Punch The Big Guy

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:44:10
Personnel includes: John Stewart (vocals), Rosanne Cash (vocals), Pat Flynn (acoustic guitar), Sam Bush (mandolin), Bela Fleck (banjo). Personnel: John Stewart (vocals, guitar); Brent Rowan (vocals, guitar); Michael Cody, Jeannie Smith, Chuck McDermott, Jimmy Feet, Buffy Ford Stewart, Rebecca Stout, Rosanne Cash, Ashley Cleveland, Steven Soles, Bill Lloyd, Buffy Ford (vocals); Pat Flynn (guitar); Connie H. (violin); Edgar Meyers (synthesizer, drums); John Hoke (synthesizer); Dennis Kenmore, Eddie Bayers (drums). Audio Mixer: Larry Hirsch. Recording information: Airdrome Recording, Los Angeles, CA; Fairmont Hotel Room, Denver, CO; Paradise Road Studio, Malibu; Shananchie Entertainment; Steve O'Brien Studios, Nashville, TN; The Money Pit, Nashville, TN. Unknown Contributor Roles: Sam Bush; Bela Fleck; Buffy Ford. If there was justice in the music world, Punch the Big Guy would have been a huge commercial success. John Stewart took his songwriting prowess to its zenith, brought in a stellar cast of musical compatriots, and put together his finest three-quarters of an hour. His lyrics here are fired with anger, righteous indignation, political awareness, compassion, and, ultimately, love. The arrangements, built around Stewart's fingerpicked electric guitar, are mesmerizing, and his muscular baritone provides the perfect delivery van for sharing these observations, memories, questions, and vows. One cannot come away from this music unaffected. On "Midnight of the World," Stewart asks, "Will you always be my girl?" while simultaneously pondering the last days of the world. "Runaway Train" later became a number one country hit for Rosanne Cash, who contributes eerie vocal harmonies to "Price of the Fire" and "Angels With Guns." Throughout, however, Stewart expresses the sense of faith and hope outlined in "Ticket to the Stars": "There are forces to guide you/spirits beside you/Rivers to ride you home to the stars." John Stewart achieves a genuine merger of the personal, the spiritual, and the political on Punch the Big Guy and wraps it all up in a darkly colored but accessible package. The mix of ballads and upbeat rockers holds the attention of even a casual listener, but for those who invest a little of themselves in the depth of its songs, this album offers a chest full of rare musical treasure. ~ Jim Newsom
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)