Rock You Sinners

1. You Can Do No Wrong

2. Starlight

3. I'm Gonna Tell

4. Crazy Legs

5. Say When

6. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache

7. One Kiss

8. Bonnie B

9. Jelly Bean

10. True Affection

11. Sweethearts or Strangers

12. One Cup of Coffee

13. Dear John

14. Almost Grown

Rock You Sinners,The Preachers,Raucous,Pop,Rock,Rockabilly

Average customer rating: Great Album Clever, hip refashioning of old jazz and blues standards delightful Good Not Great A rockin' take on classic songs

Sing You Sinners Erin McKeown Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Not Too Late West We Will Become Like Birds Grand Half the Perfect World ASIN: B000KX0HVO Release Date: 2007-01-09

Tracks:

1. Get Happy
2. Paper Moon
3. Coucou
4. Melody
5. They Say It's Spring
6. I Was A Little Too Loney (You Were A Little Too Late)
7. Sing You Sinners
8. Rhose Island Is Famous For You
9. Something's Gotta Give
10. Just One Of Those Things
11. If You A Viper
12. Thanks For The Boogie Ride
13. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

Amazon.com

Plenty of contemporary artists have addressed the classic American songbook, but few have romped through it with more playful verve than Erin McKeown. Fans of Norah Jones will find a kindred spirit here, though McKeown's singing is sunnier and her instrumentation more syncopated. (Or, since music like this has become increasingly associated with upscale coffee shops, more caffeinated.) From the giddy rendition of "Get Happy" that opens the album through the calypso spin given "Paper Moon" and the ruminative recasting of "Just One of Those Things," guitarist McKeown and band seem more interested in breathing fresh life into great songs than embalming them with nostalgic respect. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Great Album.......2007-05-07

This is a great album - heard a profile about it on NPR.
Nice remakes of some old classics.
Amazon was great with ordering and delivery.

Clever, hip refashioning of old jazz and blues standards.......2007-04-24

A modern gal, rock-folk naif Erin McKeown is both canny and coy in her appropriation of the jazz-standards canon. While her kooky arrangements and half-giddy, half-deadpan vocal performances call a great deal of attention to themselves, McKeown's obvious love for the material and playful verve will probably win most folks over. To her credit, McKeown hasn't just trotted out an overly-reverential pop-vocals showcase, but rather has crafted a distinctive album that illuminates these old songs in a way that her contemporary audience can really glom onto. The arrangements have an off-center quirkiness that recalls the Tom Waits/Marc Ribot school of postmodern cabaret jazz, while her vocals owe a powerful debt to Blossom Dearie. Hard to say whether it's a testament to the craftsmanship of the songs, or to McKeown's aren't-I-clever originality, but the lyrics really come to life on several tracks, notably "They Say It's Spring," "I Was A Little Too Lonely" and "Rhode Island Is Famous For You," which are the big successes on this album. Jazz purists are less than likely to love this album, but coffeehouse folksters will go koo-koo over it... Hopefully they will also be inspired to check out the source material, particularly from singers such as Blossom Dearie, Anita O'Day and songwriters like Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, et al. Either way, this album has a lot to offer to attentive listeners. (DJ Joe Sixpack)

delightful.......2007-02-19

This was my first exposure to Erin Mckeown. She's great fun on these standards. I especially am taken with the prominence of the percussion in new and playful ways that help me to hear these songs in a really fresh way.

Good Not Great.......2007-02-13

Easy to enjoy because Mckeown has such a wonderful voice, but when the album is finished it's less than fulfiling.

A rockin' take on classic songs.......2007-01-27

Erin's voice soars, the band is tight, and the lyrics are classics for a reason. A must buy!

Average customer rating: psychobilly romper room stomp Meh. Clever, smart, interesting music

Cemetery Shoes Johnny Dowd Manufacturer: Bongo Beat Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pictures From Life's Other Side Temporary Shelter Cruel Words Last Days of Wonder Chainsaw of Life ASIN: B00062IEKA Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

1. Brother Jim
2. Garden Of Delight
3. Whisper In A Nag's Ear
4. Rest In Peace
5. Wedding Dress
6. Shipwreck
7. Dear John Letter
8. Easter Sunday
9. Christmas Is Just Another Day
10. Dylan's Coat
11. Rip Off

Customer Reviews:

psychobilly romper room stomp.......2006-06-05

I have been listening to the "cemetary shoes" album. Okay now be warned before you rush into Johnny he is considered to be in the Genre of "PSYCHOBILLY" so if you do not have at least a passsing appreciation of Rockabilly, punk, goth, and alt country. So don't blame me if he scares the hell out of you or you just don't get it, but if you can get past any prejudices or dislikes you initially have of the music and really listen to the man, he has something to say and a very unique way of saying it. you can hear a few samples of Johnny on his website at www.johnnydowd.com Here are the lyrics to one of his songs that I really like the words to,

