Various Artists Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited for Mickey Newbury (CD)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited for Mickey NewburyCondition: NewDescription: EDITORIAL REVIEWS A newly-recorded tribute to one of the most important song writers and beloved albums of the 1970's - Mickey Newbury and 'Frisco Mabel Joy.' Mickey Newbury is easily one of the most important songwriters of the late 20th Century, with songs recorded by hundreds of diverse artists including Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Andy Williams, Joan Baez, John Denver, Carol Channing, Kenny Rogers & the First Edition, as well as virtually everyone in the '80s and '90s Nashville Country & Western scene. It was the release of the landmark album, 'Frisco Mabel Joy,' that established Mickey Newbury's legend. This all-new recording recreates the original album track-by-track (including the famous 'An American Trilogy') with interpretive performances by a host of wonderful Newbury admirers. As an added treat, popular guitar legend Bill Frisell plays all of the instrumental interludes that were part of the original recording. AMAZON Perhaps due to his reclusive nature or perhaps it was his iconoclastic vision, but Mickey Newbury slipped through the cracks. His peers--figures such as Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Townes Van Zandt--have often celebrated his genius, but his own artistic output, some 15 albums in 30 years, remains little known. Frisco Mabel Joy, his 1971 debut for Elektra, is his masterpiece: an ambitious, orchestrated concept album, a commanding vision of the American soul. Rather than picking and choosing from his vast output, this tribute addresses Newbury's neglect by matching a mostly younger generation of singer-songwriters and alternative-country troubadours with that great Newbury album. Interpretations from the likes of Chuck Prophet, the Walkabouts, Dave Alvin, and Bob Neuwirth alternate between acoustic intimacy and lush soundscapes. Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell contributes atmospheric instrumental interludes between songs and helps bind the distinct voices into one elegiac whole. And though the song was absent from the original Frisco Mabel Joy, Kristofferson's gruff but perceptive version of "San Francisco Mabel Joy" closes this fascinating, loving, and successful homage. --Roy KastenFormat: CDGenre: BluesArtist: Various ArtistsNo Of Discs: 1Country/Region of Manufacture: USARecord Label: Appleseed RecordsLanguage: EnglishEAN: 0611587104823 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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