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CD: Two Men with the Blues

Release: July 8, 2008

 
I’m sitting here listening to my new favorite cd!  This album is AWESOME!  I mean, after the last review I had to give Willie for his ill-conceived “Moment of Forever” cd, which was horrible on so many levels, I wasn’t sure I wanted to even crack this one open - but man, am I glad I ever did!

This album was recorded live Jan. 12th and 13th, 2007 at the Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at the Lincoln Center - and it’s a performance that you just WISH you could’ve been there to see live.  This is the only kindof reason to spend any money going to a live show anymore.  If it’s this good.

Wynton is spot on in his playing and Willie sounds interested in what he’s singing.  The players backing them are superb in every way and it’s just FUN to listen to.  It’s SWINGING, Rocking, Jazzy, Country, and Blues at it’s best. 

Standards like “Bright Lights, Big City”, “Caldonia”, and “Georgia on my Mind” are included.  “Caldonia” is ROCKING and I swear I could place it on repeat and listen to it over and over all night.  This is just fantastic music.  The best collaboration in Years!

Congrats to the staff at Blue Note Records for getting this to market.  I hope it’s a HUGE hit and everyone buys it.  Nothing you buy this year is going to compare.  Seriously.  This might be the Record of the Year.

As an aside, several weeks ago I received Willie Nelson’s new novel - A Tale Out Of Luck, which won’t be released until September 2008. So stay tuned to NashvilleHype! as I will be reviewing this book before it’s release.