VARIOUS ARTISTS
''THE MUSIC IS YOU: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN DENVER''
APRIL 2 2013
59:59
1/Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver /My Morning Jacket /3:56
2/Take Me to Tomorrow
John Denver /Dave Matthews /3:27
3/All of My Memories
John Denver /Kathleen Edwards /4:56
4/Prisoners
John Denver /Sharon Van Etten, J Mascis /3:12
5/Sunshine on My Shoulders
John Denver / Dick Kniss /Train /4:25
6/Back Home Again
John Denver /Old Crow Medicine Show /4:22
7/This Old Guitar
John Denver /Lucinda Williams /2:44
8/Some Days Are Diamonds
John Denver /Amos Lee /3:58
9/Rocky Mountain High
John Denver /Allen Stone /4:47
10/Annie's Song
John Denver /Brett Dennen, Milow /2:58
11/Looking for Space
John Denver /Evan Dando /3:39
12/Take Me Home, Country Roads
Bill Danoff / Taffy Danoff / John Denver /Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris /3:11
13/The Eagle and the Hawk
John Denver /Blind Pilot /2:36
14/I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado
Bill Danoff / Taffy Danoff /Mary Chapin Carpenter /3:14
15/Darcy Farrow
Tom Campbell / Steve Gillette /Barnstar!, Josh Ritter /3:33
16/Wooden Indian
John Denver /Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros /5:01
John Alagia /Bass, Mixing, Percussion, Pump Organ
Chris Anzalone /Drums
Jake Armerding /Fiddle
Taylor Armerding /Mandolin
Barnstar!/Arranger
Brandi Carlile /Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals
Mary Chapin Carpenter /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Kati Claborn /Mountain Dulcimer, Vocals
Evan Dando /Guitars, Vocals/
Brett Dennen /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Ukulele, Vocals, Xylophone
Ryan Dobrowski /Drums
Kathleen Edwards /Guitar (Acoustic), Violin, Vocals
Mark Erelli /Guitar, Vocal Harmony
Critter Fuqua /Banjo, Vocals
Phil Hanseroth /Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Tim Hanseroth /Guitars, Percussion, Vocals
Emmylou Harris /Vocals
Kevin Hayes /Guitjo, Vocals
Zachariah Hickman /Bass (Upright)
Morgan Jahnig /Bass, Vocals
Jim James /Bass, Effects, Vocals (Background)
John Jennings /Bass (Upright), Guitar (Electric)
Gill Landry /Dobro, Vocals
Erich Launing /Vocals (Background)
Amos Lee /Guitar, Vocals
Dave Matthews /Guitar, Vocals
Chance McCoy /Guitar, Vocals
Christian McNeill /Vocals (Background)
Milow /Vocals
Israel Nebeker /Guitar (Electric), Ukulele, Vocals
Butch Norton /Drums
Jimmy Parr /Bass
Ross Petersen /Percussion
Doug Pettibone /Guitar (Electric)
Kevin Ratterman /Drums, Effects, Piano
Josh Ritter /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Charlie Rose /Banjo
Ketch Secor /Fiddle, Vocals
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
David Sutton /Bass
Lucinda Williams /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Luke Ydstie /Baritone Ukulele, Double Bass, Harmonium, Vocals
Cory Younts /Mandolin, Vocals
REVIEW
by James Christopher Monger
John Denver was no William Shakespeare, but he could wield sentimentality as skillfully as the bard could wax poetic. ATO Records' The Music is You: A Tribute to John Denver gathers up an oddball team of contemporary artists with a shared love for the late Muppets/Rocky Mountains loving singer/songwriter, and lets them strut and fret their hours upon the stage by paying homage to a rich assortment of Denver classics. Not as immediately gratifying as 2000's Mark Kozelek-curated Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver, the 16-track collection does have its moments. Some artists, like My Morning Jacket ("Leaving on a Jet Plane"), Train ("Sunshine on My Shoulders"), and Old Crow Medicine Show ("Back Home Again"), play it straight, which despite putting in fine performances, simply makes you miss the impossibly beautiful sound of Denver's voice. Other participants like Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes ("Wooden Indian") and J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten ("Prisoners") turn up the heat, which in the latter's case sounds a lot like Dinosaur Jr. with Sharon Van Etten providing backing vocals, but ultimately, it’s the outliers that keep things interesting. Josh Ritter and Barnstar! turn1972's "Darcy Farrow" into a full-on pub-worthy Dubliners song, Blind Pilot forge the already epic “The Eagle and the Hawk” into an indie arena rock anthem, and Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris (a duo that should invest some more time together) twist "Take Me Home Country Roads" into the feral, gospel stomper you never knew it wanted to be, breathing new life into the songs without losing a thing in the process.
