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Bluegrass singer/guitarist Tony Rice has been recording songs written by Gordon Lightfoot throughout his career, and this 17-track compilation gathers them together, adding a previously unreleased version of "Whispers of the North" that was cut for Rice's Me and My Guitar album. Included are tracks Rice recorded as part of J.D. Crowe & the New South, the Tony Rice Unit, the Rice Brothers, in a duo with Norman Blake, and as a solo artist. That means that on the various tracks he's joined by a newgrass who's who that includes Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, and Bela Fleck, among others. The selections include "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Early Morning Rain," but for the most part Rice eschewed Lightfoot's better known compositions, and the collection serves to illustrate the overall quality of the songwriter's catalog. Rice did not just use the songs as platforms for picking sessions, either. His singing clearly influenced by Lightfoot's, he brought a strong interpretive ability to the lyrics. Of course, the picking is pretty hot, too.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, Composer - Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Bush, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Skaggs, Mandolin, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Tony Rice Unit, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Bill Emerson, Banjo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Rice, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Rice Brothers, Producer - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Rice, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rickie Simkins, Viola, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Blake, Producer, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - KATE WOLF, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Skaggs, Mandolin, Viola, Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - J.D. Crowe & The New South, MainArtist - Bill Wolf, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - J. D. Crowe, Producer, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Slone, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, Composer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kathy Chiavola, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Mastering Engineer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cole Burgess, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Skaggs, Mandolin, Viola, Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - J.D. Crowe & The New South, MainArtist - Bill Wolf, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Producer, Banjo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Slone, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Gordon Lightfoot, Composer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Bill Emerson, Banjo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Rice, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Rice Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Rice, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rickie Simkins, Viola, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Poindexter, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BELA FLECK, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 Rounder Records Corp.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Vocals, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Rounder Records Corp.
Album review
Bluegrass singer/guitarist Tony Rice has been recording songs written by Gordon Lightfoot throughout his career, and this 17-track compilation gathers them together, adding a previously unreleased version of "Whispers of the North" that was cut for Rice's Me and My Guitar album. Included are tracks Rice recorded as part of J.D. Crowe & the New South, the Tony Rice Unit, the Rice Brothers, in a duo with Norman Blake, and as a solo artist. That means that on the various tracks he's joined by a newgrass who's who that includes Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, and Bela Fleck, among others. The selections include "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Early Morning Rain," but for the most part Rice eschewed Lightfoot's better known compositions, and the collection serves to illustrate the overall quality of the songwriter's catalog. Rice did not just use the songs as platforms for picking sessions, either. His singing clearly influenced by Lightfoot's, he brought a strong interpretive ability to the lyrics. Of course, the picking is pretty hot, too.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:40
- Main artists: Tony Rice
- Composer: Gordon Lightfoot
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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