Jimmy LaFave - Cimarron Manifesto
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Artist: Jimmy LaFaveEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-08
Music Label: Red House
Soundtracks:
- Car Outside
- Catch The Wind
- This Land
- Truth
- Lucky Man
- Hideaway Girl
- That's The Way It Goes
- Not Dark Yet
- Walk A Mile In My Shoes
- Don't Ask Me
- Home Once Again
- These Blues
Free Music Notes for Cimarron Manifesto
Free Music Review: No one can sing about loss as well as Jimmy
Hit: 5 Stars
A little while ago I saw a recent video of Donovan singing "Catch the Wind." He sang it just as he did 40 years ago, and coming from someone who looks like an aging leprechaun it was more than a little creepy. That's why Jimmy LaFave's version--with its sense of grownup loss and longing and regret (not to mention the dobro in the background)--struck me so powerfully. Just like his version of "Walk Away Ren?e," I now can't imagine it being sung any other way.
I've played this album a lot since I got it, and I love it. His songwriting is getting better and better (when he sings about his daughter in "Lucky Man," he doesn't say "what a lucky man I am," but "what a lucky man I must be," as though he can't quite believe his good fortune). The back-up vocals are a pleasant surprise.
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Austin singer-songwriter legend and master of soulful "red dirt" roots music returns with a panoramic collection of songs on his first new release in two years. Cimarron Manifesto pays tribute to Woody Guthrie, J.J. Cale and LaFave's Oklahoma homeland, and sings of long roads, heavy loads and wide-open spaces. The record artfully combines soulful originals with inventive covers, creating a country mood that is both sweet and mournful. Delivering his most realized recording to date, LaFave solidifies his place as on the truly great American songwriters.Raised by the Cimarron River that runs from northeastern New Mexico to Tulsa, LaFave draws great inspiration from the independent thinkers and musicians from this region and pays homage to them while exploring the current American climate. "I wanted to make an album that was a musical statement - something that spoke to that part of America that's going away." Cimarron Manifesto is LaFave's personal response to the country's changing cultural landscape, exploring themes of loss, war and wanderlust. Amidst his brilliant originals, Jimmy reinvents classics by Bob Dylan (Not Dark Yet), Donovan (Catch The Wind) and Joe South (Walk A Mile In My Shoes).
Produced by LaFave and recorded in Austin, it features the immense talents of his regular band: John Inmon on guitar and lap steel, Andrew Hardin on guitar, Radoslav Lorkavic on keys, Wally Doggett on drums and Jeff May on bass. Looking to include some of his favorite female singers, LaFave invited Ruthie Foster, Carrie Rodriguez and Kacy Crowley to lend their vocals, adding their full harmonies to four tracks.
Recorded with friends and neighbors, Cimarron Manifesto has an organic feel that grew out of the red dirt of LaFave's childhood. Celebrating the restless American soul, it's destined to be the brightest jewel in a career of musical treasures.
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