Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart torrent

Del Shannon - Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams-Your Cheatin' Heart
Bug/Rhino
R2 70982
1990

Tracklist :


01. Your Cheatin' Heart
02. Kaw-Liga
03. I Can't Help It
04. Honky Tonk Blues
05. Lonesome Whistle
06. You Win Again
07. Ramblin' Man
08. Hey Good Lookin'
09. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
10. Weary Blues From Waitin'
11. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
12. Cold, Cold Heart

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While tribute albums nowadays are commonplace, a quick examination of history 30 years ago shows
us that it wasn't always thus. And when they did occur, it was usually a tip of the hat to some
long-standing show-business icon like Al Jolson. Certainly departed country music stars like Hank
Williams were considered outside the pale of such honors, which is only one of the reasons why
this tribute album by rocker Del Shannon stands out as being something rarified and great. Shannon
-- like most aspiring rockers -- grew up on Williams' songs and once success allowed him to show
that side of his musical equation, he jumped at the opporunity. But rather than cutting a dozen
tepid updates of Hank's best ("Kaw-LIga," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,"
"Hey Good Lookin," etc.), awash in a sea of strings and female choruses, Shannon was smart enough
to keep the music firmly in the style of Williams' backup band, the Drifting Cowboys. Although
several Motown session players -- including Dennis "Scorpio" Coffey on lead guitar -- are on this
session, the net result is heartfelt, understated country music with plenty of steel guitar to the
fore, the kind you'd hear at the kinds of beer halls in Saginaw, MI, where Shannon honed his craft.
Del sings the songs straight, minus any of his trademarked falsetto embellishments, and the result
is one of the best straight forward country albums you'll ever hear.

-- Cub Koda
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All artwork is also included
in 600 dpi scans in PNG

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