Going Driftless - An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown [2002] [EAC/
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FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue Label/Cat#: Red House Country: USA Year: September 10, 2002 Format:CD Genre: americana,country,folk 1. Lately - Lucinda Williams 2. The Poet Game - Ani DiFranco 3. The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home - Iris Dement 4. Where is Maria - Ferron 5. Sleeper - Eliza Gilkyson 6. Ella Mae - Pieta, Zoe and Constie Brown 7. Summer Evening - Gillian Welch 8. Small Dark Movie - Lucy Kaplansky 9. Spring & All - Mary Chapin Carpenter 10. Say a Little Prayer - Shawn Colvin 11. Early - Victoria Williams 12. Two Little Feet - Karen Savoca 13. Hey Baby Hey - Robin Lee Berry 14. Wash My Eyes - Leandra Peak Twenty years prior to the release of Going Driftless, Greg Brown sang about being a dad. "I'm a man who's rich in daughters," he boasted, tenderly. It's appropriate, then, that the most affecting song on this tribute album is a hushed, heartfelt reading of Brown's early rarity "Ella Mae," played and sung here by his three girls, Pieta, Zoe, and Constie. And while theirs is the disc's single best performance, there's much more here to recommend. Lucinda Williams (who opens the album with "Lately") and Iris DeMent ("The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home") are, like Brown, raw, emotive singers steeped in the blues, and their covers ooze with longing and ache. Ani DiFranco's jazzy "Poet Game" and Victoria Williams's playful "Early" offer new perspectives on familiar Brown songs. And while the likes of Eliza Gilkyson ("Sleeper") and Shawn Colvin ("Say a Little Prayer") come off a little too polished, each earns points for reviving terrific tunes from deep in Brown's catalog. One note: Royalties from this album go to the Breast Cancer Fund