Original released on LP A&M SP 6004
(US, 1978)
A Country Opera about the life in the Confederate States of America in 1861-1865. Twenty-eight page booklet that accompanies the LP gives a brief history of the turmoil, the characters involved, an explanation and lyrics to each song and outstanding photographs. Some of the photographs are real photos from those years from the Library of Congress. Others are photos of the singers/musicians in their characters outfits/setting and photographed in such a way, that it's hard to tell the 1860's era photo's from theirs. Feature characters are Jessi Colter as Polly Ann Stafford, Waylon Jennings as The Drifter, John Dillon as Matthew J. Fuller, and Steve Cash as Caleb Stone. Besides the above, musicians also included Bernie Leadon, Eric Clapton, Henry Spinetti, Dave Markee and Tim Hinkley. Great playing by all and some real nice electric slide guitar by Clapton on "White Trash" and with the dobro on "Kentucky Racehorse." Waylon does a nice electric guitar solo on "Dixie, Hold On." Bernie Leadon has a couple of electric solos and a couple of acoustic solos, all well done. Jessi, Waylon, John, and Steve all do a fine job taking on their individual lead vocals and have some real great harmony moments also. Produced and engineered by Glyn Johns, this was a labor of love for Paul Kennerley who wrote and composed all the songs. Story really doesn't glorify one side or the other. It's a look into the horrors of war, the cruelty man is capable of inflicting on one another, and of hope, no matter how bad things may have been. Great music and singing, great engineering, and outstanding packaging. (in RateYourMusic)
4 comentários:
I come from the US. To me, this is like a tribute to the Nazis.
They fought and died for the institution of slavery. Their descendants, who are almost as odious as their forefathers, are still seething over losing the Civil War. That's why they elected our current President.
Ugh. Everyone on that album should be ashamed of themselves. I sure won't be able to give it a listen. I'm constitutionally unable to.
Don't you care about the music?
Some people see offence in everything
To Billy Pilgrim: I just can't take Confederate symbols. Those people are marching in our streets to retain Confederate symbols at public expense, and killing people in broad daylight. Some of them wear white sheets, to show their belonging to the Ku Klux Klan. Many carry the Confederate flag while they march. Others wear Nazi symbols on their arms.
They literally want to kill their fellow Americans, based on their race.
I rarely am offended. But this is special. And I guarantee you, 99 perent of black people in my country would definitely be offended. I'll stick with the blacks, thank you.
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