Nancy Sinatra Country My Way CD

Personnel: Nancy Sinatra (vocals); Dolores Edgin, Delores Edgin, Ricky Page, Hurshel Wiginton, Joe Babcock (vocals); Billy Strange (guitar); Charlie McCoy (harmonica, vibraphone); David Briggs (piano); Buck Trent (electric piano); Buddy Harmon (drums).
Arranger: Billy Strange.
Nancy Sinatra trades her go-go boots for cowboy boots on Country, My Way, a pop-country platter featuring Sinatra's interpretations of country hits. "Jackson," a cover of the Johnny Cash and June Carter hit that she performs as a duet with producer Lee Hazlewood, was released as a single and made the pop Top 20. Every pop vocalist from Ed Ames to Margaret Whiting cut an album of country songs, but Hazlewood had an ear for country music and brought in real Nashville session players for authenticity. Hazlewood's style was half country to begin with, so the album isn't much of a stretch for Sinatra. Many of the songs come from the pop end of the country field: Skeeter Davis' "End of the World" nearly topped the pop chart, and it seems as though practically everyone recorded Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" in the '60s. Hazlewood contributed only one song, "By the Way (I Still Love You)," but his presence is felt strongly throughout. The Sundazed reissue adds three country-flavored cuts from Reprise singles as bonus tracks. ~ Greg Adams
COUNTRY, MY WAY was recorded in Nashville with many of the same musicians who would appear some months later on Bob Dylan's BLONDE ON BLONDE. It finds Nancy Sinatra singing the proverbial pants off a nicely chosen collection of contemporary country songs.
"Jackson" is performed as a duet with her legendary sepulchural producer Lee Hazlewood as is Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me." For good measure, Sinatra also finds the time to out Skeet Skeeter Davis on a poignant version of the classic "End of the World."