Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills is a tribute album by the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, released on September 8, 1998, on Bloodshot Records. It consists of the Pine Valley Cosmonauts' covers of songs originally performed and written by legendary western swing musician Bob Wills. Artists featured on the album include Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Alejandro Escovedo, Edith Frost and Robbie Fulks.[1]
| Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills | |
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| Released | September 8, 1998 |
| Recorded | 1998 |
| Genre | Country music, western swing |
| Length | 54:43 |
| Label | Bloodshot Records |
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. Club | (positive)[3] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
The album received mainly favorable reviews from music critics, such as Kurt Wolff, who wrote in Country Music: The Rough Guide that it exactly projected the "rowdy" spirit of Wills' music.[6] It was also praised by Wills' daughter, Rosetta, who called it "the best tribute to my father's music I've ever heard."[7]
Track listing
edit- Home in San Antone (vocals by Chris Mills)
- Trouble in Mind (vocals by Jimmie Dale Gilmore)
- Texas Playboy Rag (instro)
- Drunkard's Blues (vocals by Kelly Hogan)
- Across the Alley from the Alamo (vocals by Robbie Fulks)
- Sweet Kind of Love (vocals by Jon Langford)
- Time Changes Everything (vocals by Jane Baxter Miller)
- Hang Your Head in Shame (vocals by Bob Boyd of The Sundowners)
- Steel Guitar Rag (instro)
- Brain Cloudy Blues (vocals by Deano of Dollar Store & The Waco Brothers)
- Right or Wrong (vocals by Sally Timms)
- Roly Poly (vocals by Brett Sparks of The Handsome Family)
- Pan Handle Rag (instro)
- Bubbles in My Beer (vocals by Tracey Dear of The Waco Brothers)
- Stay a Little Longer (vocals by Neko Case and Bob Boyd)
- My Window Faces the South (vocals by Edith Frost)
- "San Antonio Rose" (vocals by Alejandro Escovedo)
- Take Me Back to Tulsa (vocals by the Meat Purveyors)
- Faded Love (vocals by Rico Bell and Jane Baxter Miller)
References
edit- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Schinder, Scott (16 October 1998). "Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills Review". AV Club. 29 March 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Pine Valley Cosmonauts". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. p. 475.
- ^ Wolff, Kurt (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 95.
- ^ "Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills". Bloodshot Records. Retrieved 20 May 2014.