| Product Summary | | Label: Telarc International Corp. | | UPC: 00089408362323 | | Release Date: 3/22/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 63962939 | | Item#: M266DL | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24555 | Format:  CD |
|
|
|
|
| Song Listing |  |
Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. el Burro Song, The - (with Raul Malo) ~ Los Super Seven |  | | 2. Cupido - (with Freddy Fender/Rick Trevino) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 3. Talk to Me - (with Delbert McClinton) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 4. I'm Not That Kat (Anymore) - (with John Hiatt) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 5. My Window Faces the South - (with Lyle Lovett) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 6. Let Her Dance - (with Joe Ely) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 7. Learning the Game - (with Rodney Crowell) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 8. Song of Everything, The - (with Raul Malo) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 9. Ojitos Traidores - (with Rick Trevino) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 10. I Live the Life I Love - (with Delbert McClinton) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 11. Heard It on the X - (with Ruben Ramos) ~ Los Super Seven | | | 12. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - (with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown) ~ Los Super Seven | |
|
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Los Super Seven: Freddy Fender, Joe Ely, Leonardo "Flaco" Jiminez, Raul Malo, Rick Trevino, Ruben Ramos (vocals). | | Additional personnel include: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (vocals, electric guitar); Delbert McClinton, John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett, Rodney Crowell (vocals); Calexico. | | Recording information: The Treefort, Austin, TX; Paragon Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. | | HEARD IT ON THE X is something of a tribute record (in spirit, at least) to the border radio stations of Mexico and Texas in the 1950s and '60s. These famed stations, whose broadcasts reached far into the United States, thanks to their 500,000-watt transmitters, played a mixture of mariachi, rock, blues, and country, that is justly celebrated here by Los Super Seven. A loose amalgam of roots-rock musicians assembled by manager/producer Dan Goodman, this incarnation of Los Super Seven features members of Calexico and ace session hands like Charlie Sexton, along with a battery of Texas musicians, including Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Delbert McClinton, Raul Malo, and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. | | The album plays like a roots primer, spinning through traditional country blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"), classic mariachi ("Cupido"), and '50s rock & roll balladry ("Talk to Me"). The disc even includes a ZZ Top cover--the song, also a nod to border radio, gives the project its title. The wide-ranging tracks all fit together perfectly, amounting to a fascinating case study on the musical melting pot of the American Southwest. |
Producer: Rick Clark; Dan Goodman; Charlie Sexton |
Engineer: Dave McNair |
Musical Guests | | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown | | Rodney Crowell | | John Hiatt | | Lyle Lovett | | Delbert McClinton | | Calexico |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/22/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 83623 | | Label : Telarc | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00089408362323 |
|
| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.72)
- "The pileup of country, norte¤o and R&B that is Texas music would not exist without border radio."Uncut (p.108)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "Here country, soul and blues get a mariachi flavoring and everything rocks fabulously." Dirty Linen (p.45)
- "Banjo player Gregory Liszt is a crisply precise picker who seems to draw inspiration from every banjo innovator from Earl Scruggs to Bela Fleck." Living Blues (p.60)
- "The music is eclectic - highlights include Ely doing a Bobby Fuller song, John Hiatt doing one by Sir Doug, Rodney Crowell doing a Buddy Holly, and Lyle Lovett doing a Bob Wills..." Mojo (Publisher)
(p.64)
- Ranked #4 in Mojo's "2005 Americana Albums Of The Year." |
|
| |
|
|
