VARIOUS ARTISTS
''THE VILLAGE: A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF GREENWICH VILLAGE''
NOVEMBER 3 2009
56:41
1/Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan /Rickie Lee Jones /3:46
2/It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding
Bob Dylan /The Duhks /5:49
3/Positively 4th Street
Bob Dylan /Lucinda Williams /4:49
4/Wayfaring Stranger
Traditional /Sixpence None the Richer /3:29
5/He Was a Friend of Mine
Traditional /John Oates /2:43
6/Guantanamera
Los Lobos /4:34
7/Violets of Dawn
Eric Andersen /Mary Chapin Carpenter /4:27
8/Darlin' Be Home Soon
John Sebastian /Bruce Hornsby /5:02
9/Little Bit of Rain
Fred Neil /Amos Lee /2:35
10/Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Bob Dylan /Shelby Lynne /4:23
11/Once I Was
Tim Buckley /Cowboy Junkies /4:31
12/Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell /Rachael Yamagata /5:48
13/The Ballad of Hollis Brown
Bob Dylan /Rocco Deluca /4:45
Alan Anton /Bass
Michael Bellar /Keyboards
Steve Berlin /Keyboards
Fred Berman /Drums
Mary Chapin Carpenter /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Rocco Deluca & the Burden /Guitar (Resonator), Vocals
Christian Dugas /Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Sarah Dugas /Vocals
Tania Elizabeth /Fiddle
Drew Emmitt /Mandolin
Cougar Estrada /Drums
Chris Giraldi /Drums
Aaron Goldstein /Pedal Steel Guitar
Don Heffington /Drums
David Hidalgo /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Bruce Hornsby /Keyboards, Vocals
John Jennings /Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Percussion, Piano
Rickie Lee Jones /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Slide Whistle, Vocals
Jay Joyce /Fender Rhodes
Christopher Joyner /Organ
Oliver Kraus /Arranger, Strings
Amos Lee /Guitar, Vocals
Los Lobos
Conrad Lozano /Bass
Shelby Lynne /Guitar, Vocals
Val McCallum /Guitar
Jordan McConnell /Guitar (Acoustic)
John Michel /Percussion
Leigh Nash /Vocals
Butch Norton /Drums
John Oates /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Jaron Olevsky /Bass
Louie Pérez /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Leonard Podolak /Banjo
Cesar Rosas /Guitar, Vocals
Kevin Salem /Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Will Sayles /Drums
Eric Schermerhorn /Guitar
Matt Slocum /Guitar
David Sutton /Bass
Margo Timmins /Vocals
Michael Timmins /Guitar
Peter Timmins /Drums
Rob Wasserman /Bass
Noel Webb /Piano
Lucinda Williams /Vocals
Rachael Yamagata /Piano, Shaker, Tambourine, Vocals
REVIEW
by Jeff Tamarkin
The Village in question here is Greenwich, and the concept is simple: gather an assortment of contemporary artists to pay tribute to the early folk singer/songwriter movement of the '60s, specifically as heard in the New York clubs, by covering songs associated with those heady times. Naturally Bob Dylan looms over everything, and fully six of the 13 tracks are Dylan classics of the era, beginning with Rickie Lee Jones' good-time bluesy workup of Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," one of the key salvos in Dylan's rock conversion. Lucinda Williams removes the anger that imbued Dylan's own "Positively 4th Street" and transforms it into a melancholy lament, while Shelby Lynne's country minimalism in "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" is true to Dylan's original without aping his arrangement. There were, of course, other artists on the scene, or at least loosely associated with it, and some of the best are represented. Mary Chapin Carpenter's wistful "Violets of Dawn" does justice to Eric Andersen's original, Bruce Hornsby keeps it simple, using his piano to deliver the longing inherent in John Sebastian's "Darlin' Be Home Soon," and Los Lobos are spirited in their take on "Guantanamera," written by Joseíto Fernández but usually associated with Pete Seeger. Joni Mitchell, a Canadian, came to Greenwich Village initially to hawk her songs, and her "Both Sides Now," a hit for Judy Collins, is given a pensive, semi-orchestral arrangement by Rachel Yamagata. While Cowboy Junkies drain the life out of Tim Buckley's "Once I Was," John Oates is behind one of the album's highlights, the gospel-fied "He Was a Friend of Mine," a song credited here to Traditional but known by its various interpretations by Dylan, Dave Van Ronk, and the Byrds.
