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Like Songs of the Plains before it, Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs bears a title that's a plain description of the content within. Call it Colter Wall's predilection for literalism: he's not comfortable with shades of grey, he likes things direct, since that's the way they did it in the old days. The old days he conjures on Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs go further back than the ones on Songs of the Plains. He covers such cowboy classics as "Big Iron" and "I Ride an Old Paint" then writes Western tunes and taking blues to match, creating a dusty fantasia conjuring a time and place before either the Nashville sound or its outlaw backlash. Conceptually, it's clean and tight. Wall doesn't deviate from his stated description at all, so cheers for truth in advertising. Sticking to the straight and narrow has its pitfalls, such as the fact that Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs winds up being a bit monochromatic. The songs stick to their chosen path, Wall doesn't deviate from his plaintive croon, and the stark setting starts to sound a little dull as the album lopes from one song to another.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Doug Moreland, Fiddle - Patrick Lyons, Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emily Gimble, Piano - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Aaron Goodrich, Drums - Jason Simpson, Bass - Jake Groves, Harmonica
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Traditional, Composer - Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Jake Groves, Harmonica
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Marty Robbins, Composer, Lyricist - Doug Moreland, Mandolin, Fiddle - Patrick Lyons, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Aaron Goodrich, Drums - Jason Simpson, Bass - Jake Groves, Harmonica
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Patrick Lyons, Guitar, Slide Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Aaron Goodrich, Drums, Percussion - Jason Simpson, Bass - Jake Groves, Harmonica, Jaw Harp
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Traditional, Composer - Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Doug Moreland, Fiddle - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Vincent Neil Emerson, Background Vocal
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Patrick Lyons, Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emily Gimble, Piano - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Aaron Goodrich, Drums, Percussion - Jason Simpson, Bass - Lewis Martin Pedersen III, Composer, Lyricist - Jake Groves, Harmonica
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Blake Berglund, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Stan Jones, Composer, Lyricist - Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Patrick Lyons, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Aaron Goodrich, Drums, Percussion - Jason Simpson, Bass - Jake Groves, Harmonica
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Doug Moreland, Fiddle - Patrick Lyons, Mandolin, Dobro - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Aaron Goodrich, Drums, Percussion - Jason Simpson, Bass - Jake Groves, Harmonica
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Eric Conn, Mastering Engineer - Patrick Lyons, Dobro - Adam Odor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Colter Wall, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
Album review
Like Songs of the Plains before it, Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs bears a title that's a plain description of the content within. Call it Colter Wall's predilection for literalism: he's not comfortable with shades of grey, he likes things direct, since that's the way they did it in the old days. The old days he conjures on Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs go further back than the ones on Songs of the Plains. He covers such cowboy classics as "Big Iron" and "I Ride an Old Paint" then writes Western tunes and taking blues to match, creating a dusty fantasia conjuring a time and place before either the Nashville sound or its outlaw backlash. Conceptually, it's clean and tight. Wall doesn't deviate from his stated description at all, so cheers for truth in advertising. Sticking to the straight and narrow has its pitfalls, such as the fact that Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs winds up being a bit monochromatic. The songs stick to their chosen path, Wall doesn't deviate from his plaintive croon, and the stark setting starts to sound a little dull as the album lopes from one song to another.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:29
- Main artists: Colter Wall
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: La Honda Records - RCA Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
(P) 2020 Black Hole Music, Inc., under exclusive license to La Honda Records/RCA Records
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