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Jedd Hughes seems to have been on a fast track to record stores since he arrived from Australia to attend the bluegrass program at South Plains College in Texas a few years back, only to be spotted by Terry McBride, who became his songwriting collaborator and helped him get a job backing Patty Loveless on her Down From the Mountain Tour. MCA Nashville, conscious of the success of Australia's last guitar-playing export, Keith Urban, then signed Hughes up, resulting in a debut album at the age of 22. Transcontinental is a tribute to Hughes' guitar skills. It is full of fingerpicked electric fretwork that recalls George Harrison stealing licks from Carl Perkins. And Hughes sings in a yearning tenor reminiscent of Ricky Skaggs. Meanwhile, he and McBride have shared their songwriting sessions with such pros as Al Anderson, Billy Burnette, and Bruce Robison. Nevertheless, it's the songwriting that lets the album down. The songwriters haven't turned out typical Nashville formula work, but they haven't come up with anything really distinctive for the most part. The one exception is Anderson's "I Don't Have a Clue," a lovelorn tune with a certain bite, but Hughes is content to sing it without enough venom to make its wit land. A bunch of high-profile singers, including McBride, Loveless, and Alison Krauss lend their voices in harmony on one song or the other, but their contributions are more notable in showing support than in really affecting the outcome. As a result, the album is to be enjoyed largely as a guitar showcase, and it certainly demonstrates that Hughes has chops.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Lee James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Leo, ComposerLyricist - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Terrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rich Redmond, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Lee James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nathan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Terrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Kimball, ComposerLyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON BLOCK, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Tyminski, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Stinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Lee James, ComposerLyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Thomas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alan Gordon Anderson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Kimball, ComposerLyricist - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Patty Loveless, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Burnette, ComposerLyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON BLOCK, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Tyminski, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Robison, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Lee James, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nathan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Krauss, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russ Pahl, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Henry, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Carmichael, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Brenton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Berenton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Lee James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nathan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Terrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Redmond, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry McBride, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gram Parsons, ComposerLyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Terrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jedd Hughes, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Jedd Hughes seems to have been on a fast track to record stores since he arrived from Australia to attend the bluegrass program at South Plains College in Texas a few years back, only to be spotted by Terry McBride, who became his songwriting collaborator and helped him get a job backing Patty Loveless on her Down From the Mountain Tour. MCA Nashville, conscious of the success of Australia's last guitar-playing export, Keith Urban, then signed Hughes up, resulting in a debut album at the age of 22. Transcontinental is a tribute to Hughes' guitar skills. It is full of fingerpicked electric fretwork that recalls George Harrison stealing licks from Carl Perkins. And Hughes sings in a yearning tenor reminiscent of Ricky Skaggs. Meanwhile, he and McBride have shared their songwriting sessions with such pros as Al Anderson, Billy Burnette, and Bruce Robison. Nevertheless, it's the songwriting that lets the album down. The songwriters haven't turned out typical Nashville formula work, but they haven't come up with anything really distinctive for the most part. The one exception is Anderson's "I Don't Have a Clue," a lovelorn tune with a certain bite, but Hughes is content to sing it without enough venom to make its wit land. A bunch of high-profile singers, including McBride, Loveless, and Alison Krauss lend their voices in harmony on one song or the other, but their contributions are more notable in showing support than in really affecting the outcome. As a result, the album is to be enjoyed largely as a guitar showcase, and it certainly demonstrates that Hughes has chops.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:42
- Main artists: Jedd Hughes
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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