It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis

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合計収録時間 : 00:46:33
Personnel: Pam Tillis (vocals, guitar); Ray Benson, Emmylou Harris, The Jordaniares, Louis Nunley Sr., Ray Walker Jr., Curtis Young, Dolly Parton (vocals); James Pennebaker, Bryan Sutton (guitar, mandolin); Ray Benson, Pat Bergeson, Pat Buchanan, John Jorgensen, Joe Manuel, Larry Seyer, Matt Spicher, Bruce Bouton, Dan Dugmore, Lloyd Maines, James Murphy, Robby Turner (pedal steel, lap steel, dobro); Marty Stuart (mandolin); Aubrey Haynie, Jason Roberts (fiddle); Will Smith (auto harp); Pat Buchanan, Delbert McClinton (harmonica); Beegie Adair, Floyd Domino Tony Harrell, Bob Patin, Matt Rollings (piano, keyboards); Mike Brignardello (electric bass); Greg Morrow, Rich Redmond, David Sanger, Jim White, Lynn Williams (drums, percussion). Recorded at Sound Emporium, Sound Stage, Mystic Studios, Fiddle House, Nashville, Tennessee, Bismeaux Studio, Austin, Texas and Mel Tillis Studio, Branson Missouri. Personnel: Pam Tillis (guitar, background vocals); James Pennebaker, Bryan Sutton (guitar, mandolin); Matt Spicher, Joe Manuel, John Jorgenson, Larry Seyer, Ray Benson, Redd Volkaert (guitar); Dan Dugmore, James Murphy , Lloyd Maines, Robby Turner, Bruce Bouton (lap steel guitar, dobro); Marty Stuart (mandolin); Jason Roberts , Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); John Catchings, David Davidson , David Angell, Buddy Spicher (strings); Patrick Buchanon, Delbert McClinton (harmonica); Matt Rollings, Tony Harrell, Beegie Adair, Bob Patin, Floyd Domino (piano, keyboards); Mike Brignardello, Spencer Starnes, David Spicher (upright bass, electric bass); David Sanger , Greg Morrow, Jim White , Lynn Williams (drums, percussion); Lona Heid (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Ed Seay. Liner Note Author: Pam Tillis. Recording information: Bismeaux Studio, Austin, TX; Mel Tillis Studios, Branson, MO; Mystic Studios; Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN; Sound Stage; The Fiddle House, Nashville TN. Photographers: Karen Williams Johnston; Russ Harrington. Unknown Contributor Roles: Curtis Young; Dolly Parton; Emmylou Harris; Rhonda Vincent; Trisha Yearwood; Louis Dean Nunley; Gordon Stoker. Best known as an engaging and often humorous performer, and secondarily as Nashville songbird Pam Tillis' father, Mel Tillis deserves greater recognition as one of country music's more enduring and consistent songwriters. This oversight is addressed in It's All Relative, as Pam joins with a cast of Music City luminaries to interpret some of his better-known works. Her performance is right on the money from start to finish. On up-tempo tracks, whether honky tonk excursions like "Unmitigated Gall" or a brisk rockabilly sprint with Ray Benson through "Honey (Open That Door)," she's expressive, though somewhat restrained. It's at slower tempos that her abilities are most evident, as she exploits the interpretive room that ballads allow. An exceptional harmony singer, she knows how to play off of the unique timbre and phrasing contributed by Dolly Parton on a lacelike rendition of "Violet and a Rose" and Emmylou Harris in a more Daniel Lanois-influenced treatment of "Heart Over Mind." On her own, Tillis is even stronger; she turns "Detroit City" into an intimate journal, with misty memories of home and the weary grind of life in the city made equally vivid by her reading. Yet on "Emotions," backed by jazz pianist Beegie Adair, Tillis eases smoothly into a torchier style that has nothing to do with rural idylls. The last track, "Come On and Sing," brings Dad into the picture, along with a gaggle of his grandkids; it's a predictable cameo, but irresistible nonetheless and a perfect dessert for this rich repast. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)