Dierks Bentley - Up on the Ridge
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Artist: Dierks BentleyEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-06-08
Music Label: Capitol Nashville
Soundtracks:
- Up On The Ridge(Written by Angelo Petraglia, Dierks Bentley, Background Vocals by Alison Krauss)
- Fallin' For You(Written by Shawn Camp, Paul Kennerly, Background Vocals by Chris Stapleton)
- Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (with The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile)(Written by Bob Dylan)
- Rovin' Gambler (with The Punch Brothers)(Written by Jon Randall Stewart, Dierks Bentley)
- Draw Me A Map(Written by Jon Randall Stewart, Dierks Bentley, Background Vocals by Alison Krauss)
- Bad Angel (Featuring Miranda Lambert, Jamey Johnson)(Written by Verlon Thompson, Suzi Ragsdale)
- Fiddlin' Around(Written by John Scott Sherrill, Shawn Camp, Jeff Austin, Background Vocals by Vince Gill)
- You're Dead to Me(Written by Tim O'Brien, Jon Randall Stewart, Dierks Bentley, Background vocals by Tim O'Brien)
- Pride (In The Name Of Love) (with The Punch Brothers featuring Del McCoury)(Written by Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Dave Evans, Paul David Hewson)
- Love Grows Wild(Written by Julie Miller, Buddy Miller)
- Bottle to The Bottom (featuring Kris Kristofferson)(Written by Kris Kristofferson)
- Down In The Mine(Written by Jon Randall Stewart, Dierks Bentley, Background vocals by Sonya Isaacs)
Music reviews of Up on the Ridge
Music Review: Bentley Makes the Bluegrass "Ridge" Viable Again
Rating: 4 Stars
Prime Cuts: Love Grows Wild, Draw Me a Map, Fallin' for You
Call it progressive bluegrass or acoustic Americana, Dierks Bentley has indeed taken a chance with this new disc "Up on the Ridge." Though he has built up a cachet of hits including 7 number i hits and 3 number 1 albums, few with his stature would take such a risky excursion by recording an album worth of bluegrass/acoustic entries. Patty Loveless, Lorrie Morgan and Alan Jackson had taken such detours before in recording such side projects, but they were fraught with commercial disappointment at the chagrin of the money-hungry record executives. Considering the fact that lead single and title track "Up on the Ridge" has already made headlines in the top 40 region of the country charts, looks like Bentley will be the exception to the rule. This time round, Bentley has ditched long time friend and co-producer Brett Beavers in favour of former recording artist and songwriter Jon Randall Stewart to warm the co-producer chair. And if you are a fan of old time bluegrass and wouldn't mind a contemporary slant, this disc is choked full of great tunes. With Bentley co-writing only 5 cuts with new tunes coming from Nashville's top scribes including Shawn Camp, Paul Kennerley, John Scott Sherrill, Verlon Thompson and Suzi Ragsdale. And up the bar on the standard of the songs, he has audaciously turned Bob Dylan's "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" and U2's "Pride" into bluegrass covers.
Of note also is the line up of artists that are brought in for some grab of credibility and star power. As if to win him some brownie points with bluegrass purists, Chris Tile and the Punch Brothers join Bentley on a sped up version of Dylan's "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" where Bentley goes around searching for his missing girl. The search doesn't sound that lonesome with Chris Tile's smooth Vince Gill-like tenor that goes so well with Bentley's more rugged vocals. Miranda Lambert adds rawness to "Bad Angel" -a quasi-Gospel romp about a man shrugging off vices at the "crossroads of Salvation and Temptation Streets." While Jamey Johnson with his world-weary gruffness brings a realistic feel to the man's battle with the bottle. Kris Kristofferson, on the other hand, sounds worn out and short of breadth on "Bottle to the Bottom" that becomes distracting. While the Alison Krauss' echoey vocals sounds like she was singing in a well on the progressive bluegrass title cut "Up on the Ridge"--a pretty non-descript song relative to the rest of the album.
Of the newer songs, Shawn Camp and Paul Kennerley's bluesy "Fallin' for You" is hypnotic with a robust melody made even more delightful with its banjo and fiddle licks. "Draw Me A Map" finds Bentley on more romantic grounds as he croons with affection to find his way into his lady's heart. A definite must for those who like to experience the warmer side of Bentley. Julie and Buddy Miller, often earmarked by their eccentric Americana endeavours, have ironically submitted the most commercial viable track here. "Love Grows Wild" sounds like a future hit with its catchy melody and it's endearing lyrics. Bravura is Bentley to taper U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)" chiming guitar riffs into something more rustic without sacrificing an iota of the song's spiritual and social depths.
Bentley has indeed taken a chance to go all out to record "Up on the Ridge" with little nod to commerciality. He just lets his respect and love for tradition show. And as a result, this will indeed pay off with dividends of pure pleasures to those who like their country uncluttered. With this new disc, Bentley has made the bluegrass/acoustic ridge viable again.
Description of Up on the Ridge
Conventional wisdom says that in the music business, once you achieve a certain threshold of success, caution should be your guide. You've come this far, you're told by everyone around you. Don't surprise your audience too much. But trepidation will not be part of Dierks Bentley's legacy. At every turn in his career, he's done his own thing, whether that meant touring with jam bands, playing rock venues or recording with bluegrass all-stars on platinum country albums. Now Dierks steps forward with his most artistically daring project yet - the all-acoustic Up On The Ridge - a powerful, beautiful album steeped in the bluegrass and roots music that moved Dierks Bentley to be a country musician in the first place."I fell in love with this kind of music the first time I walked into the Station Inn with a fake I.D. at 19 years old...these guys, who were my age, were playing their instruments so hard it knocked your head back," explains Bentley. "Without the whole bluegrass community taking me in, I would have had no place to start from. It is my foundation."
Dozens of talents have contributed in some way to this project. Besides the five co-written by Dierks himself, the songs come from such varied sources as Bob Dylan, Buddy and Julie Miller, U2 and Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson participated on the project as a guest vocalist as well, along with a slate of today's best traditional country singers, including: Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Sonya Isaacs and Chris Stapleton of the Steeldrivers. Players on the project include: Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers, the Del McCoury Band, the legendary Sam Bush, dobro player Rob Ickes, guitarist Bryan Sutton, fiddler Stuart Duncan, and mandolinist Ronnie McCoury.
"This record's not a departure for me at all," says Dierks. "It's really just going back and reclaiming something I feel like I do have some ownership of, which is the acoustic music scene in Nashville."
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