構成数 | 2枚

合計収録時間 | 00:48:55

Personnel: Marty Stuart (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin); Johnny Cash, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, Johnny Counterfeit (vocals); Mike Campbell (12-string acoustic & 6-string electric guitars); Earl Scruggs (acoustic guitar, banjo); Uncle Josh Graves (dobro); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); David Davidson, Chris Teal (violin); Kristin Wilkinson (viola); John Cathcings (cello); Jim Brown (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Tony Brown, Rusty Golden (piano); Barry Beckett (Hammond B-3 organ); Carl Marsh (organ, calliope, sound effects); Mike Bub (acoustic bass); Larry Marrs (background vocals). Rock & Roll Cowboys: Brad Davis (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Gary Hogue (steel guitar); Steve Arnold (bass); Gregg Stocki (drums, timpani, percussion). Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys: Ralph Stanley (vocals, banjo); James Price (vocals, fiddle); Jack Cooke (vocals, acoustic bass); James Shelton (acoustic guitar); Steve Sparkman (banjo). Includes liner notes by Marty Stuart. "Mr. John Henry, Steel Driving Man" and "The Greatest Love Of All" were nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. While the "concept" album has always been a staple of rock music, it's rarely been a factor in country--until now. With THE PILGRIM, writer/singer/producer guitarist Marty Stuart has crafted an honest-to-goodness country opera complete with a cast of country legends portraying the various roles. THE PILGRIM is based, Stuart says, on a true story of a love triangle replete with marital infidelity, searching and redemption. Stuart himself plays the role of the lover, the "pilgrim" of the title, as well as a few other characters. Along for the journey are Emmylou Harris, George Jones and Pam Tillis. Several tracks stand out, including the twangin' "Sometimes the Pleasure's Worth the Pain" and the beautiful "The Greatest Love Of All Time." Stuart links the songs with instrumental passages, various reprises of the title track, and even a poetry reading featuring the unmistakable voice of his old boss, Johnny Cash. While THE PILGRIM is no one's idea of a commercial country album, one has to admire the sheer ambition of the project, as well as the guts it took MCA records to release what amounts to a unique and deeply personal artistic vision.