BAP KENNEDY
''HILLBILLY SHAKESPEARE''
NOVEMBER 9 1999
32:36
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1 Lost Highway 02:55 (Leon Payne, Hank Williams)
2 Honky Tonk Blues 02:24
3 My Sweet Love Aint Around 03:03
4 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 02:40
5 Your Cheatin' Heart 03:00
6 I Saw The Light 02:54
7 Cold Cold Heart 03:17
8 I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive 03:14
9 Long Gone Daddy 02:57
10 A Mansion On The Hill 03:13
11 Angel Of Death 02:55
Tracks By Hank Williams (And Leo Payne On 1)
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B.J. Cole/Pedal Steel
Peter Dean/Vocals (Background)
Steve Emney/Drums
Paul Guerin/Dobro, Guitar
Bap Kennedy/Guitar, Vocals
Mark Mitchell/Vocals (Background)
Martin Smith/Guitar
Keith Weir/Piano
Jason Wilson/Standup Bass
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REVIEW/AMG
Brian Beatty
For the follow-up to his remarkable American debut, Bap Kennedy assembled a band in his native Belfast in order to pay tribute to the legendary Hank Williams. That the resulting album -- a collection of Williams tunes reconceived by a Celtic country band -- works as well as it does is a tribute to Kennedy's intelligence and interpretive touch. Even such oft-recorded numbers as "Honky Tonk Blues," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" sound fresh in the hands of Kennedy's fine band. Though not what many fans would have liked to hear from this promising Irish songsmith, Hillbilly Shakespeare is a labor of love that surely pays a huge debt to an enormous influence.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
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WEBSITE
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''HILLBILLY SHAKESPEARE''
NOVEMBER 9 1999
32:36
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1 Lost Highway 02:55 (Leon Payne, Hank Williams)
2 Honky Tonk Blues 02:24
3 My Sweet Love Aint Around 03:03
4 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 02:40
5 Your Cheatin' Heart 03:00
6 I Saw The Light 02:54
7 Cold Cold Heart 03:17
8 I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive 03:14
9 Long Gone Daddy 02:57
10 A Mansion On The Hill 03:13
11 Angel Of Death 02:55
Tracks By Hank Williams (And Leo Payne On 1)
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B.J. Cole/Pedal Steel
Peter Dean/Vocals (Background)
Steve Emney/Drums
Paul Guerin/Dobro, Guitar
Bap Kennedy/Guitar, Vocals
Mark Mitchell/Vocals (Background)
Martin Smith/Guitar
Keith Weir/Piano
Jason Wilson/Standup Bass
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REVIEW/AMG
Brian Beatty
For the follow-up to his remarkable American debut, Bap Kennedy assembled a band in his native Belfast in order to pay tribute to the legendary Hank Williams. That the resulting album -- a collection of Williams tunes reconceived by a Celtic country band -- works as well as it does is a tribute to Kennedy's intelligence and interpretive touch. Even such oft-recorded numbers as "Honky Tonk Blues," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" sound fresh in the hands of Kennedy's fine band. Though not what many fans would have liked to hear from this promising Irish songsmith, Hillbilly Shakespeare is a labor of love that surely pays a huge debt to an enormous influence.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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