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''THE VILLAGE: A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF GREENWICH VILLAGE''
NOVEMBER 3 2009
56:41
1/Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan /Rickie Lee Jones /3:46
2/It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding
Bob Dylan /The Duhks /5:49
3/Positively 4th Street
Bob Dylan /Lucinda Williams /4:49
4/Wayfaring Stranger
Traditional /Sixpence None the Richer /3:29
5/He Was a Friend of Mine
Traditional /John Oates /2:43
6/Guantanamera
Los Lobos /4:34
7/Violets of Dawn
Eric Andersen /Mary Chapin Carpenter /4:27
8/Darlin' Be Home Soon
John Sebastian /Bruce Hornsby /5:02
9/Little Bit of Rain
Fred Neil /Amos Lee /2:35
10/Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Bob Dylan /Shelby Lynne /4:23
11/Once I Was
Tim Buckley /Cowboy Junkies /4:31
12/Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell /Rachael Yamagata /5:48
13/The Ballad of Hollis Brown
Bob Dylan /Rocco Deluca /4:45
Alan Anton /Bass
Michael Bellar /Keyboards
Steve Berlin /Keyboards
Fred Berman /Drums
Mary Chapin Carpenter /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Rocco Deluca & the Burden /Guitar (Resonator), Vocals
Christian Dugas /Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Sarah Dugas /Vocals
Tania Elizabeth /Fiddle
Drew Emmitt /Mandolin
Cougar Estrada /Drums
Chris Giraldi /Drums
Aaron Goldstein /Pedal Steel Guitar
Don Heffington /Drums
David Hidalgo /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Bruce Hornsby /Keyboards, Vocals
John Jennings /Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Percussion, Piano
Rickie Lee Jones /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Slide Whistle, Vocals
Jay Joyce /Fender Rhodes
Christopher Joyner /Organ
Oliver Kraus /Arranger, Strings
Amos Lee /Guitar, Vocals
Los Lobos
Conrad Lozano /Bass
Shelby Lynne /Guitar, Vocals
Val McCallum /Guitar
Jordan McConnell /Guitar (Acoustic)
John Michel /Percussion
Leigh Nash /Vocals
Butch Norton /Drums
John Oates /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Jaron Olevsky /Bass
Louie Pérez /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Leonard Podolak /Banjo
Cesar Rosas /Guitar, Vocals
Kevin Salem /Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Will Sayles /Drums
Eric Schermerhorn /Guitar
Matt Slocum /Guitar
David Sutton /Bass
Margo Timmins /Vocals
Michael Timmins /Guitar
Peter Timmins /Drums
Rob Wasserman /Bass
Noel Webb /Piano
Lucinda Williams /Vocals
Rachael Yamagata /Piano, Shaker, Tambourine, Vocals
REVIEW
by Jeff Tamarkin
The Village in question here is Greenwich, and the concept is simple: gather an assortment of contemporary artists to pay tribute to the early folk singer/songwriter movement of the '60s, specifically as heard in the New York clubs, by covering songs associated with those heady times. Naturally Bob Dylan looms over everything, and fully six of the 13 tracks are Dylan classics of the era, beginning with Rickie Lee Jones' good-time bluesy workup of Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," one of the key salvos in Dylan's rock conversion. Lucinda Williams removes the anger that imbued Dylan's own "Positively 4th Street" and transforms it into a melancholy lament, while Shelby Lynne's country minimalism in "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" is true to Dylan's original without aping his arrangement. There were, of course, other artists on the scene, or at least loosely associated with it, and some of the best are represented. Mary Chapin Carpenter's wistful "Violets of Dawn" does justice to Eric Andersen's original, Bruce Hornsby keeps it simple, using his piano to deliver the longing inherent in John Sebastian's "Darlin' Be Home Soon," and Los Lobos are spirited in their take on "Guantanamera," written by Joseíto Fernández but usually associated with Pete Seeger. Joni Mitchell, a Canadian, came to Greenwich Village initially to hawk her songs, and her "Both Sides Now," a hit for Judy Collins, is given a pensive, semi-orchestral arrangement by Rachel Yamagata. While Cowboy Junkies drain the life out of Tim Buckley's "Once I Was," John Oates is behind one of the album's highlights, the gospel-fied "He Was a Friend of Mine," a song credited here to Traditional but known by its various interpretations by Dylan, Dave Van Ronk, and the Byrds.
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