Jack Logan (Rock)/Bob Kimbell - Woodshedding

Artist:

Logan, Jack (Rock)

UPC:

795306106128

See Also:

They Might Be Giants Ween

Description:

Personnel: Jack Logan (vocals, guitar); Bob Kimbell (vocals, string instruments, harmonica, saxophone, keyboards, percussion).; Kevin Lane (vocals, guitar); William Tonks (guitar, dobro); Nick Rudd, Tim Stephens (guitar); John Neff (pedal steel guitar); Brendan Gamble (drums). Producers: Jack Logan, Bob Kimbell, Brendan Gamble. Personnel: Jack Logan (vocals, guitar); Kevin Lane (vocals, guitar); Bob Kimbell (vocals, strings, harmonica, saxophone, keyboards, percussion); William Tonks (guitar, dobro); Tim Stephens, Nick Rudd (guitar); Brendan Gamble (drums). Audio Mixers: Bob Kimbell; Brendan Gamble. Most collaborations between two singer/songwriters who have their own outlets tend to be half-hearted, off-the-cuff run-throughs of tired covers and songs that neither participant liked enough to put on one of his or her real albums. However, like 1998`s Little Private Angel (the first collaboration between prolific Georgia native Jack Logan and Bob Kimbell of the Illinois country-rockers Weird Summer), 2002`s Woodshedding shows that Logan and Kimbell actually work better as a duo than they do on their own. Logan`s solo albums, while they contain many fine songs, are erratic and often desperately in need of an editor, while Weird Summer`s albums tend to lack the sort of sharp, melodic songwriting Logan provides at his best. On Woodshedding, however, the pair co-writes all the songs together, with Kimbell restraining Logan`s occasional tendencies toward laxity and Logan adding melodic and lyrical heft to Kimbell`s tasteful and often quite pretty country-pop songs. The best songs, like the rueful, Son Volt-like lope of "Here Comes Sisyphus" and the snarky country parody "I Still Miss Her Dog," are as good as anything either Jack Logan or Weird Summer have ever done. The untitled, bluegrass-tinged instrumental after the somber closer, "Just As You Are," is a nice touch too. ~ Stewart Mason

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Further South
2. Host of the Party
3. Legs and Brains
4. I Still Miss Her Dog
5. Nothing But Sky
6. Here Comes Sisyphus
7. Only Son, The
8. Ripped It Away
9. Holes in Your Story
10. Navigator Type
11. Just as You Are

Album Information

Release Date:

06/04/2002

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Lo Fi

Label:

Parasol Records

Catalog Number:

61

Original Release Year:

2002

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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