Billy Blu



A crooked little man / lives in the underground
Sometimes he goes up / but mostly he stays down

People call him Billy / William is his name
In the coming darkness / he's the keeper of the flame

He repairs radios / with alien transistors
Cosmic commnication / between brothers and sisters

He has information / unavailable to most
He converses with angels / and sleeps with ghosts

Silence is a sadness / a bird with a song
Billy is a sailor / between right and wrong

A world of light and promise / is beyond his memory
In the present he is occupied / preparing for eternity

Lucifer is coming / don't let the children hear
The devil's in the wood pile / judgment day is near

Things that seem simple / are extremely complicated
When you scratch the surface / of things gold-plated

© Johnny Dowd

I hope the more adventurous of you take a listen and give him half a chance and those less adventurous look at all the pictures of his pretty face (well at least that was the one good thing one young lady could find about him). On another interesting note about Johnny he didn't record his first album until he was 50 years old. Well guess I can't complain I didn't put out my first book until I was 34, and I had twenty odd years of material back logged. Which we can really blame on Bob because I really didn't think much of the "bits" I wrote until I heard SBR and I thought man I want to make statements like that. I look at Johnny's lyrics and it so often reminds me of the ways that I string words together. So take a listen, check out what he says, and always keep an open mind, remember don't judge a book by it's cover (or a book of poetry by it's title).

Meh........2004-11-12

Man oh man...you know I love JD, but this album is sort of making me question me faith. I question whether two stars is really fair, but I gave three to The Pawnbroker's Wife, and this is definitely inferior to that one, so that's what it's getting. The most obvious disappointment here--and I think most fans would agree with me on this--is the absence of the immaculate Kim Sherwood-Caso's vocal talents. This was always a big part of the appeal of any Dowd album; she made good songs into stunning songs, and I suspect that, even if the ones here aren't as good as usual, she could have partially redeemed some of them. I certainly hope the two of them haven't had some sort of falling out, and that we'll hear more of her in future Dowd recordings.

Here's what's good about this album: the frenzied 'Garden of Delights.' I would say that this is the one song here that approaches classic status; an unnervingly intense tale of murder/suicide. Also pretty good: 'Wedding Dress,' with its entertaining southern gothic lyric (maybe Dowd should write books). That and 'Brother Jim' have a gospel feel to them (even if one's about a crossdressing butcher and the other a clerical murderer). 'Whisper in the Nag's Ear' might be okay on its own, but it just seems pointlessly overdone compared to the spare original version on Pictures From Life's Other Side.

But...most of the songs are just kind of there. Not unpleasant to listen to, but not exactly exciting either. I expect a lot more from the guy who wrote 'Worried Mind' and 'Hell or High Water.' Better luck next time.

Clever, smart, interesting music.......2004-11-09

Johnny Dowd makes me appreciate having ears to hear with and a mind to think with. Here is a man who, in a just world, would enjoy the success that more commercial musicians do today; that he does not is a real crime (then again, the world's loss is his fans' gain). His music is deep, dark and thoughtful, but well crafted, like an Alfred Hitchcock film. The tunes take some getting used to, as does his voice, because they cover material not usually associated with today's homogenized and emasculated pop and radio scene. But like most acquired tastes, you wonder how you ever got along without it. He writes music like the moon casts shadows, makes you look over your shoulder, and consider your fate. His albums, including his recent, Cemetary Shoes, deal with topics from the seamy side of life, a portion of the world that is anathema to the Britneys, the Jessicas, and the other pop tarts of music. If you appreciate artistry, thought and challenge, check out the Dowd catalog. Stretch your imagination a little. Take a chance on his music and experience an enveloping warmth that is cognition and emotion melding.

Average customer rating: A good break from her own written music FANTASTIC!!!!

Sing You Sinners Erin McKeown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: We Will Become Like Birds City Garden Moonswept Grand Pretty Little Head ASIN: B000HOL6EI Release Date: 2006-10-24

Tracks:

1. Get Happy
2. Paper Moon
3. Coucou
4. Melody
5. They Say It's Spring
6. I Was a Little Too Lonely (You Were a Little Too Late)
7. Sing You Sinners
8. Rhode Island Is Famous for You
9. Something's Gotta Give
10. Just One of Those Things
11. If You a Viper
12. Thanks for the Boogie Ride
13. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

