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Released: 2009-04-14
Media: Audio CD
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Title Tracks for Country Club
- 1. Stop the World and Let Me Off
- 2. Husbands and Wives
- 3. 'Till I Get It Right
- 4. It Just Dawned on Me
- 5. (Now and Then) There's a Fool Such as I
- 6. The Night Life
- 7. The Sudbury Nickel
- 8. Before I Wake
- 9. I Still Miss Someone
- 10. The Cold Hard Facts of Life
- 11. Take These Chains from My Heart
- 12. Help Me Make It Through the Night
- 13. Are the Good Times Really Over for Good
- 14. Detroit City (I Want to Go Home)
- 15. Pink Mountain Rag
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In true honky tonk style, Country Club is the bastard child of a drunken
promise. A post show hang-out between X & the Knitters John Doe
and The Sadies produced the idea to join forces to a make an album of country songs. Both rock n roll and country music are littered with the ghosts of broken promises, but this one was destined to become reality. Timeless sounds abound on Country Club, driven by Doe s gorgeously rough-hewn vocals, the dueling thousand pound chops of the guitar-wielding Good brothers and The Sadies world class rhythm section of Mike Belitsky and Sean Dean. Here,
the Countrypolitan sound of late 1960s Nashville is filtered through the telecaster-based honky tonk of Bakersfield, CA and the results are simply stunning. Classic tunes by Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings stand alongside corkers by Tammy
Wynette and Roger Miller, all of them getting unique treatments by Doe and The Sadies. The album also features four originals - three from The Sadies and one courtesy of the timeless pairing of John Doe and Exene Cervenka. On Country Club John Doe and The Sadies find the perfect blend of the reverent and the experimental, resulting in a slightly psychedelic
brew that just might pass for straight if you re not lookin .
promise. A post show hang-out between X & the Knitters John Doe
and The Sadies produced the idea to join forces to a make an album of country songs. Both rock n roll and country music are littered with the ghosts of broken promises, but this one was destined to become reality. Timeless sounds abound on Country Club, driven by Doe s gorgeously rough-hewn vocals, the dueling thousand pound chops of the guitar-wielding Good brothers and The Sadies world class rhythm section of Mike Belitsky and Sean Dean. Here,
the Countrypolitan sound of late 1960s Nashville is filtered through the telecaster-based honky tonk of Bakersfield, CA and the results are simply stunning. Classic tunes by Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings stand alongside corkers by Tammy
Wynette and Roger Miller, all of them getting unique treatments by Doe and The Sadies. The album also features four originals - three from The Sadies and one courtesy of the timeless pairing of John Doe and Exene Cervenka. On Country Club John Doe and The Sadies find the perfect blend of the reverent and the experimental, resulting in a slightly psychedelic
brew that just might pass for straight if you re not lookin .
Product Details
Country Club
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2009-04-14)
- Publisher: Yep Roc Records
- Label: Yep Roc Records
- Studio: Yep Roc Records
- Sales Rank in Music: #83012
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:  Sometimes it takes an outsider..., By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Country Club (Audio CD) There's been a trend lately in country music: All of the best country albums have been created by non-country artists. I won't go into what this says about the state of contemporary country music (I could rant all night); I will merely point out that John Doe and The Sadies have crafted a superb country album that is everything country music is supposed to be about: sorrow, heartbreak, and the struggles of the everyman in a world gone crazy.
Granted, they do this mostly through covers. Actually, if there were more original tunes on here, the album might not fare so well (nothing against the songwriting abilities of either artist; the original tunes are all well-written and stand up against the covers). The fact that these are traditional country tunes revisited suggests a merging of old and new that is endearing and, quite simply, "right." The artists cover songs written or made famous by such legends as Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller, Mel Tillis, Willie Nelson, Merle...Read more 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:  What The Knitters was to X, this is to The Knitters., By Snowballthrower (Lake Tahoe) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Country Club (Audio CD) I have a soft spot for some country music covers. This is interesting. John Doe is Americana. The songs are taken seriously. It's not a parody. These songs are given their due in a heartfelt manner. Might I suggest, if you like this, Robbie Fulks' "13 Hillbilly Giants" is awesome and Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Brothers "Sleepless Nights" is the best. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: +1/2 -- Terrific set of classic country covers from X/Knitters vocalist, By hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Country Club (Audio CD) John Doe's penchant for country and roots has never been a secret. Though originally pegged as a punk rock singer with X, the acoustic spin-off Knitters and his solo work demonstrated he could sing effectively in quieter settings. Paired here with the Sadies, he capitulates fully to the classic country music that's so clearly influenced him. Best of all, he sings in a relaxed style that unlocks new levels of tone and tempo. The Sadies, for their part, are as tight as the Nashville A-listers who originally cut these tunes behind Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette and Bobby Bare. But as easily as they pick the original fiddle-and-steel instrumental "Ping Mountain Rag" and Western-tinged guitar hoedown "The Sudbury Nickel," they also render "The Night Life" with enough atmosphere to suggest the debauchery of "House of the Rising Sun" and add a spacey edge to "'Till I Get it Right."
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