect worth criticizing is the fact that the liner notes seem to shy away from the fact that Robeson was the first important black artist to actively fight for civil rights. The music here, however, is extremely beautiful.

Average customer rating:

The Lonesome Strangers The Lonesome Strangers Manufacturer: Hightone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Land of Opportunity Madeline Sugarfinger West ASIN: B0000005OO Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Clementine
2. Lay Down My Old Guitar
3. Another Fool Like Me
4. Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll
5. Oh My Train
6. Don't You Run Away From Me
7. Just Can't Cry No More
8. Don't Back Down
9. Daddy's Gone Gray
10. Just Walk Away
11. We Used To Fuss

Music Album:

1. Lonesome Hearted Blues
2. MAGNOLIA
3. Mama's Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs About Mother
4. Maybe I'd Best Leave Well Enough Alone
5. Meet the Navigators
6. Music
7. My Girl Josephine [Extra tracks] [Import]
8. Natural Thing
9. Nearing Jordan's Crossing
10. New Day Dawning

Music Album