Amazon.com

Plenty of contemporary artists have addressed the classic American songbook, but few have romped through it with more playful verve than Erin McKeown. Fans of Norah Jones will find a kindred spirit here, though McKeown's singing is sunnier and her instrumentation more syncopated. (Or, since music like this has become increasingly associated with upscale coffee shops, more caffeinated.) From the giddy rendition of "Get Happy" that opens the album through the calypso spin given "Paper Moon" and the ruminative recasting of "Just One of Those Things," guitarist McKeown and band seem more interested in breathing fresh life into great songs than embalming them with nostalgic respect. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

A good break from her own written music.......2007-01-26

I love Ms. Mckeown's music. I do have to say that I like the songs she writes better than the songs she covers. Although this album is fabulous, (if you like a more retro selection of songs) I prefer her original songs. In my opinion her best album is "we will become like birds" followed closely by "Grand". As my tastes generally lean toward the more upbeat songs, I have to recommend "Paper Moon" and "Melody" on this album, though the acoustic work in "If You a Viper" makes me smile contentedly and forget what I was doing.

FANTASTIC!!!!.......2006-11-10

Erin McKeown does it again, this time wow'ing us with a collection of old old old covers, from Paper Moon to Get Happy, to Rhode Island Is Famous For You, and every single one has this fantastic bounce and shuffle, you just cannot help but smile and bounce and shuffle along with it!! Erin's trademark voice just shines on these old tunes. BUY THIS ALBUM. you won't regret it. the arrangements are great, too, with some smoking brass solos and chilly wurlitzer and organ sounds drifting throughout.

Erin McKeown just seems to get better and better each time.

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Rock You Sinners!: The Dawn of British Rock 'N' Roll Various Artists Manufacturer: Rev-Ola Bandstand ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000LC51RY Release Date: 2007-02-05

Tracks:

1. Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call - The Goons, The Goons
2. Bygraves' Boogie - Max Bygraves
3. Dance with Me Henry - Minnie Bannister, Henry Crun, Henry Crun
4. Crazy Man Crazy - Ted Heath Orchestra
5. Giddy Up a Ding Dong - Ray Ellington Quartet
6. Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie
7. Birmingham Bounce - Ted Heath Orchestra, Jack Parnell, Ted Heath Orchestra
8. Oakie Boogie - Ted Heath Orchestra, Lita Roza
9. Smack Dab in the Middle - Deep River Boys
10. Tweedle Dee
11. Sugaree - Dennis Lotis
12. That's Right - Deep River Boys
13. Art's Theme
14. Rock 'N' Roll Boogie
15. Let's You and I Rock
16. Shake, Rattle & Roll
17. Rock Around the Clock - Deep River Boys
18. Rex Rocks
19. Rock Around Town
20. Heartbreak Hotel
21. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Deep River Boys
22. Teach You to Rock
23. Short'nin' Bread Rock
24. Seventeen - Don Lang & His Frantic Five
25. Doomsday Rock
26. I Gotta Have Lovin'
27. Left Hand Boogie - Ray Ellington Quartet
28. Rock with the Caveman
29. Stop It (I Like It)
30. Rock Mr Piper - Don Lang & His Frantic Five
31. Rock Shuffle Boogie
32. Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttelton

Album Description

Somewhere between the explosion of Elvis and the young Andrew Loog Oldham's disappointment at the UK tour by Bill Haley and The Comets came a uniquely British reaction. which had been, to be honest, evilly brewing for a while in the most unlikely Jazz circles...So a disparate crew of ex-Jazzers, crazies, showbiz stalwarts and Soho skiffle kids thought that they too could Rock'N' Roll!....And why not? Soon enough and hot on the heels a technicolor 3D Expresso Bongo world of 2 i's, Six-Five Specials and Oh Boys would spring from the brow of Jack Good and his cohorts. Meanwhile, go back with us to the Year(s) Zero of an artform which would take over the world; British Rock'N'Roll..... (and see if you too can spot that Lady Madonna in the Bad Penny Blues...courtesy of a young Joe Meek!). Rev-Ola Bandstand. 2007.

Album Details

A First Time CD Collection of the Roots of British Rock'n'roll! the First in a Series!

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Sinners or Saints Sinners or Saints Manufacturer: Off the Record Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAEU22 Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

1. Another Day
2. Pretender
3. Peace of Mind
4. Breathe
5. Gone
6. Smoke and Mirrors
7. One Sky
8. Jaded
9. Off the Chain

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Rock You Sinners The Preachers Manufacturer: Raucous ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000059552 Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

1. You Can Do No Wrong
2. Starlight
3. I'm Gonna Tell
4. Crazy Legs
5. Say When
6. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
7. One Kiss
8. Bonnie B
9. Jelly Bean
10. True Affection
11. Sweethearts or Strangers
12. One Cup of Coffee
13. Dear John
14. Almost Grown

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