John Doe and The Sadies - Country Club (2009)
Release Date: April 14, 2009 | mp3 VBR~180kpbs | 56MB
"Country Club is the result of a drunken promise or threat I made to Travis & Dallas [Good, of The Sadies] the first night we played together in Toronto. These happen all the time but it's rare that anyone remembers them the morning after, let alone follows through and makes it a reality. I'm really glad we did," chuckles X, Knitters and solo artist John Doe about the series of events that led to his new project with cosmic roots rockers The Sadies.
By including varying yet equally beloved movements within the country music pantheon, Doe and The Sadies were able to cover their heroes while filtering the pop sensibilities of 60s Nashville through the electric honky tonk of Bakersfield, CA.
Despite the innovation of melding the sounds of Nashville and Bakersfield, timeless sounds abound on Country Club. All of it driven by Doe's singular vocals, the dueling thousand pound chops of the guitar-wielding Good brothers and The Sadies' world class rhythm section of Mike Belitsky and Sean Dean.
On Country Club, classic tunes by Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings stand alongside late-night ballads by Tammy Wynette and Roger Miller. The album also features four originals - three from The Sadies and one courtesy of X songwriting duo John Doe and Exene Cervenka. John Doe and The Sadies have found the perfect blend of the reverent and the experimental, resulting in a slightly psychedelic brew that just might pass for straight if you're not lookin'.
Tracklist & Credits:
1) Stop the World and Let Me Off
Songwriter: Carl Belew
Made famous by: Waylon Jennings
Veronica Jane Doe - vocals
2) Husbands and Wives
Songwriter: Roger Miller
D.J. Bonebrake - vibraphones
Margaret Good - vocals
Eric Heywood - pedal steel
3) 'Til I Get It Right
Songwriters: Red Lane, Larry Henley
Made famous by: Tammy Wynette
D.J. Bonebrake - vibraphones
Eric Heywood - pedal steel
4) It Just Dawned on Me
Songwriters: Exene Cervenka, John Doe
Kathleen Edwards - vocals
5) (Now and Then) There's a Fool Such as I
Songwriter: William Marvin Trader
Made famous by: Hank Snow
Eric Heywood - pedal steel
Cindy Wasserman - vocals
6) The Night Life
Songwriters: Paul F. Buskirk, Walter M. Breeland, Willie Nelson
Made famous by: Ray Price
D.J. Bonebrake - vibraphones
Eric Heywood - pedal steel
7) The Sudbury Nickel
Songwriters: The Sadies
8) Before I Wake
Songwriters: The Sadies
Bob Egan - pedal steel
Margaret Good - vocals
Bruce Good - autoharp
9) I Still Miss Someone
Songwriters: Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.
Bruce Good - autoharp
10) The Cold Hard Facts of Life
Songwriter: Bill Anderson
Made famous by: Porter Wagoner
Eric Heywood - pedal steel
11) Take These Chains from My Heart
Songwriter: Fred Rose, Hy Heath
Made famous by: Hank Williams
D.J. Bonebrake - vibraphones
Margaret Good - vocals
Eric Heywood - pedal steel
Cindy Wasserman - vocals
12) Help Me Make It Through the Night
Songwriter: Kris Kristofferson
13) Are the Good Times Really Over for Good
Songwriter: Merle Haggard
Kathleen Edwards - vocals
14) Detroit City
Songwriters: Danny Dill, Mel Tillis
Made famous by: Bobby Bare
15) Pink Mountain Rag
Songwriters: The Sadies
Bob Egan - pedal steel
