Gravitational Forces

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 00:49:42
Personnel includes: Robert Earl Keen (vocals); Rich Brotherton (acoustic & electric guitars); Gurf Morlix (electric, steel, & baritone guitars, background vocals); Brian Duckworth (mandolin); Cody Braun (harmonica); Ian McLagan (Hammond B-3 organ); Bill Whitbeck (bass, background vocals); Tom Van Schaik (drums, percussion). Producers: Gurf Morlix, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Kennedy. Recorded at Arlyn Studios, Austin, Texas. Part of a long line of Texas singer-songwriters whose ranks include Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and buddy Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen has made his name over the years as a master storyteller. For his Lost Highway Records debut, Keen maintains this reputation with an array of eclectic characters and their exploits. Among the more notable protagonists are the down-and-out lover fleeing from a busted-up relationship to the Big Easy in "Hello New Orleans" and the homeless drifter floating through the poignant "Not A Drop Of Rain." Elsewhere, Langston Hughes, Woody Guthrie, and Cesar Chavez rub elbows in the heavenly way station of "Goin' Nowhere Blues," while a lonesome traveler wrestles with the prickly facets of heartbreak throughout "Fallin' Out." When he's notplying his own colorful narratives, the former journalism major does a fine job of interpreting fellow troubadours. Among those artists getting their due are Johnny Cash (a gorgeous "I Still Miss Someone"), Terry Allen (the hilarious honky-tonk flavored "High Plains Jamboree"), and the dean of Texas singer-songwriters, Townes Van Zandt (the ethereal "Snowing On Raton"). GRAVITATIONAL FORCES reaffirms Robert Earl Keen's deserved place amongst the pantheon of legendary Texas raconteurs past and present.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)