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In many ways, Kathy Mattea's Untasted Honey is about as close as she's ever come to recording a bluegrass album. Of course, it's not bluegrass; it's more like Nash Vegas grass. The appearance of players and singers like Tim O'Brien, David Schnaufer, Ray Flynn, Ray Flacke, and a host of others suggests Mattea is sticking close to the roots formula. Her reliance on songs by O'Brien, Fred Koller, Don Henry, and Pat Alger also directs the mix in a certain direction. With producer Allen Reynolds and backing vocals by O'Brien, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and John Thompson, this set is consistently fine. All of the songs seem to segue into one another, creating a tapestry, or a series of snapshots placed together in an album. "Untold Stories," a flashy stomp & roller with the influence of Bill Monroe haunting the background, is a hell of an opener -- especially with the mandolin and guitar solos. The Nelson Brothers' "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a song Rodney Crowell wishes he would have written, and as storyteller here, Mattea is so deep inside the story it's difficult to tell if she's recording a story or giving the listener a recounting of something that happened to her. "Late in the Day" is another O'Brien winner, full of rambling pedal steel and entwined acoustic guitars. Other standouts include the title track, with a virtual choir of backing vocalists and the punch of Bob Ray's voice. This is the most '80s neo-trad country track on the set, and it works. The funky country blues of Pat Alger and Mark D. Sanders' "Like a Hurricane" has that high lonesome ring to it, and Mattea's voice -- which is so large you can hear it echo within itself -- was created to sing a tune like this. In all, this is solid for such a young effort; the selection of tunes, particularly near the end of the record, falls apart, but there's plenty here to engage even the most casual of listeners.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Kathy Mattea, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim O'Brien, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Voice, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Flacke, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Bob Wray, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Sledge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Buck White, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Forster, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kathy Mattea, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim O'Brien, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Koller, ComposerLyricist - Walter Carter, ComposerLyricist - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Bob Wray, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Leuzinger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Sledge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Schnaufer, Dulcimer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Craig Bickhardt, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Kathy Mattea, MainArtist - Bruce Bouton, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wasner, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Pat Flynn, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Leuzinger, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Sledge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - GENE NELSON, ComposerLyricist - Mike Leech, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Beth Nielson Chapman, Voice, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kathy Mattea, MainArtist - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim O'Brien, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Wood, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wasner, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Duncan, Dulcimer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Pat Flynn, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - PAUL OVERSTREET, ComposerLyricist - Chris Leuzinger, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Sledge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Leech, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Alan Schlitz Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kathy Mattea, MainArtist - Bruce Bouton, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim O'Brien, ComposerLyricist - Pete Wasner, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Pat Flynn, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Leuzinger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Sledge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Leech, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Craig Bickhardt, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Kathy Mattea, MainArtist - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Wood, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Koller, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Alger, ComposerLyricist - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Bob Wray, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Leuzinger, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Sledge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Dale, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Craig Bickhardt, Acoustic Guitar, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Kathy Mattea, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Wood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Thompson, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Alfonso, ComposerLyricist - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Kenny Malone, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wray, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Craig William Bickhardt, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark D. Sanders, ComposerLyricist - Kathy Mattea, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - John Thompson, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Alger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wasner, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Alger, ComposerLyricist - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Bob Wray, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Leuzinger, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Sledge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kathy Mattea, MainArtist - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Wood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Thompson, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dennis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Don Henry, ComposerLyricist - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Kenny Malone, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Huskey Jr., Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kathy Mattea, MainArtist - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Alger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Miller, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Reynolds, Producer - Janis Ian, ComposerLyricist - Kye Rhonda Fleming, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Reynolds Wyatt, Harp, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
In many ways, Kathy Mattea's Untasted Honey is about as close as she's ever come to recording a bluegrass album. Of course, it's not bluegrass; it's more like Nash Vegas grass. The appearance of players and singers like Tim O'Brien, David Schnaufer, Ray Flynn, Ray Flacke, and a host of others suggests Mattea is sticking close to the roots formula. Her reliance on songs by O'Brien, Fred Koller, Don Henry, and Pat Alger also directs the mix in a certain direction. With producer Allen Reynolds and backing vocals by O'Brien, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and John Thompson, this set is consistently fine. All of the songs seem to segue into one another, creating a tapestry, or a series of snapshots placed together in an album. "Untold Stories," a flashy stomp & roller with the influence of Bill Monroe haunting the background, is a hell of an opener -- especially with the mandolin and guitar solos. The Nelson Brothers' "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a song Rodney Crowell wishes he would have written, and as storyteller here, Mattea is so deep inside the story it's difficult to tell if she's recording a story or giving the listener a recounting of something that happened to her. "Late in the Day" is another O'Brien winner, full of rambling pedal steel and entwined acoustic guitars. Other standouts include the title track, with a virtual choir of backing vocalists and the punch of Bob Ray's voice. This is the most '80s neo-trad country track on the set, and it works. The funky country blues of Pat Alger and Mark D. Sanders' "Like a Hurricane" has that high lonesome ring to it, and Mattea's voice -- which is so large you can hear it echo within itself -- was created to sing a tune like this. In all, this is solid for such a young effort; the selection of tunes, particularly near the end of the record, falls apart, but there's plenty here to engage even the most casual of listeners.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:34
- Main artists: Kathy Mattea
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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