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We're Usually A Lot Better Than This

Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott

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The second effort by Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott is a live duo recording compiled from two Grey Eagle dates in Asheville, North Carolina in 2005 and 2006. The material includes fine originals including Scott's "Long Time Gone" (a hit for the Dixie Chicks) and "With a Memory Like Mine," O'Brien's "Climbing Up a Mountain," and the pair's "When There's No One Around" in medley with "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." But there are also excellent covers. There's a wonderful a cappella reading of Hank Williams' "House of Gold," a rowdy version of Townes Van Zandt's "White Freightliner Blues," and an elegiac take on Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain," as well as renditions of Keith Whitley's classic "You Don't Have to Move That Mountain" and Lefty Frizzell's iconic "Mom and Dad's Waltz." Beyond the material, what's memorable is the sheer high-wire informality of the setting. While both men are fine singers and Scott is one of the hottest guitar pickers on the planet, what's readily apparent is the pair's willingness to fly by the seat of their pants, inventing harmonies and unique phrasings and instrumental passages; their shared sense of spontaneity reveals genuine surprise between the players, and results in communicating a shared joy with the audience.

© Thom Jurek /TiVo

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1
Climbing Up A Mountain
Tim O'Brien
00:04:03

Tim O'Brien, Composer, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, MainArtist - Howdy Skies Music/Universal Music Corp, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

2
House of Gold
Darrell Scott
00:02:26

Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Hank Williams, Composer - Darrell Scott, MainArtist - Acuff Rose Music, Inc/Hiriam Music, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

3
White Freightliner Blues
Tim O'Brien
00:05:15

Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, MainArtist - Townes Van Zandt, Composer - JTVZ Music/ASCAP, Bug Music/PRS, Will Van Zandt Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

4
Mick Ryan's Lament
Darrell Scott
00:03:38

Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, MainArtist - Robert Emmet Dunlap, Composer - Prodigal Salmon Music, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

5
With A Memory Like Mine
Darrell Scott
00:05:20

Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, Composer, MainArtist - Wayne Scott, Composer - Famous Music/Chuckwagon Gourmet, MusicPublisher - Harlan County Music, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

6
Early Morning Rain
Tim O'Brien
00:04:21

Gordon Lightfoot, Composer - Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, MainArtist - MOOSE MUSIC CAN, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

7
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Tim O'Brien
00:05:47

Tim O'Brien, Composer, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, Composer, MainArtist - Famous Music/Chuckwagon Gourmet, MusicPublisher - Howdy Skies Music/Universal Music Corp, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

8
Long Time Gone
Darrell Scott
00:05:01

Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, Composer, MainArtist - Famous Music/Chuckwagon Gourmet, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

9
You Don't Have To Move That Mountain
Tim O'Brien
00:03:45

Keith Whitley, Composer - Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

10
The Hummingbird
Tim O'Brien
00:04:22

Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, Composer, MainArtist - Famous Music/Chuckwagon Gourmet, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

11
Mom and Dad's Waltz
Darrell Scott
00:03:04

Tim O'Brien, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, MainArtist - Lefty Frizzell, Composer - APRS/Unichappell Music, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

12
Hambone
Darrell Scott
00:02:26

Tim O'Brien, Composer, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, Composer, MainArtist - Cornbread Nation, MusicPublisher - Famous Music/Chuckwagon Gourmet, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

13
When There's No One Around/Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Tim O'Brien
00:08:16

Tim O'Brien, Composer, MainArtist - Darrell Scott, Composer, MainArtist - Cornbread Nation, MusicPublisher - Famous Music/Chuckwagon Gourmet, MusicPublisher - Howdy Skies Music/Universal Music Corp, MusicPublisher

(C) 2012 Full Light Records (P) 2012 Full Light Records

Album review

The second effort by Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott is a live duo recording compiled from two Grey Eagle dates in Asheville, North Carolina in 2005 and 2006. The material includes fine originals including Scott's "Long Time Gone" (a hit for the Dixie Chicks) and "With a Memory Like Mine," O'Brien's "Climbing Up a Mountain," and the pair's "When There's No One Around" in medley with "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." But there are also excellent covers. There's a wonderful a cappella reading of Hank Williams' "House of Gold," a rowdy version of Townes Van Zandt's "White Freightliner Blues," and an elegiac take on Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain," as well as renditions of Keith Whitley's classic "You Don't Have to Move That Mountain" and Lefty Frizzell's iconic "Mom and Dad's Waltz." Beyond the material, what's memorable is the sheer high-wire informality of the setting. While both men are fine singers and Scott is one of the hottest guitar pickers on the planet, what's readily apparent is the pair's willingness to fly by the seat of their pants, inventing harmonies and unique phrasings and instrumental passages; their shared sense of spontaneity reveals genuine surprise between the players, and results in communicating a shared joy with the audience.

© Thom Jurek /TiVo

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