BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS
''KINGS OF LOVE, DISC ONE''
1999
87:00
DISC ONE
1/49 Tons/3:49
2/Lean on Your Reers
Colin Cripps/3:56
3/Tombstone
Jules Shear/3:39
4/Nickels and Dimes
Stephen Fearing/4:13
5/Boots of Leather
Gary Scruggs/3:48
6/Patience of a Working Man
Willie P. Bennett/4:02
7/You Don't Have to Play the Horses
Bruce Cockburn/3:36
8/Vigil
Stephen Fearing/6:29
9/King of Love
Mark Johnson/2:01
10/Summer Dreams Winter Sleep
Willie P. Bennett/2:24
11/Queen with a Broken Crown
George Ducas / Colin Linden/3:31
DISC TWO
1/Red Dress
Willie P. Bennett/3:42
2/Calling on the Angels/4:07
3/Vale of Tears
Janice Powers/3:31
4/The Lucky Ones
Willie P. Bennett/5:07
5/Remedy
Colin Linden / Jim Weider/4:07
6/As Lonely as You
Murray McLauchlan/2:47
7/Don't Want to Know
John Martyn/5:11
8/King of Love
Mark Johnson/2:03
9/Andrew's Waltz
Willie P. Bennett/1:04
10/If You Have to Choose
Willie P. Bennett/4:09
11/Paleface
Colin Linden/5:29
12/Skybound Station
David Wiffen/4:15
Willie P. Bennett /Harmonica, Mandolin, Vocals
Bruce Cockburn /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Soloist
Gary Craig /Drums, Percussion, Shaker, Tambourine, Tape Box
Colin Cripps /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
John Dymond /Bass, Fuzz Bass, Pedal Steel
Stephen Fearing /Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Resonator), Vocal Harmony, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Colin Linden /Dobro, Electric Dobro, Electric Mando Cello, Guitar (Electric), Soloist, Vocal Harmony, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Janice Powers /Keyboards
REVIEW
by Mark Allan
The follow-up to High or Hurtin', the 1996 debut by this Canadian trio, is just as terrific -- only there's more music on this double-disc set. Folkie Stephen Fearing, bluesman Colin Linden, and rocker Tom Wilson each bring something different to the table, yet all share a common love of roots music. That term covers a lot of ground, but so does the music. While they function just fine live with only their guitars, the threesome is helped in the studio by drums and other instrumentation on upbeat numbers such as "King of Love." Linden nails an unreleased Band demo treatment of a Jules Shear tune called "Tombstone," and Bruce Cockburn sits in on one song. Even two CDs don't seem enough for this wonderful music.
BIOGRAPHY
by Mark Deming One of Canada's leading roots rock acts, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings is a collaboration between three well-respected blues, folk, and rock musicians, Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden, and Tom Wilson. Fearing is a Vancouver-born, Irish-raised singer/songwriter who returned to the city of his birth in 1981; since 1986, he's released a number of critically acclaimed albums, and is a multiple Juno-award winner. Colin Linden hails from Toronto, and has collaborated with artists as varied as Leon Redbone, Bruce Cockburn, Robert Plant, and the Band, as well as producing albums for a number of artists and releasing several fine solo albums. And Tom Wilson, from Hamilton, Ontario, was the leader of the celebrated blues-rock band Junkhouse before going on to a successful career as a solo artist and songwriter. Fearing, Linden, and Wilson were friends and colleagues who had frequently appeared on each other's albums, and in 1996, they joined forces to pay homage to Willie P. Bennett, a singer and songwriter from Southern Ontario who won a cult following (and later a Juno award) for his powerful, evocative story songs. The trio recorded an album of Bennett's songs called High or Hurtin': The Songs of Willie P. Bennett, and released it under the group name Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, a reference to the title of an album Bennett released in 1978. The album was well received both commercially and critically, and in 1999, the three reconvened for a second album, Kings of Love, in which they covered songs from a variety of different tunesmiths, as well as presenting a few original numbers. In 2004, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings released Bark, their first album dominated by original material, which solidified the group's solid, scrappy fusion of blues, country, and rock influences. In the fall of 2006, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings issued Let's Frolic, which also featured what had become the group's regular rhythm section, bassist John Dymond and drummer Gary Craig, as well as guest vocals from Pam Tillis. The band cut enough material during the Let's Frolic sessions that a second album of outtakes, Let's Frolic Again, appeared in the spring of 2008. The Rodeo Kings returned to their collaborative roots on 2011's Kings and Queens, in which each of the 14 tracks featured duet vocals from a different female artist, including Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Cassandra Wilson, and Patti Scialfa.