DoWnLoAd
''THE MUSIC IS YOU: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN DENVER''
APRIL 2 2013
59:59
1/Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver /My Morning Jacket /3:56
2/Take Me to Tomorrow
John Denver /Dave Matthews /3:27
3/All of My Memories
John Denver /Kathleen Edwards /4:56
4/Prisoners
John Denver /Sharon Van Etten, J Mascis /3:12
5/Sunshine on My Shoulders
John Denver / Dick Kniss /Train /4:25
6/Back Home Again
John Denver /Old Crow Medicine Show /4:22
7/This Old Guitar
John Denver /Lucinda Williams /2:44
8/Some Days Are Diamonds
John Denver /Amos Lee /3:58
9/Rocky Mountain High
John Denver /Allen Stone /4:47
10/Annie's Song
John Denver /Brett Dennen, Milow /2:58
11/Looking for Space
John Denver /Evan Dando /3:39
12/Take Me Home, Country Roads
Bill Danoff / Taffy Danoff / John Denver /Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris /3:11
13/The Eagle and the Hawk
John Denver /Blind Pilot /2:36
14/I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado
Bill Danoff / Taffy Danoff /Mary Chapin Carpenter /3:14
15/Darcy Farrow
Tom Campbell / Steve Gillette /Barnstar!, Josh Ritter /3:33
16/Wooden Indian
John Denver /Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros /5:01
John Alagia /Bass, Mixing, Percussion, Pump Organ
Chris Anzalone /Drums
Jake Armerding /Fiddle
Taylor Armerding /Mandolin
Barnstar!/Arranger
Brandi Carlile /Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals
Mary Chapin Carpenter /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Kati Claborn /Mountain Dulcimer, Vocals
Evan Dando /Guitars, Vocals/
Brett Dennen /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Ukulele, Vocals, Xylophone
Ryan Dobrowski /Drums
Kathleen Edwards /Guitar (Acoustic), Violin, Vocals
Mark Erelli /Guitar, Vocal Harmony
Critter Fuqua /Banjo, Vocals
Phil Hanseroth /Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Tim Hanseroth /Guitars, Percussion, Vocals
Emmylou Harris /Vocals
Kevin Hayes /Guitjo, Vocals
Zachariah Hickman /Bass (Upright)
Morgan Jahnig /Bass, Vocals
Jim James /Bass, Effects, Vocals (Background)
John Jennings /Bass (Upright), Guitar (Electric)
Gill Landry /Dobro, Vocals
Erich Launing /Vocals (Background)
Amos Lee /Guitar, Vocals
Dave Matthews /Guitar, Vocals
Chance McCoy /Guitar, Vocals
Christian McNeill /Vocals (Background)
Milow /Vocals
Israel Nebeker /Guitar (Electric), Ukulele, Vocals
Butch Norton /Drums
Jimmy Parr /Bass
Ross Petersen /Percussion
Doug Pettibone /Guitar (Electric)
Kevin Ratterman /Drums, Effects, Piano
Josh Ritter /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Charlie Rose /Banjo
Ketch Secor /Fiddle, Vocals
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
David Sutton /Bass
Lucinda Williams /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Luke Ydstie /Baritone Ukulele, Double Bass, Harmonium, Vocals
Cory Younts /Mandolin, Vocals
REVIEW
by James Christopher Monger
John Denver was no William Shakespeare, but he could wield sentimentality as skillfully as the bard could wax poetic. ATO Records' The Music is You: A Tribute to John Denver gathers up an oddball team of contemporary artists with a shared love for the late Muppets/Rocky Mountains loving singer/songwriter, and lets them strut and fret their hours upon the stage by paying homage to a rich assortment of Denver classics. Not as immediately gratifying as 2000's Mark Kozelek-curated Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver, the 16-track collection does have its moments. Some artists, like My Morning Jacket ("Leaving on a Jet Plane"), Train ("Sunshine on My Shoulders"), and Old Crow Medicine Show ("Back Home Again"), play it straight, which despite putting in fine performances, simply makes you miss the impossibly beautiful sound of Denver's voice. Other participants like Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes ("Wooden Indian") and J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten ("Prisoners") turn up the heat, which in the latter's case sounds a lot like Dinosaur Jr. with Sharon Van Etten providing backing vocals, but ultimately, it’s the outliers that keep things interesting. Josh Ritter and Barnstar! turn1972's "Darcy Farrow" into a full-on pub-worthy Dubliners song, Blind Pilot forge the already epic “The Eagle and the Hawk” into an indie arena rock anthem, and Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris (a duo that should invest some more time together) twist "Take Me Home Country Roads" into the feral, gospel stomper you never knew it wanted to be, breathing new life into the songs without losing a thing in the process.
DoWnLoAd
