Tracks:
01. | I Never Go Around Mirrors |
02. | (I've Always Been) Honky Tonk Crazy |
03. | To Be Loved by a Woman |
04. | Where Did You Learn to Love Like That? [ Listen ] |
05. | I Would Have Loved You All Night Long |
06. | Somewhere Between [ Listen ] |
07. | Girl from the Canyon |
08. | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? [ Listen ] |
09. | I Don't Know You Well Enough to Say Goodbye |
10. | Dance with Me Molly |
11. | Where Are All the Girls I Used to Cheat With? |
12. | Sad Songs and Waltzes |
13. | Another Town |
14. | Long Black Limousine |
15. | Family Tree [ Listen ] |
General Information:
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News on the New Record! Directly from Rounder Records! We did have some conversations with RCA
about the Keith material years ago, and Mary Martin who was then
at the label was very interested in having RCA put out at least
some of the material, but Mary was unsuccessful in her attempts
to convince the powers that be. We tried again after she left,
but were again unsuccessful. As things turned out, I'm very
happy as I don't think anyone at a major would have put in the
love and caring that J.D. and Steve Chandler and I did with this
project. When we were mastering, we called up Kathi Whitley,
Keith's wife at the time of the recordings, and she joined us in
the final listening. It was really special for us all. We
have a pretty musical crew at Rounder, but I can think of few
records which have gotten as much play in the warehouse as this
record has prior to release and I'm hearing it from the desks of
people who rarely play any country music. This record was too
country for country when it came out and I feel pretty strongly
that it is still far too country for country radio.
Americana stations will love it and the cooler country stations
will too, but there aren't enough of them to make an impact.
The album is titled "Keith
Whitley: Sad Songs and Waltzes" and will be
released 9.12.00, It features songs Keith
recorded with J.D Crowe and the New South plus
new unused photos shot by Jim McGuire. Most of
the tracks are from the "Somewhere Between" album
but features other rare tracks and comes to a total of 15 tracks
for your listening enjoyment. The tracks were stripped down and
added Vocal harmonies that
include Carl Jackson, Gene Johnson of
Diamond Rio, Dale Ann Bradley and Alison Krauss
. Liner notes will include an article written by Bob
Oermann and an article from billboard magazine
at the time of Keith's death. --Rounder Records. Within a few
short days you will be able to sample some of the new album
directly from keithwhitleyblvd.com. We will have audio files and
more info as soon as it is made available.
Added:
Sept.23 2000
Keith Whitley
Remembered, Honored at Music Row Fete Keith Whitley was honored Wednesday
(Sept. 20) at BMI's Music Row offices. Hosted by BMI's Roger
Sovine, the event celebrated the re-release, with
additional tracks and new musical backing, of Rounder
Records' 1982 title, Somewhere Between. Gene
Johnson from Diamond Rio stated "I remember
working up a lot of the material with Keith," Johnson
recalled at the informal gathering. "We talked a lot
about the album. Then I had another job opportunity come up that
I couldn't turn down. So, I moved on, but I've always kicked
myself in the butt for not being on that album." Crowe
and engineer Steve Chandler stripped down the original recordings
and overdubbed new instrumental and backing vocal tracks. Johnson,
along with Alison Krauss, Carl Jackson, Dale Ann Bradley
and others, supplied harmony vocals. "It was
spooky in a way," Johnson says of the studio session.
"It gave me chill bumps to sit there and listen to Keith's
vocal track coming at me. It brought me back 20 years, when we
were playing together. There's nobody I enjoyed singing with any
more than Keith." Several others connected to the
project also attended Wednesday's reception, among them
Crowe, Chandler, Bradley, Rounder Records chief Ken Irwin, and
guitarist Jeff White. Songwriters Tom T. Hall and Frank Dycus, who
have songs on the album, and music journalist Robert
Oermann, who updated his original liner notes for the
reissue, also were on hand. Whitley died 11 years ago, at age 33,
of an alcohol overdose. Rounder tentatively plans to
reissue an earlier album, My Home Ain't in the Hall of Fame,
next year. Irwin feels the timing for Sad Songs & Waltzes
couldn't be better. "There is a need to get back to
country music -- making country what it was," Irwin
says. "At the time the original album was made, there
wasn't a whole lot of real country being recorded in Nashville,
which is not too different from today. J.D., Steve and I all feel
that this is the most country record that Keith ever recorded,
and, to our tastes, his best." Johnson speaks for many
Whitley fans who feel grateful that a new set of songs sung by
Whitley is available. "Certainly having another project
out there is a tribute to him," Johnson says, "but it's
also great for me, because I just like to hear him."
From Rounder Records: If Keith Whitley's legacy is a tree, casting an imposing shadow on all of country music, then these powerful 1982 recordings are his hard-country roots. Drenched in the echoes of classic hardcore honky-tonk influences (Frizzell, Jones, Haggard), the remarkable music on Sad Songs and Waltzes predated - and doubtlessly influenced - the acclaimed "New Traditionalist" movement that reinvigorated country music in the late 1980s. The performances here are the most resonant and emotional of Whitley's entire career: classic country imbued with Keith's own unique sense of twang and timing. Available on CD for the first time, they have been lovingly remixed and tastefully overdubbed for reissue by original producer JD Crowe. In addition to all of 1982's Somewhere Between album - the record that first introduced Whitley as a honky-tonk singer beyond compare - Sad Songs and Waltzes boasts 5 previously unreleased cuts. Longtime Whitley admirer Alison Krauss contributes harmonies, as does noted writer/performer Carl Jackson and Diamond Rio's Gene Johnson. |
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Players: Keith Whitley, vocals Randy Howard, fiddle Hargus (Pig) Robbins, piano Jimmy Carter, electric bass Doug Jernigan, steel guitar Leo Jackson, acoustic rhythm guitar Martin Parker, drums Dale Ann Bradley, harmony vocals Steve Gulley, harmony vocals Kelly Black, electric guitar Michael Rhodes, electric bass Weldon Myrick, steel guitar Jon Probst, piano Ricky Rector, acoustic rhythm guitar Jimmy Gunn, drums Kenny Malone, drums Peter Wade, electric guitar Billy McClelland, electric guitar Alison Krauss, harmony vocals Wes Hightower, harmony vocals Kelly Black, electric guitar Dirk Johnson, piano Jordanaires, back-up vocals J.D. Crowe, banjo, harmony voclas Steve Bryant, electric bass Jeff White, acoustic rhythm guitar Gene Johnson, harmony vocals Glen Duncan, fiddles Carl Jackson, tenor vocal |
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