Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band CD

Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band album for sale One of those rare talents who bucked the jinx of winning the Best New Artist Grammy (which she snagged in 1995), Sheryl Crow accrued an impressive canon over the span of a decade. Starting with this Missouri native's twangy, Rickie Lee Jones-flavored 1993 smash "All I Wanna Do," Crow has made her mark with songs such as the forward-looking "Every Day Is a Winding Road," the pleading ballad "Strong Enough," and the Beach Boys-flavored summer anthem "Soak Up the Sun." This former in-demand session musician's talents also found her going down a country path by way of a classic duet with Kid Rock on the ballad "Picture," which rubs shoulders with the wonderfully atmospheric "Home" and the put-up-or-shut-up sentiment of the life-loving "If It Makes You Happy." Fans who are looking for new material get rewarded with two versions of Cat Stevens' "The First Cut Is the Deepest," one with a vintage Rod Stewart-like arrangement and a country version, featuring steel guitar. Also included is "Light in Your Eyes," a gentle mid-tempo nod to the late George Harrison. 16 Hits + 2 Prev.Unrel.Tracks. Guest Appearance:Kid Rock Includes liner notes by David Wild. Personnel: Sheryl Crow (vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, piano, bass guitar, background vocals); Kid Rock (vocals); Kenny Olson (guitar); John Shanks (electric guitar, background vocals); Tom Bukovac (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Matt Rollings (piano); Jamie Muhoberac, Jimmie Bones (keyboards); Michael Rhodes (bass guitar); Abraham Laboriel, Sr., Shannon Forrest (drums); Misty Love, Shirley Hayden (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Chuck Ainlay; Dave Way; Kid Rock; Al Sutton; Jeff Rothschild. Liner Note Author: David Wild. Recording information: Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN; The Clarkston Clubhouse. Photographers: Peter Lindbergh; Mark Seliger; Naomi Kaltman. Personnel includes: Sheryl Crow (vocals, guitar); Kid Rock, Lisa Germano, Liz Phair, Brian ...

Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band songs This CD commemorates Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday (April 30, 2003). The catalog of Willie Nelson is so vast and rich that assembling an "essential" collection of only one or two discs seems nearly impossible. RCA's single-disc 1995 attempt was admirable and worthy, but doomed by space limitations. With a bit more room to move, Legacy's roomier two-disc collection is about close as anyone could hope to come. We get the full view of the great singer/songwriter's artistic journey. "Hello Walls" and the evergreen "Crazy" hail from the days when Nelson was tooling around Nashville as a songwriter for hire but mystifyingly unable to connect as a solo artist. His transformation into a counterculture icon via the '70s "outlaw country" movement is marked by the likes of "Me and Paul" and "Bloody Mary Morning." His tremendous skill as in interpreter can be heard in such standards as "Blue Skies" and "Georgia on Mind," which helped make him a crossover success in the STARDUST era. Latter-day collaborations with everyone from Aerosmith ("One Time Too Many") to U2 ("Slow Dancing") show Willie's mercurial, eclectic nature. Add it all up and a portrait comes together of a man whose artistic vision has carried him across decades and stylistic shifts aplenty and seen him through in style. Recorded between 1961 & 2002. 2cds-40 All Time Country Classics 1961-2002 Personnel includes: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Ray Price, Leann Womack, Julio Iglesias, Leon Russell, Merle Haggard, Aerosmith. Producers include: Felton Jarvis, Arif Mardin, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Booker T. Jones. Compilation producers: Nich Shaffman, Al Quaglieri. Audio Mixers: Michael Brauer; Steven Berkowitz. Recording information: ??/1961-12/2001.

Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band CD music Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot (DigiPrep). Rhino Records first attracted notice for its ability to assemble good, well-thought-out, best-of and greatest-hits compilations of acts who had enjoyed a chart placement (or two) without ever getting a proper hits package from their own labels; a little later Rhino started their "Very Best Of" series, which managed to be medium-weight but pretty thorough overviews of a lot of major acts (especially in R&B) from the past that needed a fresh look. But in 2000, when they released The Very Best of Deep Purple -- a band that needed no helping hand in the exposure area -- in conjunction with Warner Archives, that was something new for the company. And damned if Deep Purple and their fans, casual or serious, didn't benefit stunningly from Rhino's usual excellence on this CD. For one thing -- and this is pretty amazing -- this disc, with nearly 80-minutes of music, was the most thorough and thoughtful overview of the band's work ever released in the United States; EMI may have come close in England with Singles A's & B's but the sound here is better, to put it mildly. It's not just that Bill Inglot's tape research and engineering are very good -- it's that the sound here is so rich and resonant (as well as -- natch -- loud), that even original lead singer Rod Evans is finally shown at his best, doing what amounted to heavy metal "crooning" next to Ian Gillan's rock-god shrieks. What's more, with the sound as clear and crisp as it is here, one even gets to hear the action on Jon Lord's savage organ cadenzas, which are in-your-face along with Ritchie Blackmore's early but ever-bolder guitar attacks, and one gets some idea of what that version of the band at its best could do. Ian Gillan's arrival and the single "Black Knight" switch the balance away from Lord's classically based experiments in favor of loud, crunchy hard rock, and it's only a step from there to "Speed King," where this band really showed what it was capable of. Even with the volume turned low, you can hear the action on Lord's organ keyboard on "Child in Time," everything else -- including Gillan's falsetto cry -- is close enough to jolt even the most jaded listener -- even 30 years after its release. Mostly it's that classic 1969-73 lineup that's featured, with a two-song acknowledgement of the David Coverdale lineup, and the CD closes with the classic lineup on "Knocking at Your Back Door" from their 1980s reunion. Designed to complement, not compete with, the four-disc box set Shades (1968-1998) that Rhino released the prior year, this is one compilation that will impress hardcore, longtime fans, even as it whets the appetite of new listeners. ~ Bruce Eder & Heather Phares Includes liner notes by Greg Burke. Compilation producers: David McLees, Simon Robinson. Composers: David Coverdale; Ian Gillan; Jon Lord ; Ritchie Blackmore; Roger Glover. Personnel: Ian Gillan (vocals, harmonica, congas); Jon Lord (vocals, keyboards); David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes , Rod Evans, Nick Simper (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Morse (guitar); Roger Glover (synthesizer); Ian Paice (drums). Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot. Deep Purple: Ian Gillan (vocals, harmonica, congas); Tommy Bolin (vocals, guitar); Jon Lord (vocals, keyboards); Glen Hughes, Nick Simper (vocals, bass); David Coverdale, Rod Evans, Joe Lynn Turner (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Satriani, Steve Morse (guitar); Roger Glover (synthesizer, bass); Ian Paice (drums). Producers: Deep Purple, Derek Lawrence, Martin Birch, Roger Glover.