Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo CD

Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo buy CD music A solid follow-up to 2005's SOLO ACOUSTIC VOLUME 1, this sequel was recorded at various concerts across several continents in the last few years, providing a wide overview of Jackson Browne's career as both a songwriter and a performer. Ranging across the breadth of Browne's lengthy career, from 1972's "Something Fine" to a handful of songs from 2002's THE NAKED RIDE HOME, SOLO ACOUSTIC VOLUME 2 is lighter on the instantly recognizable radio hits, although "Somebody's Baby" and "In the Shape of a Heart" are both accounted for. Even more appealing for longtime fans, over half of the 12 songs feature lengthy, at times rambling, but always entertaining introductions about the songs themselves or the circumstances of their writing. Photographers: Andrea Blackwelder; Nels Israelson; Alan Kozlowski . Personnel: Jackson Browne (vocals, guitar). Audio Mixer: Paul ...

Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo CD music While moderation was never Warren Zevon's strong suit, his efforts to clean himself up in the early '80s resulted in two of his finest albums, 1980's literate but corrosive Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School and the following year's explosive live set Stand in the Fire. It seemed as if the wired chaos of Zevon's personal life had been channeled into his art on those LPs, but after another bout with the bottle and another attempt at sobriety, Zevon tried another approach at merging his music and his life on 1982's The Envoy. On The Envoy's best songs, Zevon tackles his dangerous appetites head on; "Charlie's Medicine" is a chilling requiem for a drug dealer who used to sell him dope, "Jesus Mentioned" is a spare but curiously moving meditation on the death of Elvis Presley, who "went walking on the water with his pills," and the ragged but right "Ain't That Pretty at All" is an unlikely but powerful recovery anthem in which he howls "I'd rather feel bad than not feel anything at all." When Zevon confronts his own demons on The Envoy, the album is intense and compelling stuff, but unfortunately there aren't enough of these moments to prop up the rest of the set, which is smart and literate but not especially exciting. Novelist Thomas McGuane co-wrote "The Overdraft," a hard-charging rocker that unfortunately doesn't make much sense, while the languid "The Hula Hula Boys" plays like a joke in which the punch line got lost, and the two love songs, "Let Nothing Come Between You" and "Looking for the Next Best Thing," manage to sound at once heartfelt and like lesser variations on themes he'd covered with greater strength before. The Envoy would prove to be Zevon's last album for five years after he took another stumble into addiction, but while it's an often brave and ambitious disc, the high points don't quite redeem its weaknesses. ~ Mark Deming "The Envpy", the reflective 1982 masterpiece that Zevon once described as “The Excitable Boy Grows Up,” makes its CD debut with this release. Highlights include the title track, the moving “Never Too Late For Love,” “The Hula Hula Boys,” and “The Overdraft,” a co-write with novelist Thomas McGuane featuring a ripping Lindsey Buckingham solo. Four previously unreleased tracks include outtakes of “Word Of Mouth” and “Wild Thing,” and the romantically skewed gem “Let Nothing Come Between You.” Liner notes by Rolling Stone editor David Wild. Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot. Liner Note Author: David Wild. Recording information: Record One, Los Angeles, CA. Actors: Ted Shackleford; Gary Braglia; Don Grabowski "Don G."; James Houghton; Jonathan Exley; Greg Ladanyi; Harry Landry; George Gruel. Photographer: Randee Saint Nicholas. Personnel: Warren Zevon (guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, piano, prepared piano, electric piano, synthesizer, background vocals); Waddy Wachtel (guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals); David Landau (guitar, background vocals); Danny Kortchmar, Kenny Edwards, Steve Lukather (guitar); LeRoy Marinell (acoustic guitar); Jim Horn (recorder); Jeff Porcaro (drums, log drum); Mike Botts, Rick Marotta, Russ Kunkel (drums); Steve Forman (percussion); J.D. Souther (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Greg Ladanyi.

Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo songs John Fogerty released his first solo CD, an album of covers on which he played all the instruments, under the name the "Blue Ridge Rangers," and he revives that concept on 2009's THE BLUE RIDGE RANGERS RIDES AGAIN. Where the first smacked of the righteous zeal of a young purist, RIDES AGAIN is a lot looser in its attack, which is reflected in the way it splits the difference between country and rockabilly classics and reflective numbers from '70s songwriters. These unexpected covers of John Prine, Delaney & Bonnie, and John Denver offer a peek at a sweeter, gentler Fogerty, a Fogerty who can also be heard on how he lays back instead of pushing ahead on Buck Owens' "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" and Ray Price's "I'll Be There," and even on his revamp of his own neglected swamp rocker "Change in the Weather." He can still raise an unholy ruckus however, wailing his way through Gene Simmons' rockabilly classic "Haunted House" and joyously duetting with Bruce Springsteen on the Everlys' "When Will I Be Loved." Still, RIDES AGAIN isn't a raucous rock & roll album; it's a relaxed good time, a little bit of cheerful nostalgia that's pretty charming. 36 years after the release of his first solo album The Blue Ridge Rangers the rock legend returns to his country roots with Special Guests BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, DON HENLEY, and Timothy B. Schmidt. This DVD/CD deluxe edition includes Making of The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, acoustic performances, and Trailer for upcoming DVD release Live from the Royal Albert Hall, as well as the 12-track CD. Audio Mixer: Bob Clearmountain. Photographers: Wayne Stambler; Julie Fogerty; Bob Fogerty; Geoff Gans. Arranger: John Fogerty.

Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo album for sale A solid follow-up to 2005's SOLO ACOUSTIC VOLUME 1, this sequel was recorded at various concerts across several continents in the last few years, providing a wide overview of Jackson Browne's career as both a songwriter and a performer. Ranging across the breadth of Browne's lengthy career, from 1972's "Something Fine" to a handful of songs from 2002's THE NAKED RIDE HOME, SOLO ACOUSTIC VOLUME 2 is lighter on the instantly recognizable radio hits, although "Somebody's Baby" and "In the Shape of a Heart" are both accounted for. Even more appealing for longtime fans, over half of the 12 songs feature lengthy, at times rambling but always entertaining introductions about the songs themselves or the circumstances of their writing. Photographer: Frank Ockenfels. Personnel: Jackson Browne (guitar). Audio Mixer: Paul Dieter.

Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo CD music Zevon actually released a record prior to his celebrated self-titled "debut," a record so bad that he took to touring with the Everly Brothers. Whatever he did on the road with them paid off. He returned to recording with bone-rattling West Coast tales of prostitutes, heroin addicts, outlaws and suicidal bar hoppers. Thus, Zevon went, with one record, from playing piano on "Bye Bye Love" to becoming supreme chronicler of L.A.'s underbelly. Easily his richest and most consistent album, this is arguably the best place for the uninitiated to start. The deranged romp of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" and the tongue in cheek masochism of "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" introduced the world at large to the darkly sardonic edge of the singer's muse. From the romanticized "Frank and Jesse James" to the starkly beautiful "Desperadoes Under the Eaves," the album rolls with an insightful (albeit sometimes crazed) sense of purpose. Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders and Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles. Composer/Lyricist: Warren Zevon. Personnel: Warren Zevon (vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano); Glenn Frey, Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar); Jackson Browne (vocals, slide guitar); Jai Winding (vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer); The Gentlemen Boys, Don Henley, Stephanie Nicks, J.D. Souther, Jorge Calderón, Phil Everly, Rosemary Butler, Carl Wilson , Bonnie Raitt, Billy Hinsche (vocals); Ned Doheny, Waddy Wachtel (guitar); David Lindley (banjo, fiddle, bass guitar); The Sidney Sharp Strings (strings); Bobby Keys (saxophone); Marty David, Roy Marinell, Bob Glaub (bass instrument); Gary Mallaber, Larry Zack (drums); Fritz Richmond. Audio Mixer: John Haeny. Audio Remasterer: Gavin Lurssen. Arrangers: Warren Zevon; Carl Wilson . Personnel includes: Warren Zevon (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, electric piano); David Lindley (guitar, slide guitar, banjo, fiddle); Waddy Watchel (guitar); Jackson Browne (slide guitar, piano, background vocals); Jai Winding (piano, organ, synthesizer); Bobby Keys (saxophone); Bob Glaub, Marty David, Roy Marinell (bass); Larry Zack, Gary Mallaber (drums); Phil Everly, John David Souther, Lindsay Buckingham, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, Jorge Calderon, Bonnie Raitt, Rosemary Butler (background vocals).

Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo buy CD music Over the course of its three discs, REFLECTIONS chronicles the long, rich career of Graham Nash. The set moves pretty much chronologically, beginning with the pop hits Nash scored in the 1960s with British Invasion heroes the Hollies before moving on to his work with Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), as well as the Crosby & Nash side project, and of course, Nash's solo recordings. Nash brought an all-important pop sensibility to CSN, resulting in classic tracks like "Marrakesh Express" and "Our House," but his more intense side came out on such cuts as "Cathedral" and "Military Madness," and this set includes all those and more. Hardcore Nash fans will be especially attracted to the numerous alternate mixes and previously unreleased songs that dot the track listing.