Buddy & Julie Miller

Buddy Miller – The Best Of The Hightone Years (2006)

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Buddy Miller is country in a way that country isn't marketed much these days. He knows life is ragged and messy, and that's the way he approaches songs, and he sings with a wild, willful abandon that sounds as real and lived in as the day is long. There's nothing smooth and polished about Buddy Miller, which is why he doesn't get played on contemporary country stations and gets shuffled away under the Americana or alt-country umbrellas. Whatever. He's the real deal, and this excellent sampler of his eight-year stay at Hightone Records shows that again and again, and it makes a perfect introduction to this delightfully maverick singer and songwriter. There isn't a slack song in the sequence, but a few really stand out, particularly the opener, "The River's Gonna Run," written by his wife, Julie Miller, who sings on it, too, and the couple sounds like the second coming of Richard & Mimi Fariña if the Fariñas had spent a lifetime drinking and smoking in a honky tonk road house. It's country, even if Nashville has no clue that it is. Other highlights here include "Somewhere Trouble Don't Go," a loosely sung but masterful version of Richard Thompson's "Keep Your Distance," and a fun romp through "Hole in My Head," which Miller co-wrote with Jim Lauderdale. But each of these 16 tracks has something to offer, and even though they're drawn from five different albums for Hightone, they feel like they all belong together (the album isn't arranged chronologically, which means the songs bounce off each other in a natural flow, and it shows someone put some thought into sequencing), and the end result is an impressive portrait of an American treasure. Folks, this is country the way it ought to be done. <AMG album pick>

01. Buddy & Julie Miller – The River’s Gonna Run
02. My Love Will Follow You
03. I Can’t Get Over You
04. Does My Ring Burn Your Finger
05. Cruel Moon
06. Buddy & Julie Miller – Little Darlin
07. Buddy & Julie Miller – Keep Your Distance
08. Don’t Tell Me
09. That’s How I Got To Memphis
10. Midnight And Lonesome
11. When It Comes To You
12. Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
13. Buddy & Julie Miller – Rock Salt And Nails
14. That’s How Strong My Love Is
15. Don’t Listen To The Wind
16. Hole In My Head

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Buddy Miller - Your Love and Other Lies (1995)

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Label: HighTone Records HCD 8063 | Genre: Country, Rock | Time: 40 min 34 sec

Tracklist:

[02:52] 01. You Wrecked Up My Heart
[03:33] 02. Don't Listen to the Wind
[03:21] 03. That's How I Got to Memphis
[03:19] 04. I'm Pretending
[03:25] 05. Through the Eyes of a Broken Heart
[02:14] 06. I Don't Mean Maybe
[02:35] 07. Hold On My Love
[02:24] 08. Hole in My Head
[03:39] 09. Watching Amy Dance
[04:03] 10. I Can't Slow Down
[03:21] 11. My Love Will Follow You
[02:29] 12. You're Running Wild
[03:14] 13. A Girl Like You

Line-up / Musicians:

Dr. Patterson Barrett - Mandolin, Piano
Emmylou Harris - Vocals
Don Heffington - Drums
Byron House - Bass
Jim Lauderdale - Vocals
Donald Lindley - Drums, Percussion
Phil Madeira - Accordion, Organ (Hammond)
Julie Miller - Vocals
Gurf Morlix - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Dan Penn - Vocals
Al Perkins - Guitar (Steel), Lap Steel Guitar
Tammy Rogers - Fiddle, Mandolin
Jeff Steele - Bass
Cory Verbin - Piano
Lucinda Williams - Vocals

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Buddy Miller – The Majestic Silver Strings (2011)

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Buddy Miller records as a frontman sparingly -- the last time was in 2009 with wife Julie Miller on the stellar Written in Chalk. He does far more performing and producing, the latter including Patty Griffin's Downtown Church and Robert Plant's Band of Joy offerings. For The Majestic Silver Strings, Miller recruited guitarists Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, and Greg Leisz to join him on a program of classic country songs and a couple of originals. The four guitar players are joined variously by guest vocalists including Griffin, Julie Miller, Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, and Ann McCrary, and the rhythm section of drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist Dennis Crouch. The program is a revisioning of tunes from country's canon that sound timeless against the original material. It is without nostalgia. The dreamy opening notes of "Cattle Call" (inextricably linked with the legendary Eddy Arnold) make it obvious that something special is unfolding. Frisell and Leisz play waltz-time intertwining leads as Ribot adds a requinto and Miller a mandoguitar through a lengthy intro before adding his grainy, crooning voice. The spunky "No Good Lover" is a swinging blues with Frisell and Ribot trading licks before McCrary duets with Miller. Lefty Frizzell's "I Want to Be with You Always" boasts gorgeous guitar slinging, but is eclipsed by the sensual vocal duet between Griffin and Miller. The reading of Roger Miller's "Dang Me" is radical: Chocolate Genius takes the vocal, making it slippery and silvery atop a spooky, swampy nocturnal blues. Elizabeth Cotten's standard "Freight Train" is given a shuffling yet swinging rag treatment with all four guitar players trading fours and eights. Womack contributes two fine vocals: in the forlorn, gauzy "Meds" (written by Ribot) and the heartbreaking "Return to Me," which aches with longing; it's underscored by lovely acoustic work from Ribot on a nylon-string guitar, Miller playing baritone and rounded off by Leisz's steel with Frisell comping. Miller and Ribot duet on a barely contained stomping four-guitar read of the George Jones classic "Why Baby Why." Julie and Frisell wrote the closer, "God's Wing'ed Horse," which is arguably the most nakedly tender, moving piece on the record. She and Buddy duet as Frisell, Ribot, and Leisz wind around one another like vines throughout this intimate gospel song. The Majestic Silver Strings is one of those rare "supergroup" projects that works -- as much by its understatement as its savvy choice of material and excellent performances. -AMG

01 – Cattle Call
02 – No Good Lover (Featuring Ann McCrary)
03 – I Want To Be With You Always (Featuring Patty Griffin)
04 – Barres De La Prison (Featuring Marc Ribot)
05 – Meds (Featuring Lee Ann Womack)
06 – Dang Me (Featuring Chocolate Genius)
07 – Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie (Featuring Marc Ribot)
08 – That’s The Way Love Goes (Featuring Shawn Colvin)
09 – Freight Train
10 – Why I’m Walkin’ (Featuring Emmylou Harris)
11 – Why Baby Why (Featuring Marc Ribot)
12 – Return To Me (Featuring Lee Ann Womack)
13 – God’s Wing’ed Horse (Featuring Julie Miller)

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