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As a youth in the Mississippi Delta, Steve Azar was indoctrinated into the blues and jazz by grizzled musicians hanging outside his father's liquor store. Later, he left his small town for the country stardom of Nashville, and saw his label fold immediately after Heartbreak Town came out, giving him an authenticity that money can't buy. To top it all off, he even bucked industry trends by writing, alone or in collaborations, everything on his recent Mercury debut, Waitin' on Joe. Perhaps it's because Azar is such a sympathetic character that the disc is such a disappointment, a paint-by-numbers pandering to the prevalent country radio contingency. Everywhere you turn, you're hit with impeccably produced, sanitized soft rock twanging of redneck pabulum. The saving grace is his own lyrics, more heartfelt than his contemporaries by far, but when it comes to the music, either he can do better, or he ain't been paying attention.
© Brian O'Neill /TiVo
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Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - R.C. Bannon, ComposerLyricist - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Harris, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Kent, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Brock, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jason Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe VanHoy, ComposerLyricist - Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe VanHoy, ComposerLyricist - Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Beyer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Kristin Wilkinson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID DAVIDSON, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Angell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Catchings, String Arranger, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Sixfin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Young, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Spadey Brannon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Landreth, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Spadey Brannon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe VanHoy, ComposerLyricist - Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Harris, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Kent, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Punch, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Brock, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe VanHoy, ComposerLyricist - Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Landreth, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Young, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Spadey Brannon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe VanHoy, ComposerLyricist - Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Yudkin, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jason Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Harris, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - A.J. MASTERS, ComposerLyricist - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Kent, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Brock, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johnnie Douglas, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rafe VanHoy, ComposerLyricist - Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Harris, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Daley, Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Brock, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Azar, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roger Murrah, ComposerLyricist - Rafe Van Hoy, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tania Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Rovey, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Mason, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Morse, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Landreth, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Paul, ComposerLyricist - Steve Azar, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Spadey Brannon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
As a youth in the Mississippi Delta, Steve Azar was indoctrinated into the blues and jazz by grizzled musicians hanging outside his father's liquor store. Later, he left his small town for the country stardom of Nashville, and saw his label fold immediately after Heartbreak Town came out, giving him an authenticity that money can't buy. To top it all off, he even bucked industry trends by writing, alone or in collaborations, everything on his recent Mercury debut, Waitin' on Joe. Perhaps it's because Azar is such a sympathetic character that the disc is such a disappointment, a paint-by-numbers pandering to the prevalent country radio contingency. Everywhere you turn, you're hit with impeccably produced, sanitized soft rock twanging of redneck pabulum. The saving grace is his own lyrics, more heartfelt than his contemporaries by far, but when it comes to the music, either he can do better, or he ain't been paying attention.
© Brian O'Neill /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:07
- Main artists: Steve Azar
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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