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The Willies by: Bill Frisell |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0766481772224 Label: Nonesuch Manufacturer: Nonesuch Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Nonesuch Release Date: June 11, 2002 Studio: Nonesuch Sales Rank: 40407 MPN: 79652 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: 2002 release on Nonesuch from the un-classifiable guitar master featuring Danny Barnes on banjo, acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, pump organ and Keith Lowe on bass. 16 tracks. Slipcase. Amazon.com: His collaborations with John Zorn, Marc Johnson, and Paul Motian have shown that guitarist Bill Frisell is no stranger to the bustle and grind of rock and bebop, but on The Willies he again prefers a gentle ramble through the byways of American folk. Joined by Danny Barnes (Bad Livers) on banjo, guitar, bass harmonica, and pump organ, and Keith Lowe on bass, Frisell wanders dreamily through a mixture of bluegrass standards and originals. The pace hovers around a stroll and the rhythms, melodies, and harmonies are generally true to the idiom. Frisell's longstanding affinity with jazz may perhaps be deduced by the occasionally dark harmonic undertow, a suggestion that all may not be well down on the farm. Those with a taste for Ry Cooder's glowering 1985 soundtrack to Paris, Texas may find happiness with The Willies. --Mark Gilbert Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A disappointmentI bought several of the tracks individually. They were so good that I bought the entire album. Turns out that those tracks were the only good stuff on the album. The rest were a little condescending to country music in general and poorly performed. Buy Norah Jones doing "Love Me" off the sound track to "Knocked Up". Skip this album at all costs. Rating:  - Bill Frisell Does It Once Again!!!!!!Bill Frisell is a musical chameleon. Every album he makes seems to be so different than the last. "The Willies" is a wonderful album full of soulful guitar, bass, and banjo. I, personally, have 11 of Bill's albums, and this one is currently getting the heaviest rotation in the cd player. What I love about this album is not only the fact that it's bluegrass with dark overtones, but it's got a really amazing feel to it. It's a very cohesive album. In my opinion, there isn't a bad song on this album. I really love "Everybody Loves Everybody." That song alone is worth the price of the album. Some of my other favorites are "Blackberry Blossom," "Get Along," "Sittin' on Top of the World," and "John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man." But as I said, ... Read More: Rating: - Wonderful CD - even if you don't like the banjoThis a great CD - easy going, yet compelling. This one is more in-line with his Nashville CD (recommended) but is a bit more traditional. Like all of his CD's, the songs are the key. Whether they are covers of Carter family standards (Single Girl, Married Girl) or any of the originals, they have that dark, mysterious, eery, and beautiful quality that Bill Frisell always manages to capture. I have loved Bill Frisell for years - but recently discovered Danny Barnes - who is, like Frisell, an incredibly gifted musician. Dig his guitar solo on Cluck Old Hen, (reprise). The guy is a killer companion to Bill Frisell. Serious chops. If you don't like the banjo - open your ears... the guy can play! Rating: - sublime interpretationDownloaded this one from iTunes, on the strength of loving 'Nashville'...now it's late and I should be sleeping, but I just can't draw myself away. A sublime interpretation of the American Acoustic Tradition...highly recommended. Rating: - What was said 300 years ago about Bill"Man plays only when he is in the full sense of the word a man, and he is only wholly Man when he is playing." Schiller, from 'Letters on the Aestetic Education of Mankind' |
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