The Long Way Around
Download links and information about The Long Way Around by Tom Russell. This album was released in 1997 and it belongs to Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk genres. It contains 17 tracks with total duration of 01:07:10 minutes.
Artist: | Tom Russell |
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Release date: | 1997 |
Genre: | Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk |
Tracks: | 17 |
Duration: | 01:07:10 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | St. Olav's Gate (feat. Nanci Griffith) | 3:10 |
2. | Outbound Plane (feat. Nanci Griffith) | 2:48 |
3. | Big Water (feat. Iris DeMent) | 3:55 |
4. | Beyond the Blues (feat. Jimmie Dale Gilmore) | 3:51 |
5. | Spanish Burgundy | 3:04 |
6. | U.S. Steel | 4:04 |
7. | Walkin' On the Moon (feat. Katy Moffatt) | 3:49 |
8. | The Angel of Lyon (Live in St. Louis) | 6:00 |
9. | Veteran's Day (Live) | 3:40 |
10. | The Eyes of Roberto Duran (Live) | 2:33 |
11. | Blue Wing (feat. Dave Alvin) [Live] | 4:07 |
12. | Haley's Comet (feat. Dave Alvin and Katy Moffatt) [Live] | 3:41 |
13. | Manzanar (feat. Katy Moffatt) [Live] | 5:07 |
14. | Mineral Wells (feat. Katy Moffatt) [Live] | 4:09 |
15. | Gallo del Cielo (feat. Katy Moffatt) [Live] | 6:27 |
16. | The Road to Bayamon (feat. Katy Moffatt) [Live] | 3:35 |
17. | Box of Visions (feat. Iris DeMent) | 3:10 |
Details
[Edit]Tom Russell has been releasing terrific records without pause since the mid-'70s, and this acoustic, mostly live retrospective package may be the best of the bunch. In fact, after listening to its 17 tracks — which include duets with Nanci Griffith, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and others — the only remaining question about Russell is: Why isn't this guy very, very famous? Sure, you can hear lots of influences here — everyone from Merle Haggard and Buck Owens to Ian Tyson (a sometime collaborator) and Bob Dylan. But the end product is an artist with an instantly recognizable, personal sound. It's a little bit country, a little bit folk, a little bit rock, with lots of great picking, lilting melodies, and consistently first-rate lyrics that sound like the result of experience and conviction, not the desire to impress or score hits — but he sure does impress. There isn't a clunker in the bunch, but if forced to pick highlights, one might list "Beyond the Blues," a duet with Gilmore; "U.S. Steel," with guitar and vocal reminiscent of early Johnny Cash; "Walkin' on the Moon," which Russell wrote and performs with Katy Moffat; and "Gallo del Cielo," an exuberant south-of the-border excursion.