Byrd's Auto Parts_音乐专辑
Byrd's Auto Parts
表演者: Jon Byrd
介质: CD
发行时间: 2007-04-17
唱片数: 1
条形码: 0707541874625
专辑简介
Hard work, solid chops and wry charm have already earned Tele slinger Jon Byrd a sterling reputation on the honky-tonk side of Nashville’s Americana community, but even those familiar with his work to date are likely to find Byrd’s debut CD an elegant surprise.
On the inside of Byrd’s Auto Parts, the debut album for this well-traveled guitarist, his cowboy boots are photographed propped up against a Fender amp, his Telecaster leaning on the other side. That might suggest that his style of country music leans on the Bakersfield sound and shows off this in-demand sideman’s six-string work—and it does. But the real news comes in how distinctly his original songs blend with several cleverly chosen remakes, from the crisp, Buckaroos-style drive of Red Sovine’s “Freightliner Fever,” Johnny Cash’s “Blistered” and Doug Sahm’s “Be Real” to crafty, dirt-road arrangements of The Beatles’ “Don’t Let Me Down” and Neil Young’s great, rarely revived “(When You’re on) the Losing End.” The album suggests Byrd deserves not only to be plugged into an amp, but also to be standing behind the microphone at the center of the stage.
Four originals, including the wistfully humorous, steady-rollin’ opener, “Jackknife,” show off his sinewy writing skills, while the entire set justifies the relaxed self-confidence of his vocals. The backing, which prominently features producer Milan Miller, along with Alex McCullough (bass), Tim Blankenship (drums) and a handful of steel-playing and vocal guests (Adam and Shannon Wright among them), is spare but not sparse and exceedingly well-crafted.
In a nutshell, "Good, Gritty, Soulful Country Music" ... "Byrd's Auto Parts CD an elegant surprise" "Retro-honky-tonk to Country Soul" ... "Honky-tonk and Hard Country" ... "Alt-country and Hard-edged Americana."
Quote by Jon: "The name comes from the small business my Dad and Mom owned and operated for nearly 35 years in Hank's and Dan Penn's beautiful home State of Alabama. It seems somehow to also reflect the challenges of maintaining a band in Music City, U.S.A. Did you know that many bands come here to die? Yep. And a band that finds a way to survive here has to be carefully and lovingly assembled-- with proper and regular maintenance, and still, new parts are needed from time to time to keep the damn thing running! Lot's of tune-ups and TLC. Even so, Waylon sang about 'the pleasures of life in a hillbilly band' and that's what the band, Byrd's Auto Parts, strives to be."
曲目
01 Jacknife
02 Reputation
03 In A Perfect World
04 Freightliner Fever
05 Don't Let Me Down
06 Be Real
07 Stay
08 The Losing End
09 Mark My Word
10 One Final Round
11 Blistered