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''KINGS OF LOVE, DISC ONE''
1999
87:00
DISC ONE
1/49 Tons/3:49
2/Lean on Your Reers
Colin Cripps/3:56
3/Tombstone
Jules Shear/3:39
4/Nickels and Dimes
Stephen Fearing/4:13
5/Boots of Leather
Gary Scruggs/3:48
6/Patience of a Working Man
Willie P. Bennett/4:02
7/You Don't Have to Play the Horses
Bruce Cockburn/3:36
8/Vigil
Stephen Fearing/6:29
9/King of Love
Mark Johnson/2:01
10/Summer Dreams Winter Sleep
Willie P. Bennett/2:24
11/Queen with a Broken Crown
George Ducas / Colin Linden/3:31
DISC TWO
1/Red Dress
Willie P. Bennett/3:42
2/Calling on the Angels/4:07
3/Vale of Tears
Janice Powers/3:31
4/The Lucky Ones
Willie P. Bennett/5:07
5/Remedy
Colin Linden / Jim Weider/4:07
6/As Lonely as You
Murray McLauchlan/2:47
7/Don't Want to Know
John Martyn/5:11
8/King of Love
Mark Johnson/2:03
9/Andrew's Waltz
Willie P. Bennett/1:04
10/If You Have to Choose
Willie P. Bennett/4:09
11/Paleface
Colin Linden/5:29
12/Skybound Station
David Wiffen/4:15
Willie P. Bennett /Harmonica, Mandolin, Vocals
Bruce Cockburn /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Soloist
Gary Craig /Drums, Percussion, Shaker, Tambourine, Tape Box
Colin Cripps /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
John Dymond /Bass, Fuzz Bass, Pedal Steel
Stephen Fearing /Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Resonator), Vocal Harmony, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Colin Linden /Dobro, Electric Dobro, Electric Mando Cello, Guitar (Electric), Soloist, Vocal Harmony, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Janice Powers /Keyboards
REVIEW
by Mark Allan
The follow-up to High or Hurtin', the 1996 debut by this Canadian trio, is just as terrific -- only there's more music on this double-disc set. Folkie Stephen Fearing, bluesman Colin Linden, and rocker Tom Wilson each bring something different to the table, yet all share a common love of roots music. That term covers a lot of ground, but so does the music. While they function just fine live with only their guitars, the threesome is helped in the studio by drums and other instrumentation on upbeat numbers such as "King of Love." Linden nails an unreleased Band demo treatment of a Jules Shear tune called "Tombstone," and Bruce Cockburn sits in on one song. Even two CDs don't seem enough for this wonderful music.
BIOGRAPHY
by Mark Deming One of Canada's leading roots rock acts, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings is a collaboration between three well-respected blues, folk, and rock musicians, Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden, and Tom Wilson. Fearing is a Vancouver-born, Irish-raised singer/songwriter who returned to the city of his birth in 1981; since 1986, he's released a number of critically acclaimed albums, and is a multiple Juno-award winner. Colin Linden hails from Toronto, and has collaborated with artists as varied as Leon Redbone, Bruce Cockburn, Robert Plant, and the Band, as well as producing albums for a number of artists and releasing several fine solo albums. And Tom Wilson, from Hamilton, Ontario, was the leader of the celebrated blues-rock band Junkhouse before going on to a successful career as a solo artist and songwriter. Fearing, Linden, and Wilson were friends and colleagues who had frequently appeared on each other's albums, and in 1996, they joined forces to pay homage to Willie P. Bennett, a singer and songwriter from Southern Ontario who won a cult following (and later a Juno award) for his powerful, evocative story songs. The trio recorded an album of Bennett's songs called High or Hurtin': The Songs of Willie P. Bennett, and released it under the group name Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, a reference to the title of an album Bennett released in 1978. The album was well received both commercially and critically, and in 1999, the three reconvened for a second album, Kings of Love, in which they covered songs from a variety of different tunesmiths, as well as presenting a few original numbers. In 2004, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings released Bark, their first album dominated by original material, which solidified the group's solid, scrappy fusion of blues, country, and rock influences. In the fall of 2006, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings issued Let's Frolic, which also featured what had become the group's regular rhythm section, bassist John Dymond and drummer Gary Craig, as well as guest vocals from Pam Tillis. The band cut enough material during the Let's Frolic sessions that a second album of outtakes, Let's Frolic Again, appeared in the spring of 2008. The Rodeo Kings returned to their collaborative roots on 2011's Kings and Queens, in which each of the 14 tracks featured duet vocals from a different female artist, including Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Cassandra Wilson, and Patti Scialfa.
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