Hard Headed Woman (A Celebration Of Wanda Jackson)

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Tributee: Wanda Jackson. Personnel: Cornell Hurd, Jesse Dayton, Robbie Fulks, Gina Lee (vocals, guitar); Carolyn Mark (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano); Anna Fermin (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards); Jesse Sykes (vocals, acoustic guitar); Rosie Flores, Brian Henneman (vocals, electric guitar); Melissa Swingle (vocals, organ); Kelly Hogan (vocals, Theremin); Miss Mary Ann, Kim Lenz, Kristi Rose, Laura Cantrell, Mary Lou, Neko Case, Nora O'Connor, Wammo, Wayne Hancock, Sheri Hurst, Candye Kane (vocals); Joel Paterson (guitar, drums); Dallas Good, Tom Umberger, Kyle Jester, Joe Sixpack, Scott Goolsby, Jack Silverman , Nick Curran, Andy Hopkins, Tolan McNeil, Paul Skelton, Blackie White, Django Porter (guitar); Danny Weiss , Lou Whitney, Boo Reiners (acoustic guitar); Tom Parr, Andon T. Davis, Phil Wandscher, Jon Graboff (electric guitar); Andrew Halbreich (steel guitar); Chris Scruggs (lap steel guitar, upright bass); Jerome, Steve Rosen (mandolin); Andrew Bird (violin); Vanessa Gorden, John Rice (fiddle); Anne Marie Ruljancich (viola); Jimmie Wood (harmonica); Stanley Smith (clarinet); Richard "Bad Dog" Power (baritone saxophone); Sweet Basil McJagger, Debra Hurd, Cody Nicolas, Bill Cuomo, Scott Ligon (piano); Charlie Sanders, Kent Kessler, Bill Herzog, Jeremy Chatzky (upright bass); Michael Krayniak (bass guitar); Paul Bivans (drums, percussion); Chris Stelley, Mark Ortmann, Maxwell Schauf, Terry Kirkendall, Evan Caleb, Brad Goolsby, Chris Dettloff, Sietse, Kevin O'Donnell , Mark Pickerel, Kevin Warner, Eric Tucker, Garth Johnson, Scotty Tecce (drums); Paul Schlicting (snare drum); Danny Roy Young (rub-board); Christina Marrs (musical saw). Audio Mixers: Ian Spanic; Ken Sluiter. Liner Note Author: Holly George-Warren. Recording information: Love Monkey Studios. Photographer: Carolyn Richards. Arranger: Jon Graboff. Nick Tosches once famously described Wanda Jackson as "the greatest menstruating rock & roll singer whom the world has ever known," and while he doubtless chose those words for comic effect, the nervy crudity is not entirely inappropriate. At her best, Wanda Jackson sounded wild and ravenously sensual in a way that few artists dared in the mid-'50s, especially not female vocalists, and sides like "Let's Have a Party," "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad," and "Fujiama Mama" run neck in neck with Jerry Lee Lewis or Billy Lee Riley for sheer frenzied rockabilly energy. If Jackson was too hot a number for her time and place, she was also smart enough to know it, and in the early '60s she shifted gears and began performing more traditional (and straight-laced) country material, and if the results were less exciting, there's no denying she had a great way with a honky tonk weeper; not unlike Jerry Lee Lewis, today her country sessions sound tougher and more heartfelt than what many of her peers were up to at the time. Outside of rockabilly fanatics and similar roots rock weirdos, Jackson is not nearly as well remembered as her body of work and historical importance would dictate, and Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson is a tribute album in which more than 20 different acts pay homage to her songs. Appropriately, most of the artists are women unafraid to get rowdy, and Neko Case, Carolyn Mark, Kim Lenz, and Kristi Rose all do right by Wanda's red-hot example, while Kelly Hogan, Jesse Sykes, and Laura Cantrell approach her honky tonk material with a similarly caring touch. Wayne Hancock and Cornell Hurd are also on board to show that the menfolk learned a few valuable lessons from Jackson as well, and they both do better than the few artists who decided to go weird with Jackson's hits (the greatest offender being Trailer Bride's affected take on "Fujiama Mama"). Hard-Headed Woman won't take the place of a decent Wanda Jackson record (Rhino's Rockin' in the Country: The Best of Wanda Jackson is a great starter, and 2003's Heart Trouble shows her voice is still in fine shape), but it offers concrete proof tha