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Heartworn Highways | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: HackTone Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $18.98
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 27042
Format: Original Recording Remastered, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 37457
UPC: 826663745726
EAN: 0826663745726
ASIN: B000AP2Z6W
Release Date: March 14, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | L.A. Free - Guy Clark | | • | '...That's A Lightnin' Lick...' - Dialogue | | • | Ohoopee River Bottomland - Larry Jon Wilson | | • | That Old Time Feeling - Guy Clark | | • | '...People Condemn Whiskey...' - Dialogue | | • | Waiting Around To Die - Townes Van Zandt | | • | I Still Sing The Old Songs - David Allan Coe | | • | Intro - Heartworn Highways | | • | Desperadoes Waiting For A Train - Guy Clark | | • | Bluebird Wine - Rodney Crowell | | • | Alabama Highway - Steve Young | | • | Intro - Heartworn Highways | | • | Pancho And Lefty - Townes Van Zandt | | • | Texas Cookin' - Guy Clark | | • | Charlie's Place (Gamble's Story) - Gamble Rogers | | • | The Black Label Blues - Gamble Rogers | | • | '...These Guards All Drive Cadillacs!' - Dialogue | | • | River - David Allan Coe | | • | One For The One - John Hiatt | | • | Darlin' Commit Me - Steve Earle | | • | Ballard Of Lavern & Captain Flint - Guy Clark | | • | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Steve Young | | • | The Mercenary Song - Steve Earle | | • | '...Would You Do Elijah's Church?' - Dialogue | | • | Elijah's Church - Steve Earle | | • | Silent Night - Various Artists |
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Amazon.com
This homespun documentary soundtrack celebrates a circle of some of the finest songwriters in progressive country, just as they were starting to come into their own. The intimate informality of the mid-'70s performances finds Guy Clark at the center of that circle of Texans relocated to Nashville, with the then-unknown Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle among his acolytes. All of them sound impossibly, irrepressibly young, though the early songs of Townes Van Zandt (particularly "Waitin' 'Round to Die") already carried the world on their back. Among the highlights are a Christmas Eve party at the Nashville home of Guy and Susannah Clark, where the singalong ranged from his "That Old Time Feeling" to the Crowell-led finale of a spirited "Silent Night." It's fascinating to hear these artists in their formative stages, making music for fun and for each other, in light of what they would become. --Don McLeese
Product Description
'Heartworn Highways' is your seat at that dinner table, listening in as these troubadours pour earnest confessions through strings and voice. In particular, Guy Clark's naked performances dominate the collection, his plaintive heartache searing through 'LA Freeway' and landing right in your lap on the classic 'Desperadoes Waiting for a Train,' in a stripped-bare version that drills straight to the well of tears at the song's core. Equally moving is the bleak, dusty balladry of Townes Van Zandt on 'Waiting Around To Die,' performed in his wood-paneled kitchen for an audience of two his girlfriend and his blacksmith neighbor. 'It's the first song I ever wrote, by the way,' Van Zandt explains before launching into the haunting tune, which eventually leads his neighbor to tears. Featuring the very first recordings of Steve Earle, John Hiatt, and Rodney Crowell, and stirring whiskey-soaked performances by Clark, Van Zandt, Steve Young, David Allan Coe, and others, 'Heartworn Highways' raises the spirit of true roots music, representing a slice of Americana musical history and a generous tip of the ol' cowboy hat to its pioneers.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Young Steve rips it up! May 2, 2008
This soundtrack is an excellent companion to the absolutely must-see DVD. The Steve Earle tunes in particular are unbelievable. I'd never heard (or heard of) "Darling Commit Me" and "Elijah's Church" before and they are on a level with best songs that he has ever written. He apparently emerged from the womb a fully-formed songwriter. Seeing a greasy-haired teenager sing these beautiful songs on the DVD is astounding. Any Earle freaks or lovers of Texas songcraft have got to check these out.
Music this amazing should be illegal October 28, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Once in a very great while there comes an album whose sheer beauty leaves you speechless after you've experienced it. "Heartworn Highways" is one of those albums. If you're reading this then you should already know that it is the companion CD (the liner notes point out that it is NOT a soundtrack) to the film of the same name, which documents the country revivalist/outlaw country movement in Austin and Nashville during the 1970s. This album collects music taken from the feature presentation, along with music from the extra features on the DVD. Presented here are performances from Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Young, Steve Earle, David Allan Coe, Gamble Rogers, John Hiatt, and Rodney Crowell. Each song is a work of songwriting and performance genius, and each one is lovingly restored and remastered from the original analog tapes for unbelievable sound quality. Put this disc into a surround sound system and listen to the instrumentation come alive around you. It's easy to say that a given recording makes you feel "as if you're there(!)," but this one truly does give that impression. The sound quality is so pristine that you will never listen to modern digitized recordings the same way again. I guarantee it.
What this album is is a permanent capture of a special moment in time. All performances were recorded during December 1975 and January 1976. Country music has changed since then and many of these people have gone their separate ways from the community that is presented here. But on this disc, that community, that vital group that revolutionized music, is here forever for us to enjoy. The most amazing tracks are the ones where several musicians are collaborating. At the end of the disc is a series of tracks taken from an informal jam session at the Clark house from Christmas Eve 1975. It is truly incredible that these songs were got on tape, as this sort of thing will never happen again. These people dared to challenge music into going truly back to the basics; sitting with an acoustic guitar and telling real stories through songs, without all the extraneous additions that can obstruct things along the way.
Simply put, this is a magical piece of music. As I said, every song is excellent, and every performance of it is amazing. I listen to rock, country, folk, blues, soul, pop, classical, opera, and a bit of funk, and let me tell you: this is probably the best set of music in my entire collection, in songwriting, sound quality, packaging, and the obvious amount of love that went into putting this album together. It is absolutely amazing, every track. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy, preferably a CD copy instead of iTunes, because the booklet has a track-by-track commentary. You will weep for how far music has fallen. At least the majority of these guys are still alive and recording.
Americana was born here October 8, 2007
Listening to a young (19 years old!) Steve Earle gives me chills - "Mercenary Song" is my new favorite; it just resonates of backwoods beauty. The production on this is warm and beautiful - you feel as if you're sitting right there at the table with these guys, drinking whiskey, smoking Marlboros, and reclining in your old hickory chair as they create Americana right in front of your eyes. Besides "Mercenary Song," Guy Clark steals the show on 5 tracks, each of them heartbreakingly beautiful, most of all the lonesome "Desperadoes Waiting For a Train."
A+
Heart worn Highways is TERRIFIC! August 5, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a great time capsule from 1976 - Heartworn Highways. I absolutely LOVED this cd (and dvd). Found out that I love songs by Guy Clark, Larry Jon Wilson, Rodney Crowell, Townes Van Zandt. Really interesting stories, you enjoy it tremendously. At first, I didn't know any of the artists' music (except for Steve Earle) and now I'm a big fan of these folks. Favorite tracks: "L.A. Freeway," "Ohopee River Bottomland," "Bluebird Wine," and "Texas Cookin." GREAT, GREAT stuff. Do yourself a favor and get the DVD too.
 scraggy country July 17, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The intimate feeling of this recording makes for a unique experience. The soft ballads, thumping harmonies and silly between-song banter all fuse into a wonderful downhome jam session, except it's not your home. You just get to pretend it is. Some of the songs get a little cheesy, but others, like Blueberry Wine, are light-hearted sing alongs perfect for a summer day.
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