Bobbie Gentry - Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry of Bobbie Gentry
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Artist: Bobbie GentryEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-04-13
Music Label: Shout Factory
Soundtracks:
- Ode to Billie Joe
- Papa, Won't You Let Me Go to Town With You?
- Mississippi Delta
- I Saw an Angel Die
- Bugs
- Hurry, Tuesday Child
- Chickasaw County Child
- Okolona River Bottom Band
- Penduli Pendulum
- Mornin' Glory
- Jessye' Lisabeth
- Refractions
- Casket Vignette
- Hushabye Mountain
- The Girl from Cincinnati
- Fancy
- Apartment 21
- Benjamin
- Marigolds and Tangerines
- Beverly
- Billy the Kid
- Lookin' In
- Another Place, Another Time [From MacOn County Line]
Free Music Notes for Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry of Bobbie Gentry
Free Music Review: First-rate anthology of an unusual, underrated artist
Hit: 5 Stars
Most folks know Southern songwriter Bobbie Gentry as the singer of the spooky 'Sixties hit, "Ode To Billie Joe," which soared to the top of the Pop charts in 1967, and went Top 20 on the Country charts. She had a few other Country hits, mostly duets with Glen Campbell, but her success came mainly as a pop stylist, and the success of her first single eluded her afterwards, in part because she was just so dynamically innovative and outside the box that her work defied easy categorization and promotion. This impressive 23-song collection will be a real eye-opener for folks unfamiliar with the rest of Gentry's career. The grand, sweeping, orchestrations and dense pop arrangements stand in contrast to her sultry, plainspoken, vocals, which often dip into bluesy soul-drenched phrasing. Gentry comes off a bit like Dusty Springfield on the magnificent "Dusty In Memphis" album, except that Gentry didn't just sing these songs -- the wrote all of them as well! It's an impressive body of work, consistently creative and outside of the well-defined boundaries of the rock, pop, soul and country traditions she draws on... This is a great collection, artistically rich and consistently engaging. Recommended!
Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry of Bobbie Gentry Poster
Mississippi-born songstress Bobbie Gentry burned up the country and pop Billboard charts in 1967 with her single "Ode To Billie Joe," knocking "All You Need Is Love" out of the prime #1 position, a huge feat for a new artist who had little to no hype preceding her. An astonishing 750,000 copies of the single flew from record store shelves nationally. In 1972, Gentry issued her fifth and final album, with a smattering of individual songs surfacing over the next few years. She spent the remainder of the ?70s performing in Las Vegas and Reno before turning her back on the music business and disappearing from sight. Although Bobbie Gentry no longer records or performs, her legacy continues to inspire contemporary musicians. Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne and Beth Orton are but a few artists who cite Gentry as a major influence on their work."?Ode To Billie Joe? fit right into this Southern Gothic tradition. It had that mystery, that darkness. It was a different voice, a blend of blues and country and folk that was totally unique." ?Lucinda Williams
? Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry Of Bobbie Gentry is the first collection to embrace her unique, complex breadth of work and reveal her as more than a "hit" country artist, casting light on Bobbie as a premiere female rock artist who ventured into uncharted territory.
? Contemporary artists as varied as Sheryl Crow, Reba McEntire and The Geraldine Fibbers have all recorded her songs.
? "Ode To Billie Joe" dethroned The Beatles? "All You Need Is Love" from Billboard?s #1 position in 1967.
? Disc compiled by noted reissues producer Gary Stewart, with liner notes by Holly George-Warren.
? Winner of three Grammy® awards for her 1967 debut including Best New Artist, plus an Academy of Country Music award.
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