Jerry Jeff Walker - Ridin' High
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Track List: Ridin' High
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- Public DomainDownload & Buy
- Pick Up The TempoDownload & Buy
- Like A Coat From The ColdDownload & Buy
- I Love YouDownload & Buy
- Night Rider's LamentDownload & Buy
- Goodbye Easy StreetDownload & Buy
- Pot Can't Call The Kettle BlackDownload & Buy
- Mississippi You're On My MindDownload & Buy
- Jaded LoverDownload & Buy
- Pissin' In The WindDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Ridin' High
- Release Date:
- 01/01/1975
- Label:
- Mca Nashville
- UPC:
- 076732092026
User Reviews: Ridin' High
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Ridin' High
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, March 28, 2001Reviewer: lizard_king72 - See all lizard_king72's reviewsIt's amazing that there are still entertainers like Jerry Jeff still touring. This CD marks the finest work that Walker has ever done. This album will make you laugh, cry, and ultimately thank God that your alive.
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Pro Reviews: Ridin' High
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews The mid- to late '70s were good to Jerry Jeff Walker. He recorded a string of absolutely endearing classics of the outlaw singer/songwriter genre of country music: Viva Terlingua, Walker's Collectibles, Jerry Jeff Walker, It's a Good Night for Singin', the live A Man Must Carry On, and this one, Ridin' High from 1975. Most Walker fans will argue like hell about which is best, but they are interchangeably great and stand the test of time in the same way Guy Clark's and Billy Joe Shaver's albums do. In any case, Ridin' High is pure Texas country drunk roll with some Nash Vegas players added to the Lost Gonzo Band for some truly Cosmic Cowboy yammering. The material here is top-notch: Willie Nelson's "Pick Up the Tempo," Bob Livingston's "Public Domain," and Guy Clark's "Like a Coat from the Cold" -- and they're the first three tracks on the album Walker has a way of delivering drunken anthems and tender ballads in his deep bass voice that brings you into the song so far you feel as if he's singing it just for you and your friends. He does this consistently on this album, backed by a star cast of players including not only the Gonzos but also Johnny Gimble, David Briggs, Norbert Putnam, and others. And the gorgeous horn touches added by Michael Brovsky are stunning. Two of Walker's own best songs are here, "I Love You," written for his then new wife Susan, and the rowdy man's good-time anthem "Pissin' in the Wind." The album is rounded out by Jesse Winchester's "Mississippi You're on My Mind," Mike Burton's oft-covered nugget "Night Rider's Lament," and a few others. The album feels like a solid stream of hippie cowboy music fed by cold Lone Star, lots of pot, and the occasional line. To listen closely is to miss the point. This is an album to be experienced with the senses, entering into the free flow of Walker's good-time world even for the 40 minutes it takes to listen to the album. But that's far better than nothin', ain't it? - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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Jerry Jeff Walker is strongly associated with the progressive ("outlaw") country scene that centered around Austin, Texas, in the 1970s and included such figures as Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, the Lost Gonzo Band, Waylon Jennings,and ...Full Jerry Jeff Walker Biography
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Pros: Fun Fun Fun !!!
Cons: None
This a great album although Jerry Jeff didn't pen but two of the songs. But the songs he chose could be his writing. He does know how to choose the right material and no one but no one can sing Jaded Lover like old Scamp!