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Cost
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Product Information for "Cost Of Living - Delbert McClinton" »
Product details
Title
Cost Of Living
Performer
Delbert McClinton
Genre
Country
Sub Genre
Honkytonk
Release Date
29/08/2005
Recomended Retail Price
13.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2005
Label / Distributor
New West / Essential Music/Cinram Logistics
Engineer
Dave Sinko
Producer
Gary Nicholson; Delbert McClinton
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
607396607921
Catalogue Number
NW 6079
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel include: Delbert McClinton (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Bill Campbell (guitar); James Pennebaker (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, fiddle); Rob McNelley (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Don Wise (saxophone); Kevin McKendree (piano, organ); Steve Mackey (bass instrument); Spencer Campbell (double bass, bass guitar); Lynn Williams (drums); Bekka Bramlett (background vocals). Recording information: Fearless, Nashville, TN (2004); The Sound Emprium, Nashville, TN (2005). Texas blues-rock hero Delbert McClinton sounds remarkably energized on this 2005 album--not bad for a guy whose genre-blending career extends back to the late 1950s. COST OF LIVING features McClinton's distinctively twangy takes on blues, rock, and R&B, as best showcased on the witty, rollicking opener, "One of the Fortunate Few," and the pleading "I'll Change My Style"--which could serve as a tongue-in-cheek anthem for his own subtly shifting aesthetic. McClinton's good-natured humor is also evident on plenty of other tunes, including "The Part I Like Best," an innuendo-filled barnstormer, and the Randy Newman-like narrative "Hammerhead Stew." The consistent quality of the material here makes this one of the husky-voiced performer's finest offerings in years.
Album Reviews
Rolling Stone (No. 982, p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...McClinton [is] a rootsy national treasure...." Down Beat (p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 - "McClinton combines powerful singing with musical intelligence on a dozen good-to-excellent songs..." Dirty Linen (p.88) - "McClinton's unrestrained verve allows him to keep making rollicking records, even in his mid-60s....[The songs] communicate his youthful, irascible spirit."
Titles on disc 1
1.
One Of The Fortunate Few
2.
Right To Be Wrong
3.
Part I Like Best
4.
I'll Change My Style
5.
Hammerhead Stew
6.
Your Memory Me And The Blues
7.
Dead Wrong
8.
Down Into Mexico
9.
Kiss Her Once For Me
10.
I Had A Real Good Time
11.
Midnight Communion
12.
Two Step Too
13.
Alright By Me
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08/11/2005
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