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Cover
Photo: Art Durity
Something
'Bout You, recorded
in Nashville with ace producer Rich Adler of Soundwave Studios, is
Amy's first collaboration with resophonic guitarist Roger Williams.
Amy and Roger have been performing together in Stillwaters since
2000 and share a common love of good country harmony singing.
Roger's country music pedigree is impeccable; he is the son of Northeastern
country singer Gerry Lee and steel guitar player Curly Williams.
For this project, Amy and Roger culled from hundreds of vintage
duets, some of which Roger learned at his mother's knee, everything
from the Louvin Brothers to bluegrass greats Jim and Jesse to the
Everly Brothers, from obscure duos like Merle Haggard and Bonnie
Owens, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Delia Bell and Bill Grant, and
threw into the mix a few contemporary tunes from the likes of Kevin
Welch and New Hampshire songwriter Rick Lang. Add some stellar session
musicians providing some classic pedal steel, fiddle, and honky-tonk
piano, and the result is 14 tunes that put the "K" back
in country!
"Damn,
if it isn't wonderful. I think it's the best thing that Amy has
done...one of the best albums I've heard this year. A bunch of really
old, relatively obscure country songs, and a few new ones, done
in that old-fashioned country duet style that is killer. Amy's vocals...with
the power and tone of her voice, are tempered by Roger's baritone
which has been sanded smooth by cigarettes and, shall we say, maturity.
The song selections are perfect, the harmonies glorious, the sentiments
wonderfully maudlin (like any good old country song), and the Nashville
session players are amazing."
Ed McKeon / WWUH-
FM
Hartford, CT FM on Toast / Caterwaul
"...One
of the great country duets; just as perfect together as Wilma Lee
and Stoney Cooper, the Louvin Brothers, George and Tammy; an absolute
delight to hear. Frankly, I don't just like it; I'm excited to listen!"
Joseph
Wills / WBZC 88.9
Pemberton, NJ, Radio Host
"Put
(it) in the hopper today, and it is now on its 3rd consecutive spin.
Lovely indeed. What singing! Great choice of material, and just
the right touch on the fiddles and ivorys and slidy slide things."
Rik
James / KGLT-FM
Bozeman, MT, Radio Host and Americana music director
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