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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Ted Hawkins |
| Record Label: |
Geffen Records (USA) |
| Contributing Artist: |
Billy Payne |
| Genre: |
Blues |
| Subgenre: |
Contemporary Blues |
| Release Date: |
May 07, 2005 |
| Album Duration: |
37m:42s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Strange Conversation 2. Big Things 3. There Stands the Glass 4. Biloxi 5. Groovy Little Things 6. Good and the Bad 7. Afraid 8. Green-Eyed Girl 9. Ladder of Success 10. Long as I Can See the Light |
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Personnel: Ted Hawkins (vocals, guitar); Greg Leisz (lap steel guitar, Hawaiian guitar, pedal steel guitar); Chris Bruce (guitar); Martin Tillman (cello); Tony Berg, Billy Payne, Patrick Warren (keyboards); John Pierce, Guy Pratt, Kevin McCormick (bass); Pat Mastelotto, Jim Keltner, Greg Wells (drums, percussion). Includes liner notes by Dave Adelson and Dave Marsh. 1994 found Ted Hawkins breaking through to his largest audience yet with the release of THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS, Hawkins' first album for a major label. Sadly, on New Year's Day 1995 he succumbed to a massive stroke, leaving this record as his final offering. The album is every bit the equal of his remarkable WATCH YOUR STEP and HAPPY HOUR. Hawkins is supported by subtle and evocative accompaniment-churchly organ here, a steel guitar there-and the players are understated and perfectly suited to the material. The few covers include "There Stands The Glass," a stirring song that often opened Hawkins' concerts, Jesse Winchester's "Biloxi," and Jo... |
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