Various - Adios Amigo: A Tribute To Arthur Alexander

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 52:53

Size: 121.1 MB

Styles: R&B, Country, Rock

Year: 1994

Art: Front

[3:05] 1. Roger McGuinn - Anna

[2:14] 2. Elvis Costello - Sally Sue Brown

[3:59] 3. Robert Plant - If It's Really Got To Be This Way

[3:10] 4. Graham Parker - Every Day I Have To Cry

[3:40] 5. Chuck Jackson & Mark Knopfler - You Better Move On

[2:22] 6. Frank Black - Old John Amos

[2:30] 7. Marshall Crenshaw - Adios Amigo

[3:34] 8. Sir Mac Rice, Michael Hill - Let's Think About It

[3:05] 9. John Prine - Lonely Just Like Me

[2:52] 10. Corey Glover - Johnny Heartbreak

[3:01] 11. Nick Lowe - In The Middle Of It All

[3:58] 12. Zucchero - From Now On

[2:57] 13. Frank Black, Gary U.S. Bonds - Go Home Girl

[3:01] 14. Felix Cavalieri - I Love You So

[4:18] 15. James Hudson - Baby Can't You Wait

[2:34] 16. Gary U.S. Bonds - Genie In The Jug

[2:25] 17. Dann Penn, Donnie Fritts - Adios Amigo

Among musicians, Arthur Alexander was always considered one of the greatest R&B songwriters. Both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones covered his songs, "Anna (Go to Him)" and "You Better Move On," respectively, early in their careers. But they weren't the only ones -- throughout the years, his work was rich source material for many blues, soul, rock, and country artists. He may have earned the recognition of his peers, but he remained relatively unknown to the general public, right up to his death in 1993. In order to raise his profile, Razor & Tie released Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander in 1994, assembling a stellar and diverse lineup to record new versions of his songs. The diversity and the fresh arrangements illustrates the depth of Alexander's songs and how well they lent themselves to new readings. Like any tribute album, Adios Amigo is uneven, with a few tracks falling flat, but the best moments Elvis Costello's "Sally Sue Brown," Robert Plant's "If It's Really Got to Be This Way," Chuck Jackson's "You Better Move On," Frank Black's "Old John Amos," John Prine's "Lonely Just Like Me," Gary U.S. Bonds' "Genie in the Jug," Graham Parker's "Every Day I Have to Cry" and Nick Lowe's "In the Middle of It All" are affectionate salutes to a departed master, and they're damn enjoyable in their own right as well. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Adios Amigo: A Tribute To Arthur Alexander

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Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham - Moments From This Theatre

Styles: Pop/Rock
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:19
Size: 127,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:14)  1. I'm your puppet
(3:47)  2. Sweet inspiration
(2:59)  3. Cry like a baby
(4:48)  4. Do right woman, do right man
(2:55)  5. I met her in church
(3:38)  6. Lonely Women Make Good Lover
(3:58)  7. It Tears Me Up
(3:50)  8. The Dark End Of The Street
(3:24)  9. You Left The Water Running
(4:27) 10. Out of left field
(4:05) 11. Memphis women and chicken
(4:05) 12. A woman left lonely
(5:17) 13. I'm living good
(3:46) 14. Ol' folks

After starting out in Muscle Shoals Alabama and then moving on to Memphis to work with Chips Moman at American Studios, Dan Penn proceeded to co-write and produce several '60s soul hits for artists like Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, James Carr, and blue-eyed soul band the Box Tops. Some of the classics Penn and Memphis/Muscle Shoals' studio veteran Spooner Oldham wrote include "Cry Like a Baby," "Sweet Inspiration," "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man," "The Dark End of the Street," and "I'm Your Puppet." These and several other of their tunes are featured on Moments From This Theatre, a collection of live duets taken from 1998 dates in Dublin, London, and South Petherton, Somerset. With Oldham laying down a tasty soul base on the Wurlitzer piano and Penn strumming easeful guitar chords and singing in his sweetly powerful way, the duo glide through 14 gospel-inflected, country-soul gems, eloquently touching on southern living, loneliness, and the joys and trials of love. There's also a good dose of humor here in songs like "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" and "Memphis Women and Chicken." An intimate and inspiring recording by two of the unsung giants of southern soul. ~ Stephen Cook  http://www.allmusic.com/album/moments-from-this-theater-mw0000251807

Personnel: Dan Penn (vocals, guitar); Spooner Oldham (vocals, keyboards).

Moments From This Theatre

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