by Old Crow Medicine Show List Price:$16.00 Our Price:$13.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Product Details
Media: Audio CD
Release Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Label: Nettwerk Records
Average Customer Review: 0 Based on 0 reviews.
Sales Rank: 464
Tracks
1.
Wagon Wheel
2.
We're All In This Together
3.
Trials & Troubles
4.
Tell It To Me
5.
Tear It Down
6.
Take 'em Away
7.
Poor Man
8.
Hard To Tell
9.
Hard To Love
10.
CC Rider
11.
Big Time In The Jungle
Editorial Review
During the "folk music-scare" of the early 1960s, a bunch of white middle-class youths with names like the Greenbriar Boys and the Even Dozen Jug Band discovered the mountain music of the Stanley Brothers, Skillet Lickers, and Uncle Dave Macon and set about introducing it to the country's college kids. Four decades later, the members of OCMS fit the profile of those early revivalists, yet if anything they have tapped deeper into the primal elements of an American art form. As demonstrated on their debut, they have assimilated not just the sound--banjos, harmonicas, acoustic guitar and bass--but more importantly the haunting spirit of music that was made to keep hard times at bay. How else to explain their ability to take a well-worn chestnut like "CC Rider" and infuse it with an energy that reveals once again why it is a classic? Not content to live completely in the past, they wrote "Big Time in the Jungle," which, though it is about Vietnam, could easily be transposed to 2004's desert conflicts. Kindred spirit and producer David Rawlings (Gillian Welch's longtime collaborator) has kept their energy intact, but one can only wonder what sort of magic they must deliver live. --Michael Ross
Top Customer Reviews
Rating:
4 How are they live?
The review wondered how Old Crow was live- I had the pleasure of seeing them this spring, and I can say they were fabulous. Spontaneous, fun, energetic- David Rawlings went to joing them half way through the set, and the chemistry was great. The album's great, they're the best 'new' bluegrass I've heard in a while. Buy the album, then find them live!
Rating:
5 Already a fan....
So here's the deal... All I know of O.C.M.S. is seeing their video on CMT for the song "Wagon Wheel." I recorded the video on my Digital PVR Recorder, and I have to say... I've watched the video and listened to this song about 50 times.... IN A ROW!I've not heard the rest of the album, but I soon will. From this ONE song though, they present a sound, style and attitude that has been missing from music for quite some time. It gives hope that Popular Music CAN still be an ARTFORM, rather then just another media outlet for record labels to make money by appealing to the lowest common denominator. "Hey..... Mamma Rock me!"
Rating:
5 Like Gravy
I love seeing this band live--it is a soulful experience. And yes, long-time fans will have heard more rollicking versions of several of the songs. But the Old Crows prove on this record that they can convey a range of emotion, sing and write different kinds of songs, evoke different kinds of feelings and memories--all while staying true to the music of the past. For those who might hesitate to buy this record because of comparison to some bluegrass CD currently annoying the masses, don't fear--this is something entirely different--something that, in stripping off the polish/varnish that makes most most contemporary musician's voices and music sound exactly the same--strikes at something that is (for lack of a better word) real. From fast-paced, energetic songs like "Tear it Down" to the transcendent original tune "We're All in This Together" this album stands apart. It is excellent, and has not left my CD player since it arrived last week.
Rating:
3 Good, but not so good.
These guys are still one of my favorite bands, but I agree with an earlier review that Nashville has really damaged this group. I'm sure this is going to be a hit record, but the album buying public will never know how good this band has been in the past. The energy of their live show and other albums is completely missing. Those of you who've never heard this band should definately buy this. However,if you're and old fan, you should be in mourning. Goodbye Old-Time Punk, hello O'Brother. Can't blame record exec's for wanting to make a buck.
Rating:
5 Outstanding
I must confess that I have been waiting for this album for a long time; last year's live release was just enough to tide me over. Now that I have it, and have listened compulsively for a couple days, I think it is simply fantastic. The album covers alot of musical and emotional territory: from frenetic exuberance to plaintive sorrow. There is definitely something for everyone on this disc.All of the songs are great (those of you who have seen the Crows live will recognize many of their old standards), but there are a few songs that you will find yourself listening to over and over and over. I probably played "Take Em Away" ten times before I listened to the next song. The disc is definitely more polished than their previous non-label releases, but the music doesn't lose anything in the translation, as one idiotic previous reviewer claims. For old fans and new converts, this disc cannout fail to please. I think Old Crow is the best thing to come out of Nashville in a long time. Give it a spin and see for yourself.
