- Artist:
- Wilson, Gretchen
- Description:
- Personnel include: Gretchen Wilson (vocals); Russ Pahl (guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo); John Rich, John Willis (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg, Tom Bukovac (electric guitar); Michael Rhodes , Mike Brignardello (baritone guitar, bass guitar); Al Anderson (gut-string guitar); Larry Franklin (mandolin, fiddle); Reese Wynans, Steve Nathan (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Greg Morrow (drums, percussion); Eric Darken (percussion).
Recording information: Sony/Tree Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
In the tradition of singers such as Wanda Jackson and Tanya Tucker comes Gretchen Wilson, a self-proclaimed hard-living trailer-park inhabitant with country-rock attitude to spare. The pleasant surprise with Wilson is that, in stark contrast to the streamlined country-pop of Shania Twain and Faith Hill, she doesn`t mind getting a bit dirty (musically or otherwise). Though her grassroots ethos clearly plays into her success, it`s not a pose: Wilson means what she says, and her country twang, mixed with roots and mainstream rock, packs a punch.
HERE FOR THE PARTY alternates between songs about rural, working-class nightlife (particularly Wilson`s love of cowboys, whiskey, and, of course, country music) and its trials and tribulations (romantic heartache and spiritual struggle). The runaway single, "Redneck Woman," waves the banner of the "four-wheel-drive tailgate" and standing "barefoot in my own front yard with a baby on my hip." But where the anthemic choruses of songs such as "Here for the Party" are all bravado, "Holdin` You" and "The Bed" show the vulnerability of a dedicated and jilted lover, respectively. Wilson`s range (listen to the gospel-derived "Chariot," complete with a mid-song rap) impresses, and adds to the appeal of a down-home girl that can rip up the honky-tonk and belt out a heartfelt ballad.
- Track Listing:
- Here For the Party
- Redneck Woman
- When I Think About Cheatin
- Homewrecker
- Holdin` You
- Chariot
- What Happened
- When It Rains
- Bed, The - (featuring Big & Rich)
- Pocahontas Proud
Album Information
- Release Date:
- 05/11/2004
- Type:
- Performer
- Genre:
- Rock & Pop
- Subgenre:
- Country Rock
- Label:
- Epic Nashville
- Producer:
- Mark Wright; Joe Scaife
- Catalog Number:
- 90903
- Original Release Year:
- 2004
- # of Discs:
- 1
- Studio/Live:
- Studio
- Mono/Stereo:
- Stereo
- Guest Artist:
- Big & Rich
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