Western Standard Time

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:31:44
Asleep At The Wheel: Larry Franklin (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Ray Benson (vocals, guitar, 6-string bass); Tim Alexander (vocals, piano); John Ely (pedal & pedal steel guitars, Fender Hawaiian); Mike Francis (saxophone); John Mitchell (bass); David Sanger (drums). Additional personnel: Larry Seyer (vocals, guitar, Fender bass); Johnny Gimble (vocals, electric mandolin, fiddle); Willie Nelson, Chris O'Connell (vocals); Tony Garnier (6-string & upright bass). Engineers include: Larry Seyers, Chris Hammond, Ray Benson. Recorded at Arlyn Studios, Bee Creek Studios, and Austin Recording Studios, Austin Texas; Pedernales Recording Studios, Spicewood, Texas; The Fire Station, San Marcos, Texas. Personnel: Johnny Gimble (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Larry Franklin (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Ray Benson (vocals, guitar, 6-string bass); Tim Alexander (vocals, piano); Chris O'Connell, Larry Seyers, Willie Nelson (vocals); John Ely (steel guitar); Michael Francis (saxophone); Tony Garnier (upright bass, 6-string bass); David Sanger (drums). Audio Mixers: Larry Seyers; Marty Lewis; Ray Benson. Recording information: Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX; Austin Recording Studios, Austin, TX; Bee Creek Studios, Austin, TX; January Sound, Dallas, TX; Pedernales Recording Studios; The Fire Station, San Marcos, TX. Photographer: Peter DeLory. Unknown Contributor Role: Jim Kemp. As the standard-bearers for a half-century old music genre, Western swing revival band Asleep at the Wheel has always had one cowboy boot planted firmly in the past. True, the band has been known to crank out a catchy original song in its time, but its bread-and-butter is the familiar repertoire of bygone country and swing tunes. WESTERN STANDARD TIME finds the band working through 10 very familiar tunes, successfully breathing life into material that, in lesser hands, could easily degenerate into museum pieces. The mother lode for Western swing material, of course, is Bob Wills' catalog, and unsurprisingly WESTERN STANDARD TIME plucks two songs, "San Antonio Rose" and "Roly Poly," from this treasure chest. The band also revisits Hank Garland's classic "Sugarfoot Rag" with a performance that earned a Grammy for best instrumental recording. Willie Nelson chips in vocal support on "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and band leader Ray Benson demonstrates considerable moxie by taking on "That Lucky Old Sun," a song previously immortalized by both Frankie Laine and Ray Charles. Other highlights of this uniformly strong album include the two-step boogie "Hot Rod Lincoln" and the anthemic "That's What I Like About the South."
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)