Long Way Around (Acoustic Coll (1997) (Feat. Dale Gilmore/Alvin )

Product Summary Label: Wea/rhino/hightone UPC: 00012928808125 Release Date: 5/6/1997 Buy.com Sku: 60021044 Item#: MLGH33 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. St Olav's Gate - (with Nanci Griffith) ~ Tom Russell 2. Outbound Plane - (with Nanci Griffith) ~ Tom Russell 3. Big Water - (with Iris Dement) ~ Tom Russell 4. Beyond The Blues - (with Jimmie Dale Gilmore) ~ Tom Russell 5. Spanish Burgundy ~ Tom Russell 6. US Steel ~ Tom Russell 7. Walkin' On The Moon - (with Katy Moffatt) ~ Tom Russell 8. Angel Of Lyon, The - (live, in St. Louis) ~ Tom Russell 9. Veteran's Day - (live) ~ Tom Russell 10. Eyes Of Roberto Duran, The - (live) ~ Tom Russell 11. Blue Wing - (live, with Dave Alvin) ~ Tom Russell 12. Hayley's Comet - (live, with Dave Alvin/Katy Moffatt) ~ Tom Russell 13. Manzanar - (live, with Katy Moffatt) ~ Tom Russell 14. Mineral Walls - (live, with Katy Moffatt) ~ Tom Russell 15. Gallo Del Cielo - (live, with Katy Moffatt) ~ Tom Russell 16. Road To Bayamon, The - (live, with Katy Moffatt) ~ Tom Russell 17. Box Of Visions - (with Iris Dement) ~ Tom Russell   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel includes: Tom Russell, Dave Alvin, Iris DeMent, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Nanci Griffith, Katy Moffatt. Includes liner notes by Dave Alvin, Nanci Griffith. Personnel: Tom Russell (vocals, acoustic guitar, accordion); Andrew Hardin (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tiple, tabla, percussion); Dave Alvin, Iris DeMent, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Katy Moffatt, Nanci Griffith (vocals); David Mansfield (slide guitar, mandolin); Hank Bones (lap steel guitar, tamboura, bass guitar, percussion); Jeff Berman (percussion). Audio Mixer: Fred Remmert. Liner Note Author: Tom Russell. Recording information: Blue Planet Studio, Nashville, TN (05/1996-12/1996); Bones Tones Studio, Brooklyn, NY (05/1996-12/1996); Off Broadway, St. Louis, MO (05/1996-12/1996); West End Studio, Kansis City, MO (05/1996-12/1996). Photographers: Ebet Roberts; Charlyn Zlotnik; Brendan Fitzpatrick. Even though he has more than a dozen recordings out under his own name, Tom Russell remains the ultimate "songwriter's songwriter." While some in the breed become well-known singing their own songs and others gain some measure of notoriety by providing signature songs for popular singers, Russell has managed to create a body of exemplary work (which dots dozens of singer/songwriters' recordings) to which his name somehow fails to stick. Recorded roughly half in the studio and half "live" at St. Louis' Off Broadway, THE LONG WAY AROUND sets out to correct this slighting. With his gruff, gritty voice accompanied throughout by Andrew Hardin's elegant guitar work, Russell sings and strums his way through 17 of his finest compositions. Heavyweight pals--including Nanci Griffith, Iris Dement, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Katy Moffatt and Dave Alvin--lend voices to all but four of the tunes. John Prine and Steve Goodman fans, in particular, take note. Producer: Tom Russell Musical Guests Jimmie Dale Gilmore Iris DeMent Katy Moffatt Nanci Griffith Dave Alvin   Compilation Appearances Philo So Far-20th Anniversary Tulare Dust Twenty Years Of Stony Plain Vol. 1-Steel Rails Vol. 2-Folkscene Collection Silverwolf Records Kerrville Folk Festival Highlights Parkinsong Vol 1: 38 Songs Of Hope Elko A Cowboys Gathering Hits & Misses Muhammad Ali & The Ultimate Sound Of Fist Fighting American Music:hightone Records Story Wounded Heart Of America Gift:tribute To Ian Tyson High Tone Anthology: Rockin From The Roots / Chris Gaffney Tribute: Man of Somebody   Associated Artists and Works Wounded Heart Of America (Tom Russell Songs) ~ Various Artists Whitfield, Barrence Whitfield, Barrence   Technical Info Release Date : 05/20/1997 Original Release Date : 1997 Catalog ID : 8081 Label : Hightone Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Mixed Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00012928808125   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (5/23/97, p.65) - "...Russell's dramatic, self-important baritone can be grating, but his finest work would get the nod from Woody Guthrie himself." - Rating: B    Product Image