Fire Records - Inner Flame: A Tribute to Rainer Ptacek
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Artikel Name: Inner Flame: A Tribute to Rainer PtacekGenre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: fire records Titelanzahl: 18
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1. Giant Sand / Rainer - Inner Flame 2. Lucinda Williams - Farm 3. Jimmy Page / Robert Plant - Rude World 4. Emmylou Harris - Good Book 5. John Wesley Harding - Story Teller 6. Evan Dando - Rudy With a Flashling 7. Mark Olson / Victoria Williams - Something's Gotta Be Done 8. Grandaddy - Junkpile 9. Eric Drew Feldman / PJ Harvey / John Parish - Losin' Ground 10. Chuck Prophet - Limit To It 11. Tina Chesnutt / Vic Chesnutt - Where's That At? 12. Madeleine Peyroux - Life Is Fine 13. Robert Plant / Rainer - 21 Years 14. Chris Whitley - Powder Keg 15. Jonathan Richman - Broken Promises 16. Kris McKay - One Man Crusade 17. Howe Gelb 'Sno Angel - That's How Things Get Done 18. Joey Burns / John Convertino / Rainer - Be PreparedBeschreibung
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Combining two currently popular trends in compilation albums, this disc is both a tribute record and a charity project, the subject in each case being singer/songwriter/guitarist Rainer Ptácek, a friend of Robert Plant, who has recorded several of his songs as B-sides. The German-born Ptácek grew up in Chicago and now lives in Tucson, where he suffers from cancer. The set includes recordings by Plant with Ptácek and with Jimmy Page, by previous tribute/charity recipients Vic Chesnutt and Victoria Williams, and by such other notable musicians as Emmylou Harris, Evan Dando of the Lemonheads, PJ Harvey, and Jonathan Richman. Ptácek appears on six of the 14 tracks, singing and/or playing National steel guitar. The songs are sparely arranged (many of them acoustic), with a distinct Delta blues feel: Ptácek's chief influence seems to be Robert Johnson. His lyrics are preoccupied with moral quandaries. "He was innocent," and goes a line in the title track, "but that was a long time ago," and another song is called "I Am a Sinner." This is not easy listening by any means, but it displays a gritty determination that is appealing. And, of course, completists of the named artists will want to pick it up. ~ William Ruhlmann
William Ruhlmann
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- Record Label: Fire Records
- Record Label: Fire America
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