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Original rockabilly basso profundo Sleepy LaBeef returned with I'll Never Lay My Guitar Down and the great news was that it's even better than the last album he had put out on the Rounder imprint, the truly involved Strange Things Happening. Like the last one, this biscuit is produced by Jake Guralnick (who guests on lap steel and guitar) and features Duke Levine on guitar, Paul Bryan on bass, Dave Keyes on piano, and the right-in-the-pocket Lisa Pankratz on drums. For his part, LaBeef tears through 11 country, rockabilly, rock & roll, and bluesy favorites, giving each of them the flattening stamp of his whole personality. When LaBeef's into it, he's just the best, and this time it's evident by his screams and yelps that the pilot light was lit full blast. If your idea of rockabilly is some guy with a pompadour hiccuping himself into an early grave, do yourself a favor and pick up I'll Never Lay My Guitar Down. LaBeef may have been 60 years old, but he knew how to rock; after all, he was there when they invented it.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
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Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Tony Joe White, ComposerLyricist - Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Harrington, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Walker, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Stuckey, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Kenner, ComposerLyricist - Dave Bartholomew, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Willie Turner, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY HORTON, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Mills, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Jennings, ComposerLyricist - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duke Levine, Guitar, Mandola, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bryan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy LaBeef, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Keyes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kempf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Linda LaBeef, ComposerLyricist - Lisa Pankratz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hollinger, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Guralnick, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Kohl, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Mae LaBeef, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Original rockabilly basso profundo Sleepy LaBeef returned with I'll Never Lay My Guitar Down and the great news was that it's even better than the last album he had put out on the Rounder imprint, the truly involved Strange Things Happening. Like the last one, this biscuit is produced by Jake Guralnick (who guests on lap steel and guitar) and features Duke Levine on guitar, Paul Bryan on bass, Dave Keyes on piano, and the right-in-the-pocket Lisa Pankratz on drums. For his part, LaBeef tears through 11 country, rockabilly, rock & roll, and bluesy favorites, giving each of them the flattening stamp of his whole personality. When LaBeef's into it, he's just the best, and this time it's evident by his screams and yelps that the pilot light was lit full blast. If your idea of rockabilly is some guy with a pompadour hiccuping himself into an early grave, do yourself a favor and pick up I'll Never Lay My Guitar Down. LaBeef may have been 60 years old, but he knew how to rock; after all, he was there when they invented it.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:33
- Main artists: Sleepy LaBeef
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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