| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/almo Sounds | | UPC: 00705178002428 | | Release Date: 7/13/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60322993 | | Item#: MYCTQ9 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. She - The Pretenders/Emmylou Harris ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Ooh Las Vegas - Cowboy Junkies ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Sin City - Beck/Emmylou Harris ~ Various Artists | | | 4. $1,000 Wedding - Evan Dando/Juliana Hatfield ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Hot Burrito #1 - The Mavericks ~ Various Artists | | | 6. High Fashion Queen - Chris Hillman/Steve Earle ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Juanita - Sheryl Crow/Emmylou Harris ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Sleepless Nights - Elvis Costello ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Return Of The Grievous Angel - Lucinda Williams/David Crosby ~ Various Artists | | | 10. One Hundred Years From Now - Wilco ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Song For You, A - Whiskeytown ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Hickory Wind - Gillian Welch ~ Various Artists | | | 13. In My Hour Of Darkness - The Rolling Creekdippers ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | A portion of the album's proceeds will go toward the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's "Campaign For A Landmine-Free World." | | Includes liner notes by Bud Scoppa. | | Personnel: Gillian Welch (vocals, guitar, drums); Ryan Adams (vocals, guitar); Raul Mato (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Sheryl Crow (vocals, acoustic guitar, violin); Chris Hillman, Emmylou Harris, Julie Miller, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Beck (vocals, acoustic guitar); Buddy Miller (vocals, 12-string guitar, melodica); Victoria Williams (vocals, banjo); Elvis Costello (vocals, piano, celesta, vibraphone); David Rawlings (vocals, organ); Chrissie Hynde, David Crosby, Jeff Tweedy, Jim Lauderdale, Mark Olson (vocals); Ethan Johns (guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, drums, percussion); Jay Bennett (guitar, piano, Wurlitzer organ, background vocals); Adam Seymour, John Jorgenson, Michael Timmins, Smokey Hormel, Tim Smith (guitar); Evan Dando (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Steve Donnelly (acoustic guitar); Jeff Trott, Michael Henderson , Nick Kane, Bernie Leadon, Brad Rice (electric guitar); Jay Dee Maness (steel guitar); Greg Leisz (lap steel guitar, mandolin); Gurf Morlix (lap steel guitar); Ed Foote (hurdy-gurdy); Gabe Witcher (fiddle); Richard Causon (accordion, piano); Skip Edwards (piano); Spooner Oldham (electric piano); Benmont Tench (organ); Jerry Dale McFadden (Wurlitzer organ, keyboards); Robert Reynolds (electric bass); Roy Babbington (bass guitar); Ken Coomer (drums, background vocals); Fran Breen, Pete Thomas , Dale Baker, Willie Ornelas, Gregg Williams , Joey Waronker, Paul Deakin, Peter Timmins, Martin Chambers (drums); Dave Houghton (percussion); David Trumfio, John Stirratt (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Ethan Johns; Glyn Johns; Jay Bennett; Allen Sides; Mike Bradley; Trina Shoemaker; Bernard Matthews; Buddy Miller. | | Liner Note Author: Bud Scoppa. | | Recording information: Chemical Sounds, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA; Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, CA; SoundShop. | | Photographers: Ron Keith; Raeanne Rubenstein. | | Although he's not as well known outside music circles as Jimi Hendrix or Kurt Cobain, the early death of Gram Parsons was arguably just as great a loss. Parsons' country-rock hybrid became a touchstone for artists from the Rolling Stones to Elvis Costello to the '90s "alternative country" giants Uncle Tupelo and the Jayhawks. In addition to his importance as a songwriter, Parsons gave Emmylou Harris her big break. Now, Harris and co-executive producer Paul Kremen have handpicked an all-star list of artists, including Costello as well as Tupelo and Jayhawks descendants Wilco and the Rolling Creekdippers, for Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons. The songs, culled from Parsons' early days with the Byrds through his posthumously released solo album, Grievous Angel, are uniformly excellent, or better. The best covers, like Lucinda Williams and David Crosby's "Return of the Grievous Angel" and the Rolling Creekdippers' "In My Hour of Darkness," feature the soaring, intertwined harmonies Parsons and Harris turned into magic on the originals. Harris herself joins the Pretenders ("She"), Beck ("Sin City"), and Sheryl Crow ("Juanita") for songs Parsons did before he began recording with her. The resulting duets evoke why the original Grievous Angel, featuring Harris, was so stunning. ~ Mark Morgenstein | | Unlike many hastily thrown together tribute albums, GRIEVOUS ANGEL has the distinction of having the heavy involvement of someone who was personally involved with the artist. In this case, that would be Gram Parsons' musical soulmate, Emmylou Harris. Her participation goes beyond mere executive producer duties as she duets with the Pretenders (a shimmering "She"), Beck (straightforward strum and twang on "Sin City") and Sheryl Crow (an ethereal "Juanita"). | | Although the Cosmic Cowboy's love of country music could be reverential (as evidenced by Elvis Costello's gentle reading of "Sleepless Nights" and the emotive Evan Dando/Juliana Hatfield take on "$1,000 Wedding"), the native Floridian also had a more fun-loving side to his persona. Former Byrd and Burrito-mate Chris Hillman proves this by teaming up with Steve Earle on the country shuffle "High Fashion Queen" as do Wilco who turn the rollicking number "One Hundred Years From Now" into a stomper overflowing with gnarly guitar and Wurlitzer runs. | | Parson's death at such a young age lends a spiritual quality to this album. This feeling is mirrored in the gospel-soaked "In My Hour Of Darkness" by the Rolling Creekdippers, an ad hoc group consisting of Buddy & Julie Miller, Jim Lauderdale, Victoria Williams and Marc Olson. |
Producer: Don Cook; Emmylou Harris; Ethan Johns; Glyn Johns; Herb Pedersen; Julie Miller; Michael Timmins; Raul Malo; Stephen Street; Wilco; Sheryl Crow; Buddy Miller |
Engineer: Daryl Smith; David Rawlings; David Trumfio; Meghann Ahern; Glyn Johns; Mark Capps; Allen Sides; Matthew Ellard; Mike Bradley; Mike Hagler; Steve Holroyd; Trina Shoemaker; Bernard Matthews; Buddy Miller |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/13/1999 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 80024 | | Label : Almo Sounds | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 53m : 16s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00705178002428 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, p.154)
- 4 stars (out of 5)
- "...the artists on this collection...concoct the sonic stew that Parsons called 'cosmic American music'....There's not a bad track among the thirteen here....Parsons fans won't be disappointed..."Spin (8/99, p.152)
- 8 (out of 10)
- "...Because many of the acts on ANGEL share parson's love for country tragedy along with his remove from it...they take the same freedoms with his songs that he took with his source material..." Entertainment Weekly (7/23/99, p.67)
- "...plays it straight, with most contributors confident enough to just play the songs, not reinvent them..." - Rating: B CMJ (6/14/99, p.26)
- "...a beautifully orchestrated collection of some of [Gram Parsons'] most influential songs, covered by artists who owe much to his powerful yet subtle brilliance..." Dirty Linen (12/99-1/00, pp.70-1)
- "...once the list of the top 10 tribute albums of the decade is tallied up this one has a good chance of making the list." |
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