Wishful Thinking (2009)

Artist: Hot Club Of Cowtown
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Label: GOLD STIKE RECORDS/RED DISTRIB
UPC: 00626570601098
Release Date: 8/18/2009
Buy.com Sku: 211545229
Item#: M4QCP4
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Can't Go on This Way ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
2. Reunion ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
3. If You Leave Me ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
4. Cabiria ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
5. Heart of Romain ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
6. Georgia ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
7. What You Meant to Me ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
8. Carry Me Close ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
9. Long Way Home, The ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
10. Magic Violin, The ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
11. (Intro) One Step Closer ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
12. One Step Closer ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
13. Columbus Stockade Blues ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown
14. Someone to Watch Over Me ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel: Whit Smith (vocals, guitar); Elana James (vocals, violin); Damien Llanes (drums); Jake Erwin (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Mark Hallman.
Photographer: Michael O'Brien.
WISHFUL THINKING, the first Hot Club of Cowtown album in five years, finds the group pulling out all the stops to lay down what may be their best yet. Guitarist Whit Smith and fiddler Elana James are in fine voice, and the band's minimalist virtuosity is even more impressive than it was before their hiatus. They've also added drummer Damien Llanes to the lineup, which gives the music even more drive than before. The band's also stepped up its songwriting, with seven original tunes that sound as good as any of the standards that used to be their main stock in trade. Covers include Bob Wills' "Can't Go on This Way," a showcase for Smith's picking, and James' Texas fiddle, the Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan tune "The Long Way Home" given a country-flavored makeover, and the traditional "Columbus Stockade Blues" in an arrangement that could have been tailored for the Andrews Sisters. Smith croons "Georgia on My Mind" with a behind-the-beat delivery halfway between Hoagy Carmichael and Willie Nelson, while James shines with a smoky vocal on the Gershwins' "Someone to Watch Over Me."

Producer: Mark Hallman; The Hot Club Of Cowtown

Engineer: Mark Hallman

 
Compilation Appearances
Parkinsong Vol 1: 38 Songs Of Hope
Elko A Cowboys Gathering
American Music:hightone Records Story
High Tone Anthology: Rockin From The Roots /

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 08/18/2009
Original Release Date : 2009
Catalog ID : 333
Label : Gold Strike Records
Number of Discs : 1
Runtime : 43m : 6s
Studio/Live : Studio
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00626570601098

 
Professional Reviews
Dirty Linen (p.68)
- "[T]he group blends a few jazz and country standards with a slate of originals that show the group expanding its stylistic borders."

  
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