-Rolling Stone, April 17th, 1997
"From the opening twin-guitar attack of "Caryatid Easy" to the four acoustic numbers that shut down the album, Straightaways is Son Volt rocking at their most forlorn."
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Caryatid Easy [ real audio - wav - aiff ]
Back Into Your World Picking Up The Signal Left A Slide Creosote Cemetery Savior Last Minute Shakedown Been Set Free No More Parades Way Down Watson |
| CD 2-46518 | Cassette 4-46518 |
| Street Date 4/22/97 | |
Personnel:
| Jay Farrar, vocals, guitar, organ, harmonica; Jim Boquist, backing vocals, bass; Mike Heidorn, drums; Dave Boquist, guitars, fiddle, banjo, lap steel; Eric Heywood, pedal steel, mandolin; Paulie, tambourine |
Producers:
Brian Paulson, Son Volt
All songs by Jay Farrar
except "Been Set Free" by Jay Farrar/M. Farrar
All songs ©1997 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Grain Elevator Songs BMI
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Son Volt return with Straightaways, the band's much-awaited second album.
With Jay Farrar's extraordinary new songs continuing to draw from the same
lonesome wellspring of torn-and-frayed rustic Americana that he's been tapping
since his days in Uncle Tupelo, Straightaways is a dramatic new set that
confirms Son Volt's status as one of the most highly regarded American bands to
emerge in recent years.
The group taped an episode of PBS's Austin City Limits that spotlights much of their new music. Like its predecessor, Straightaways was recorded with producer Brian Paulson (Jayhawks, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo). |
Discography: Trace (1/2/4-46010)
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Correspondence: c/o Black Park Management 400 W. Morgan St. #200 Raleigh, NC 27603 sonvolt1@aol.com
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Art Direction and Design: Son Volt and Chuck Hermes/Stress-Lab
Photographs: |
Copyright ©1997 Warner Bros. Records. All Rights Reserved.