Post by the Scribe on Jan 21, 2023 6:18:06 GMT
Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
www.allmusic.com/album/western-wall-the-tucson-sessions-mw0000244008
SIDE 1
“Loving the Highway Man” (Andy Prieboy) 3:30
“Raise the Dead” (Emmylou Harris) 3:18
“For a Dancer” (Jackson Browne) 4:43
“Western Wall” (Rosanne Cash) 4:43
“1917” (David Olney) 5:24
“He Was Mine” (Paul Kennerley) 3:19
“Sweet Spot” (Emmylou Harris/Jill Cunniff) 3:34
SIDE 2
“Sisters of Mercy” (Leonard Cohen) 3:58
“Falling Down” (Patty Griffin) 3:15
“Valerie” (Patti Scialfa) 4:04
“This Is to Mother You” (Sinéad O’Connor) 3:16
“All I Left Behind” (Emmylou Harris/Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle) 3:23
“Across the Border” (Bruce Springsteen) 6:20
Asylum Nashville
Producer Glyn Johns
Vocals Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
Background Vocals Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Andy Fairweather Low, Paul Kennerley, Greg Leisz, Anna McGarrigle, Helen Watson, Kate McGarrigle
Guitar Emmylou Harris, Andy Fairweather Low, Paul Kennerley, Bernie Leadon, Greg Leisz
Bass Andy Fairweather Low, Bernie Leadon, Greg Leisz, Michel Pepin
Sythesizer Bass Bearnie Leadon, Ethan Johns
Harmonica Neil Young
Drums Ethan Johns
Mandolin, Mandocello Greg Leisz, Bernie Leadon
Steel Pedal Guitar Greg Leisz
Dulcimer, Percussion, Optigan Ethan Johns
Cymbals Michel Pepin
Cello Samantha Rowe
Engineer Glyn Johns, George Massenburg
Personnel:
Linda Ronstadt – Vocals, Background Vocals
Emmylou Harris – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Neil Young – Harmonica, Background Vocals
Andy Fairweather Low – Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Ethan Johns – Dulcimer, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Mandocello, Spanish guitar, Synthesizer Bass, Optigan
Paul "Wix" Wickens – Accordion
Paul Kennerley – Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Bernie Leadon – Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitarron, Mandocello, 6-string bass, Synthesizer Bass, Guitar (12 String Electric)
Greg Leisz – Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Mandola, Mandocello, Weissenborn
Anna McGarrigle – Background Vocals
Helen Watson – Background Vocals
Kate McGarrigle – Background Vocals
Michel Pepin – Cymbals, Bass Guitar
Samantha Rowe – Cello
Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions Review by Theresa E. LaVeck [-]
Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris have frequently collaborated over the course of their long careers. Their voices are made for each other in a yin-yang meeting of Ronstandt's rich velvet alto and Harris' songbird-sweet soprano. The Tucson Sessions takes their collaborations to new heights. A collection of covers and originals tracing various paths of love and loss, the performances seem to have breathed in the desert where they were recorded. Arrangements airy as the space between desert and sky are grounded by gritty guitars, splashed with color from folk instruments and filled with glorious harmonies.
Well known singer/songwriters are covered -- Patty Griffin, Andy Prieboy, Rosanne Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Bruce Springsteen. Traditional presentations of Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy" and Springsteen's "Across the Border" take on new dimensions as sung by women. The spare arrangement and delicate harmonies lend a wonderful wistfulness to Cash's "Western Wall." A surprising cover choice with beautiful results is Sinead O'Connor's "This Is to Mother You." The album's best track, "1917," was written by folk singer David Olney. It's impossible to imagine anyone else singing this haunting tale of soldiers and women in WWI. Fragile and breathtaking, Harris' voice is buoyed by the angelic harmonies of Ronstadt and Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Harris also contributes, along with some collaborators, three tracks to the album, notably the spirited "Raise the Dead."
www.allmusic.com/album/western-wall-the-tucson-sessions-mw0000244008
SIDE 1
“Loving the Highway Man” (Andy Prieboy) 3:30
“Raise the Dead” (Emmylou Harris) 3:18
“For a Dancer” (Jackson Browne) 4:43
“Western Wall” (Rosanne Cash) 4:43
“1917” (David Olney) 5:24
“He Was Mine” (Paul Kennerley) 3:19
“Sweet Spot” (Emmylou Harris/Jill Cunniff) 3:34
SIDE 2
“Sisters of Mercy” (Leonard Cohen) 3:58
“Falling Down” (Patty Griffin) 3:15
“Valerie” (Patti Scialfa) 4:04
“This Is to Mother You” (Sinéad O’Connor) 3:16
“All I Left Behind” (Emmylou Harris/Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle) 3:23
“Across the Border” (Bruce Springsteen) 6:20
Asylum Nashville
Producer Glyn Johns
Vocals Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
Background Vocals Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Andy Fairweather Low, Paul Kennerley, Greg Leisz, Anna McGarrigle, Helen Watson, Kate McGarrigle
Guitar Emmylou Harris, Andy Fairweather Low, Paul Kennerley, Bernie Leadon, Greg Leisz
Bass Andy Fairweather Low, Bernie Leadon, Greg Leisz, Michel Pepin
Sythesizer Bass Bearnie Leadon, Ethan Johns
Harmonica Neil Young
Drums Ethan Johns
Mandolin, Mandocello Greg Leisz, Bernie Leadon
Steel Pedal Guitar Greg Leisz
Dulcimer, Percussion, Optigan Ethan Johns
Cymbals Michel Pepin
Cello Samantha Rowe
Engineer Glyn Johns, George Massenburg
Personnel:
Linda Ronstadt – Vocals, Background Vocals
Emmylou Harris – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Neil Young – Harmonica, Background Vocals
Andy Fairweather Low – Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Ethan Johns – Dulcimer, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Mandocello, Spanish guitar, Synthesizer Bass, Optigan
Paul "Wix" Wickens – Accordion
Paul Kennerley – Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Bernie Leadon – Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitarron, Mandocello, 6-string bass, Synthesizer Bass, Guitar (12 String Electric)
Greg Leisz – Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Mandola, Mandocello, Weissenborn
Anna McGarrigle – Background Vocals
Helen Watson – Background Vocals
Kate McGarrigle – Background Vocals
Michel Pepin – Cymbals, Bass Guitar
Samantha Rowe – Cello
Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions Review by Theresa E. LaVeck [-]
Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris have frequently collaborated over the course of their long careers. Their voices are made for each other in a yin-yang meeting of Ronstandt's rich velvet alto and Harris' songbird-sweet soprano. The Tucson Sessions takes their collaborations to new heights. A collection of covers and originals tracing various paths of love and loss, the performances seem to have breathed in the desert where they were recorded. Arrangements airy as the space between desert and sky are grounded by gritty guitars, splashed with color from folk instruments and filled with glorious harmonies.
Well known singer/songwriters are covered -- Patty Griffin, Andy Prieboy, Rosanne Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Bruce Springsteen. Traditional presentations of Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy" and Springsteen's "Across the Border" take on new dimensions as sung by women. The spare arrangement and delicate harmonies lend a wonderful wistfulness to Cash's "Western Wall." A surprising cover choice with beautiful results is Sinead O'Connor's "This Is to Mother You." The album's best track, "1917," was written by folk singer David Olney. It's impossible to imagine anyone else singing this haunting tale of soldiers and women in WWI. Fragile and breathtaking, Harris' voice is buoyed by the angelic harmonies of Ronstadt and Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Harris also contributes, along with some collaborators, three tracks to the album, notably the spirited "Raise the Dead."
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