Hot Club Of Cowtown-Best Of The Hot Club Of Cowtown(2008), megaupload.com mp3

Label Shout! Factory
Genre Gypsy swing Country Folk
Orig Year 2008
Release Date Aug 19, 2008
Format Mp3 329 Kbps
Size 44 Mo 95.7 Mo

Austin trio salutes the King of Western Swing

Hot Club of Cowtown’s affinity for Bob Wills has always been a fundamental element of their sound, but the ad hoc covers of their early years have taken fifteen years to ripen into a full-fledged tribute. The trio long ago settled into their winning combination of Texas swing and gypsy jazz, but here they lean heavily on the former, with Elena James sawing her fiddle more sweet than hot, and Whit Smith swinging his guitar more polite than fiery. Both James and Smith sing in the style of ‘40s band singers, but without the steel guitar, drums or horns that helped define the Texas Playboys. The results haven’t the volume of a big band, but the resulting space is deftly used to showcase the underpinnings of Western swing – rhythm, vocal shading, instrumental phrasing and repertoire. All three players take turns in the spotlight; the long, drawn notes of James’ solo on “Faded Love” are heartbreakingly beautiful, Smith’s tremolo picking on “Maiden’s Prayer” suggests a mandolin, and Jake Erwin’s slap bass solos show off both his melodic and percussive abilities. Recorded live in the studio, the collection plays as if it were the group’s nightly set list, tight to the point that the players can relax and really enjoy the feeling of swing. [©2011 hyperbolium dot com]

Fiddler Elana James (née Fremerman) and guitar whiz Whit Smith are the formidable front line of the Hot Club of Cowtown, who have been mixing Western Swing and 1920s hot jazz since the mid-1990s. This collection features some of the finest moments .

the band’s first decade or so, as Smith’s Jimmy Bryant-meets-Django Reinhardt guitar and Fremerman’s Stephane Grappelli-jams-with-Bob Wills fiddle dig into both original tunes and old country and jazz gems with equal aplomb.

Liner Note Author: Craig Havighurst.

Photographer: Todd V. Wolfson.

Arrangers: Schnuckenack Reinhardt; George Barnes.

Tracks

01 Ida Red See
02 I Can’t Believe You’re in Love With Me 4 3:27 03 Forget-Me-Nots 5 3:21
04 It Stops with Me 6 4:25
05 Chip Away the Stone 4 3:17
06 Star Dust 3 4:17
07 Secret of Mine 4 2:54
08 Deed I Do See
09 Sleep 5 3:07
10 Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield 1:16
11 Always and Always 4 3:28
12 Fuli Tschai (Bad Girl) 5
13 I’d Understand Why 4 2:25
14 Cherokee Shuffle 2:20
15 I Had Someone Else 2:54
16 Emily 2:41
17 Tchavolo Swing 3:22
18 Exactly Like You 2:37
19 When I Lost You S 3:27
20 Orange Blossom Special

Personnel: Whit Smith (vocals, guitar); Elana James (vocals, violin); Bobby Koeffer (steel guitar); Marty Laster (fiddle); Peter Ecklund (cornet); Joe Kerr (piano); Jake Erwin (upright bass, background vocals).

Audio Remasterer: Pat Kraus .

Producer Jeff Palo; Derek Dressler (Compilation); Robert Y. Kim (Compilation)

Personnel
Whit Smith - vocals, guitar
Jake Erwin - upright bass, background vocals
Elana James - vocals, violin
Peter Ecklund - cornet
Joe Kerr - piano
Joe Kerr - piano
Bobby Koefer - steel guitar
Marty Laster - fiddle

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