Milk Cow Blues (2000) ( )

Artist: Willie Nelson
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Label: Uni/island
UPC: 00731454251723
Release Date: 9/19/2000
Buy.com Sku: 60437901
Item#: MXKLJD
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Milk Cow Blues - (featuring Francine Reed) ~ Willie Nelson
2. Outskirts Of Town - (featuring Keb' Mo') ~ Willie Nelson
3. Black Night - (featuring Dr. John) ~ Willie Nelson
4. Funny How Times Slips Away - (featuring Francine Reed) ~ Willie Nelson
5. Rainy Day Blues - (featuring Jonny Lang) ~ Willie Nelson
6. Crazy - (featuring Susan Tedeschi) ~ Willie Nelson
7. Thrill Is Gone, The - (featuring B.B. King) ~ Willie Nelson
8. Wake Me When It's Over ~ Willie Nelson
9. Kansas City - (featuring Susan Tedeschi) ~ Willie Nelson
10. Fool's Paradise - (featuring Dr. John) ~ Willie Nelson
11. Ain't Nobody's Business - (featuring Jonny Lang) ~ Willie Nelson
12. Night Life - (featuring B.B. King) ~ Willie Nelson
13. Sittin' On Top Of The World ~ Willie Nelson
14. Lonely Street ~ Willie Nelson
15. Texas Flood - (featuring Kenny Wayne Shepard) ~ Willie Nelson

(P) 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group

In his long and eclectic career, Willie Nelson has recorded country music, standards, gospel, and much more. Milk Cow Blues combines the talents of Nelson, an array of special guests, and the cream of the Austin, Texas blues community. Guest stars on the album include B.B. King, Dr. John, young singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi, Keb’ Mo’, Francine Reed (who usually duets with Nelson’s fellow Texan, Lyle Lovett), and blues prodigies Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Additionally, Willie surrounds himself with a who’s-who of Austin blues players, many of whom are charter members of the house band at Antone¹s nightclub, the city’s world famous “home of the blues.”

These players--including guitarists Jimmie Vaughan and Derek O’Brien, keyboarist Riley Osbourn, drummer George Rains, bassist Jon Blondell--have played with everyone from the Three Kings (you know, B.B., Albert and Freddie) to Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, and an entire galaxy of Chicago and Louisiana blues stars who have come through Antone’s doors.
 

