Ray Wylie Hubbard - Dangerous Spirits

Artist:

Hubbard, Ray Wylie

UPC:

011671120621

See Also:

Van Zandt, Townes Cohen, Leonard Newbury, Mickey Smither, Chris

Description:

Personnel: Ray Wylie Hubbard (vocals, 6- & 12-string acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Terry Wares, Tony Joe White (acoustic & electric guitars); Lloyd Maines (acoustic guitar, slide guitar, dobro, mandolin); Mike Henderson (electric guitar); Kieran Kane (mandolin); Dave Heath (bass); Paul Pearcy (drums, percussion); Lucinda Williams, Tish Hinojosa, Sara Hickman, Jimmy Lafave, Kevin Welch (background vocals). Recorded at Cedar Creek, Austin, Texas, Omnisound and Recording Arts, Nashville, Tennessee in January 1997. Sheer determination is what makes this collection of songs a force to be reckoned with. Hubbard`s songs mix styles and genres recklessly, using whatever he needs to get the point across. While he doesn`t have the greatest voice around, he puts his soul into his singing, leaving a memorable impression. None of these songs are comfortable, simple ditties about love and loss and all that -- these are songs about life and pain in a way that country music usually doesn`t cozy up to, with some genuinely creepy moments: "The Last Younger Son" tells the tale of the youngest of the Younger brothers as he faces his death, played out as a slow blues reeling with spiritual obsession and cold destiny. An excellent album. ~ Steven McDonald

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Dangerous Spirits
2. If Heaven Is Not a Place to Go
3. Without Love (We`re Just Wastin` Time)
4. Hey That`s All Right
5. Last Train to Amsterdam
6. Last Younger Son, The
7. Resurrection
8. Crimson Dragon Tattoo
9. Sun Also Rises, The
10. Ballad of the Crimson Kings, The

Album Information

Release Date:

08/05/1997

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Progressive Country

Label:

Rounder Select

Producer:

Brian Hardin; Lloyd Maines

Catalog Number:

711 206

Original Release Year:

1997

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Lucinda Williams; Tish Hinojosa; Kieran Kane; Tony Joe White

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