‘A Day In Nashville’ is a welcome
throwback of an album.
’A Day In
Nashville’ is a welcome throwback of an album. Robben Ford’s latest release
stands out as a true old school project for a
variety of reasons. The sly vocalist-guitarist recorded the entire album in just
a day, which is the anomaly by today’s
recording standards.
“It just doesn’t
happen today,” Ford said. “Nine songs in one day, all new music. That normally
takes some time. But I credit the
musicians I worked with. I sent demos to them with me singing and playing on
acoustic guitar. I sat down and
thought if I can pull this off, wouldn’t that be something.” Ford pulled it off
courtesy of the work he put in and due to an
exceptional bunch of musicians. Guitarist Audley Freed (Black Crowes),
keyboardist Ricky Peterson(David Sanborn),
bassist Brian Allen (Jason Isbell), drummer Wes Little (Sting) and trombonist
Barry Green (Tony Bennett) helped make ‘A
Day In Nashville’ a reality. You can’t pigeonhole ’A Day In Nashville’ which is
a blues/R&B hybrid, with a tinge of jazz
tossed into the sonic potpourri for good measure.
’A Day In
Nashville’ is the perfect follow-up to ‘Bringing It Back Home.’ Although there
is a similar sonic presence, this time out
Ford, pens seven of the nine cuts. “I had the chance to write some new music and
so I did it,” Ford said. “I enjoy
recording versions of other people’s songs but I like to write music too.” Ford
nails it whether delivering a pair of instrumental
tunes or the seven gems, which range from the compelling (‘Midnight Comes Too
Soon’) to the humorous(‘Ain’t Drinkin’
Beer No More’). The former, which includes a number of searing bluesy guitar
licks and a film noirish story, is not set to a
rhyme scheme. “It was a worthwhile exercise to break away from rhyming in
songwriting,” Ford said. “Rhyme does make a song
more powerful but singing words that don’t rhyme can work really well. The
entire bridge doesn’t rhyme at all. You
can’t put this song into a box.”
Tracklist
1. Green Grass,
Rainwater
2. Midnight Comes
Too Soon
3. Ain't Drinkin'
Beer No More
4. Top Down
Blues
5. Different
People
6. Cut You
Loose
7. Poor Kelly
Blues
8. Thump And
Bump
9. Just Another
Country Road
A Day In Nashville
is out 31/1 via Mascot Label Group/Provogue records/Warner Music
Finland.
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