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Dr. John (vocals, piano); Johnny Lang, Susan Tedeschi, Francine Reed (vocals); Derek O'Brien, Jimmie Vaughn, Kenny Wayne Shepherd (guitar); Riley Osbourn (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); John Blondell (bass); George Rains (drums).
Engineers: Stuart Sullivan, Larry Greenhill.
Recorded at Pedernales Studio and Arlyn Studios, Austin, Texas; Cello Studios and The Village StudiosLos Angeles, California; Orefin Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
MILK COW BLUES was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Francine Reed, Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King (vocals); Derek O'Brien, Jimmie Vaughan (guitar); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Riley Osbourne (piano); Jon Blondell (bass guitar, drums).
Audio Mixer: Dave McNair.
Recording information: Arlyn Studios, Austin TX; Orefin Studios, Minneapolis, MN; Pedernales Studio, Austin, TX; The Village Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Willie Nelson's idiosyncratic vocal style has always been heavily influenced by the blues, just as much as it has been by country, pop, and folk, but he'd never recorded a straight blues album until 2000's Milk Cow Blues. Any longtime Nelson fan will undoubtedly be quietly thrilled with the idea of a straight blues album, and the very first notes make it seem like the record will deliver on its promise. Then Francine Reed starts singing. Yes, Milk Cow Blues is designed as a star-studded duets album, which is apparently the only way major labels think a new album from a veteran superstar will attract press attention and fan curiosity. Sometimes, the concept works, at least commercially, as proved by the stunning success of Santana's Supernatural. Here, the idea doesn't work quite as well, with the exception of the appearance of Dr. John. Nelson is in great voice here, and his three solo tracks are outstanding. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Willie Nelson's idiosyncratic vocal style has always been heavily influenced by the blues, just as much as it has been by country, pop, and folk, but he's never recorded a straight blues album until 2000's Milk Cow Blues. Any longtime Nelson fan will undoubtedly by quietly thrilled with the idea of a straight blues album, and the very first notes of the album make it seem like the record will deliver on its promise. Then Francine Reed starts singing. Yes, Milk Cow Blues is designed as a star-studded duets album, which is apparently the only way major labels think a new album from a veteran superstar can seem like an "event," since it will attract press attention and curiosity from fans. Sometimes, the concept works, at least commercially, as proved by the stunning surprise success of Santana's Supernatural. Here, the idea just guts the album of any power it may have had, since Nelson immediately finds an appealingly unusual groove in each song and you want to hear him follow it through to the end. The duets always seem like an intrusion to his musical vision, especially since everybody except Dr. John oversells these songs, singing like a clich? instead of finding their own sound. It's all the more frustrating because Nelson really does find his voice on each song here, a fact that's apparent on the three songs he has to himself: his original "Wake Me When It's Over," "Sittin' on Top of the World," and "Lonely Street." These are great recordings and they can't help but put the rest of the album into sharp relief, since even though they have the same great performances from Nelson and his stellar band, they feel cluttered with guests. Ultimately, those cameos, which are intended to broaden the audience, wind up short-circuiting a record that could have been a modest highlight of Nelson's latter-day catalog. As it stands now, Milk Cow Blues is largely a wasted opportunity. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Though he's best known as a country artist, Willie Nelson has always been bigger than that. He's recorded albums of everything from popular standards to guitar instrumentals with equal aplomb. So this blues album should come as no surprise to longtime fans, especially given the fact that the kind of sophisticated, urbane, Charles Brown-style blues he tackles on much of MILK COW BLUES was a key component of some of Nelson's early work.
Willie's joined here by a bevy of guest artists; blues stars both new and old, including B.B. King and Susan Tedeschi. The lion's share of the cuts here are duets, where the seemingly egoless Nelson is happy to share the spotlight with his talented friends. For all the sparks those duets generate, however, its a tribute to the man's unique gifts that the most effective tracks turn out to be Willie's solo turns.

Producer: Freddy Fletcher; Willie Nelson

Musical Guests
B.B. King
Dr. John
Susan Tedeschi
Francine Reed
Jonny Lang
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Keb' Mo'

 
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Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel (Deluxe Editio ~ Asleep At The Wheel
Butler, Larry
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Cash, Johnny
Cash, Johnny
Cash, Johnny
Cash, Johnny
Cash, Johnny
Cash, Johnny
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Highwaymen ~ Cash, Johnny
Live from Austin TX ~ Cash, Johnny
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Cash, Johnny
Cherry, Don (Jazz)
Cline, Patsy
Haggard, Merle
Haggard, Merle
Haggard, Merle
Haggard, Merle
Haggard, Merle
Haggard, Merle
Haggard, Merle
LAST OF THE BREED LIVE IN CONCERT ~ Haggard, Merle
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Jennings, Waylon
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Jennings, Waylon
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Jennings, Waylon
Jennings, Waylon
Jennings, Waylon
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Heroes (BMG) ~ Jennings, Waylon
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Jennings, Waylon
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Pickin' On Willie Nelson: A Bluegrass Tribute ~ On, Pickin'
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Technical Info
Release Date : 09/19/2000
Original Release Date : 2000
Catalog ID : 542517
Label : Island
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00731454251723

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (9/28/00, p.58)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Unforced and natural...emotionally rich, musically savory and languidly blue....a sagebrush poet's autumnal meditation on faded love and the wages of the sporting life..."

Spin (11/00, p.208)
- 7 out of 10 - "...The first blues record of his career....he lays in the cut like he's been singing this music for years....he burns the melody down to ashes, never letting a howl do what a moan can do better."

Q (1/01, p.113)
- 3 out of 5 stars - "...A sterling showcase for Nelson's bluesier side..."

CMJ (10/2/00, p.25)
- "...The warmth of his laid-back personality is injected into every moment of MILK COW....a mellow, rainy-day record..."

No Depression (11-12/00, pp.110-3)
- "...A tribute to his Zen Mastery of the music....Willie sounds very much at home..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(11/00, p.101)
- "...He's in fine voice, as are some of the gang of celebrity guests..."

  
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