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 | Title : Trouble No More
Author : Mellencamp, John
Release Date : 20030603
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Before John Mellencamp recorded his classic Scarecrow, he learned hundreds of classic rock covers from the '60s. Here the Indiana troubadour ventures back to the very roots of American popular music, learning traditional songs associated with the likes of Robert Johnson, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, and Woody Guthrie. The result is Mellencamp's rawest album to date, updating the acoustic sounds of those early idioms for modern times while keeping them firmly rooted in tradition. In that sense, it's not unlike his hero Bob Dylan's two country-blues cover albums from the mid-'90s--though the ever-mischievous Mellencamp has a little fun with his definitions here, paying tribute to his Hoosier background by covering Bloomington native Hoagy Carmichael's 'Brooklyn Oriole' and Lucinda Williams's 1980 ode to 'Lafayette,' while pulling a beautiful stark version of Skeeter Davis's wonderful 1963 country-pop ballad 'End of the World' out of left field. The former James Brown impersonator has never sang better. The album closes with 'To Washington,' credited to Mellencamp, but actually a 'borrowed blues' that's been used to address political figures as far back as Calvin Coolidge when recorded by Charlie Poole, the Carter Family, and Guthrie. This time, the song addresses one George W. Bush and surely won't gain Mellencamp any new fans among those who'd support a Dixie Chicks boycott. --Bill Holdship
Buyer Reviews :
John Mellencamp is a favorite of mine. If you go back and listen to his recordings chronologically, you can hear the growth from a hard edged rock and roller to a singer/songwriter of depth and feeling. I knew that this release would be fitting, since John has been heading in this direction. He is after all a songwriter of Americana now, and this collection of roots music is fully him.
My favorite though, hands down, is his yearning 'The End of the World,' the old Skeeter Davis tear-jerker. His straight-forward and raw approach, sans even the song's beautiful harmony vocal, is just gorgeous and heart wrenching. The cd would be worth having just for that song alone, but there's another half dozen great songs here. If you're a fan of American Roots music, and not too big on John, you'll still find very much to enjoy here. If, like me, Mellencamp is an American Music staple, you'll love it.
(by Dirk Yarborough)
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