Bobby Charles - Last Train to Memphis
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Artist: Bobby CharlesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-06-08
Music Label: Rice N Gravy
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Last Train to Memphis
- The Legend of Jolie Blonde
- I Spent All My Money Lovin' You
- String of Hearts
- I Wonder
- Everyday
- Don't Make a Fool of Yourself
- Homesick Blues
- Forever and Always
- The Sky Isn't Blue Anymore
- Full Moon on the Bayou
- What Are We Doing
- Sin
- Goin' Fishin'
- See You Later, Alligator
- Not Ready Yet
- The Jealous Kind
- I Want to Be the One
- Walking to New Orleans
- I Remember When
- Ambushin' Bastard
- I Don't See Me
- Wish You Were Here Right Now
- I Can't Quit You
- Secrets
- Angel Eyes
- But I Do
- Party Town
- I Don't Want to Know
- Love in the Worst Degree
- Why Are People Like That
- I Believe in Angels
- Les Champs �lysée
- Clean Water
Music reviews of Last Train to Memphis
Music Review: A whole lotta wonderful Americana!
Rating: 5 Stars
A while ago, I ordered this Bobby Charles album from the Amazon website and was delighted from the first listening.
This 2-CD set includes no less than THIRTY-FOUR tracks and comes in a nice cardboard sleeve. The booklet includes, for each track, complete credits regarding recording studios, engineers, producers and individual musicians. The recording dates, however, are only indicated for the tracks on the first CD 1 ; why?
The sequencing is not chronological and the material on both CD's criss-crosses the years randomly, stretching from 1975 to 2001! This could have spelled disaster but it actually works very well. It is remarkable that the song quality, the vocal delivery, the overall production and the general level of musicianship are so consistently first rate from beginning to end. The listener never gets the impression that the tracks were recorded over such a long time span.
Bobby Charles wrote all tracks, except for the amazing remake of "Walkin to New Orleans" (co-written by Fats Domino, of course), which features a short but delightful vocal cameo by the Fat Man himself.
What this superb singer-songwriter offers here is roots Americana at its very best, a genuine cornucopia of American traditions filtered through a a personal vision of Crescent City Rhythm 'n' Blues.
All the material flows along satisfyingly enough, sung and performed with a relaxed confidence, a kind of musical bonhomie so laid back that it sometimes makes J. J. Cale sound positively restless in comparison! When I listen to this album, I pick one CD and play it in its entirety one, two or three times in a row. It is THAT good. So good indeed that I do not feel the need to list favourite tracks.
The lyrics have a suitably down home character while the musicianship is truly superb, quite often driven by the wonderful electric (slide) guitar from Sonny Landreth. But then again, there are so many fine musicians contributing that it is not possible to list them. I will mention some guest spots from, among others: Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Ben Keith, Dan Penn, Maria Muldaur, etc.
Now to a "statistical" aside: out of the 19 tracks included on CD 2, nine were previously released on the "Wish You Were Here Tonight" CD released in 1995 (the omitted tracks are: "Promises, Promises", "The Mardi-Gras Song" and "Peanut".) Another ten tracks were previously released on the "Secrets of The Heart" CD released in 1998 (the omitted tracks are: "You" and "Happy Birthday Fats Domino".)
Merci pour ce délice, Monsieur Guidry!
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