Nanci Griffith - Blue Roses From The MoonOn BLUE ROSES FROM THE MOONS, Griffith covers Nick
Lowe and Guy Clark, re-visits some of her own best-loved songs, adds a
potpourri of new ones, duets with Hootie, and brings in Buddy Holly's
old band, the Crickets, to join her own Blue Moon Orchestra on several
tracks. Griffith dedicates the album to the Blue Moon Orchestra, with
whom she has been playing for a decade, and the whole thing serves as a
kind of retrospective of what she and they have been up to all that
time; it's a new studio album organized like a live album.
The Blue
Moon Orchestra is a versatile group, and its gets to show its many
faces on these tracks, which range from positively jubilant
("Everything's Comin' Up Roses") to wistful and contemplative
("Wouldn't That Be Fine") to dark and moody (Lowe and Paul Carrack's
"Battlefield"). Hootie & The Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker duets
with Griffith on a re-make of her "Gulf Coast Highway," a bittersweet
tale of devotion and loss. There are many lovely moments on this album,
nicely juxtaposed with more energetic tunes, such as the
tongue-in-cheek raucousness of the rock classic "I Fought The Law"
(written by Cricket guitarist Sonny Curtis, who duets with Griffith on
this version) and the honky-tonk spirit of "Maybe Tomorrow." | | Out
of print for several years, Nanci Griffith's late nineties masterwork
"Blue Roses From The Moons" receives the definitive remastering
treatment as we welcome back this classic to the Friday Music label.
Produced by Don Gehman (Tracy Chapman, John Cougar), this 1997 project
captured the beautiful voice of Griffith with the strength of her own
great tunes, as well as solid interpretations of Nick Lowe, Guy Clark
and Sonny Curtis. Include Buddy Holly's Original Crickets on several
key cuts including "I Fought The Law" and favorites like "Two For The
Road" and "Maybe Tomorrow." A timeless classic is back and sounding
sweeter than ever. The Definitive Remaster Series exclusively on Friday
Music. |
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