Kacey Jones, Kacey Jones Sings Mickey Newbury - 1h 6m 11s

Tracks & Durations

1. Song of Sorrow	5:29
2. Some Memories are Better Left Alone	4:43
3. Ramblin' Blues	5:11
4. Lie to Me Darlin'	4:08
5. Apples Dipped In Candy	4:29
6. Blue Sky Shining	4:00
7. What Will I Do	4:03
8. Lovers	3:04
9. Time Was	5:39
10. San Francisco Mabel Joy	4:02
11. You've Always Got The Blues	4:10
12. Why You Been Gone So Long	4:57
13. Remember The Good	3:32
14. Amen For Old Friends	3:43
15. Goodnight	4:53

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Review

Mickey Newbury is one of the great American songwriters. Of all the heroes I admired and worked to emulate in my education as an artist, his music had the most profound effect on my songwriting. The most significant thing I learned from Mickey was the importance of the melody in the attack on the emotions that is songwriting. It's a weapon poetry doesn't have and it goes straight to the heart. I'm leery of tribute albums, but his is a good ne. It's nice to see an artist who understands and appreciates the soul of his songs honoring him like this. Thanks, Kacey." ~Kris Kristofferson 2006 IGO Records release. 15 Tracks - 1: Song of Sorrow, 2: Some Memories Are Better Left Alone, 3: Ramblin' Blues, 4: Lie To Me Darlin', 5: Apples Dipped In Candy, 6: Blue Sky Shining, 7: What Will I Do, 8: Lovers, 9: Time Was, 10: San Francisco Mabel Joy, 11: You've Always Got The Blues, 12: Why You Been Gone So Long, 13: Remember The Good, 14: Amen For Old Friends, 15: GoodnightThough Mickey Newbury, who died in 2003, never achieved the renown of Kris Kristofferson or the legendary aura of Townes Van Zandt, his fans considered him as great a songwriter as any of his progressive country contemporaries. Kacey Jones has previously been known as a comic performer of funny songs, but there isn't a laugh to be found on this tribute to her musical mentor. On the contrary--the lush arrangements and new-age atmospherics of Jones's production, her dramatic phrasing that suggests an actress as much as a singer, and the selection of material steeped in melancholy all attest to the project's seriousness of purpose. While the cloying production of "Time Was" might be more suitable for a tribute to Rod McKuen, Jones knows to leave well enough alone with "San Francisco Mabel Joy." Newbury's signature story song was for him what "Pancho and Lefty" was for Van Zandt and "Me and Bobby McGee" is for Kristofferson. Any release that introduces listeners to Newbury's music is welcome, but as Jones would be the first to admit, nobody sings Newbury as well as Newbury did. --Don McLeese

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