Rick Nelson - Rick Sings Nelson/Rudy the Fifth
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Artist: Rick NelsonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-02-15
Music Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
Soundtracks:
- We've Got A Long Way To Go
- California
- Anytime
- Down Along The Bayou Country
- Sweet Mary
- Look At Mary
- The Reason Why
- Mr. Dolphin
- How Long
- My Woman
- This Train
- Just Like A Woman
- Sing Me A Song
- The Last Time Around
- Song For Kristin
- Honky Tonk Women
- Feel So Good
- Life
- Thank You Lord
- Song For Kristin
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit
- Gypsy Pilot
Free Music Notes for Rick Sings Nelson/Rudy the Fifth
Free Music Review: Rick blossoms as a writer
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm sure fans were surprised when "Rick Sings Nelson" was released in 1970. He was known, for the most part, as an interpreter of other writer's material. "Rick Sings Nelson" is just what the title says - an entire album of songs written and sung by Rick Nelson. This was also his first studio album with the Stone Canyon Band, featuring drummer Pat Shanahan, bassist Jim Cetera, Allen Kemp on lead guitar, and Tom Brumley on steel guitar. Rick couldn't have found a better group of musicians to play these songs. The band is incredibly tight, and the arrangements just perfect for the songs. For example, listen to the way Kemp and Brumley's guitars duet on the solo section of "Anytime". Beautiful. Brumley is the best steel guitarist around, and his playing enhances Rick's songs throughout, whether slow or fast, country or rock 'n' roll. Cetera does a fine job of harmonising with Rick on the haunting "Anytime" and "How Long". Rick himself plays some appropriately bluesy piano on "The Reason Why" (possibly inspired by marital difficulties with his wife Kris). "We've Got Such a Long Way to Go" and "Mr. Dolphin" endorse the peace and love sentiments of the era (something we all could use a little more of today!), while "Down Along the Bayou Country" ventures into classic country. "California" is a bright, catchy ode to family down in the golden state. This is definately one of Rick's best albums, and the second album on this cd, "Rudy the Fifth", is just as good. "Rudy' may be Rick's peak as a writer. He looked deep inside himself for the songs in this collection. The lyrics of songs such as "Life" and "Last Time Around" are spiritual and searching. Rick seems to be looking for meaning in his life, with lyrics like "life, what are you here for". "Thank You Lord" is a simple, heartfelt rock/gospel tune, with Rick on piano. The heavy rocker "Gypsy Pilot" is autobiographical, prophetically so (the song ends with the sound of a guitar simulating the sound of a plane crash). "Sing Me a Song" is another jewel, with awesome pedal steel from Tom Brumley. Brumley's playing on this and "Last Time Around" is masterly, while on 'Honky Tonk Women" he makes his pedal steel sound like a dirty slide guitar. There's nothing this guy can't play, he's so versatile. His weeping steel on "Just Like a Woman" makes the song cry. Randy Meisner is back on bass and harmonies for this album - his bass carries the instrumental hook on the verses of "Gypsy Pilot". There's lots of fine piano on this album, too, some by Rick himself, and some by session player Andy Belling. This album didn't make the charts at all when it was released in 1971, but that's no reason to pass it by today. Rick Nelson in the early 70's was a veteran rocker at his creative peak, doing what bands like the Eagles did before they did it - and doing it just as well or better, in my opinion. Gram Parsons may be the guy the rock critics have hailed as the father of country rock, but Rick Nelson is the one who truly deserves the credit for fusing the two genres.
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