Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul II
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Artist: Patty LovelessEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-09-29
Music Label: Saguaro Road Records
Soundtracks:
- Busted
- Fools Thin Air
- A Handful Of Dust
- Half Over You
- Prisoner's Tears
- Working on a Building
- Friends in Gloryland
- (We Are All) Children of Abraham
- Big Chance
- When the Last Curtain Falls
- Blue Memories
- You Burned the Bridge
- Bramble and the Rose
- Feelings of Love
- Diamond In My Crown
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Free Music Review: Perfectly Wonderful
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an absolutely wonderful recording, and a worthy follow up to the earlier "Mountain Soul".
I've listened to this CD many times in the past ten days, and gave another listen to the original Mountain Soul, and it is startling how well "Two" follows the original. The level of musicianship, the sparkling production, and of course her vocals are all first rate, all executed with subtlety, precision and soul. Patty and her crew are all seasoned pros, and they make it all sound SO easy.
I understand that like her last album, "Sleepless Nights", all of this (with the probable exception of "Diamonds in My Crown", which lists a different studio for Emmylou Harris' vocal) was recorded 'live', in real time, in the studio, with all musicians playing together, rather than having some players appearing on tracks added later. As always, production duties are handled by Patty's husband and long time collaborator, Emory Gordy Jr, who also plays acoustic guitar on some songs, bass on others, in addition to lending his considerable talents as composer and arranger. Emory has an exceptional musical history himself, having recorded and toured with Elvis, was a member of Emmylou Harris' Hot Band for many years, and in the early 70's worked many studio dates in LA with members of the Wrecking Crew.
Probably the most interesting (to me) of the sacred songs on the current offering is the traditional "(We are all) Children of Abraham", based on the Old Testament narrative and powerfully sung a capella by Patty and the Burnt Hickory Primitive Baptist Congregation. Primitive Baptists are a small old order sect that split from mainline Baptists around 175 years ago, and strong congregational singing with no accompaniment is integral to their services. The recording of this song sounds so real, so raw, and so pure, you just have to hear it. I doubt I've heard anything quite like it before.
This recording also includes a song composed by Jim Rushing and Patty's husband Emory, "When the Last Curtain Falls". The two also co-wrote "Cheap Whiskey" ("The smell of cheap whiskey and the sound of goodbye") included in the last Mountain Soul album, and by now recorded by many others.
Fifteen finely crafted songs on this CD, all sung by the best.
I see that Amazon.com dropped the price below $10.00, and currently it is listed Number One in sales in three of the company's country music categories.
Right now is a great time to see and hear Patty Loveless perform live in small, intimate venues. It's been a number of years since commercial country radio playlists had her singles in tight rotation, and I imagine that back then, she played to much larger houses. I live in the Pacific Northwest, and don't see any tour scheduled for this area on her web site, so at the end of this month I hope to see her performance in either Maryland or Virginia, or perhaps both. If this record gets huge, I may not have that opportunity again.
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