- Blue-Eyed Elaine
- Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
- I Forgot to Remember to Forget
- I Love You Because
- Pistol-Packin' Mama
- Saginaw, Michigan
- Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
- Old Cape Cod
- Death of Floyd Collins
- The Blue Side of Lonesome
- In the Garden
- Just the Other Side of Nowhere
- Old Rugged Cross
- Where the Blue of the Night

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Overview
The word "legend" is tossed around far too often. But John Prine, with a 30-years-plus body of unassailable, socially aware songs filled with wry humor, lyrical poignancy, and deep humanity, and Mac Wiseman, one of the greatest bluegrass tenors of all time -- well, these guys are unqualified legends whose styles will be studied by generations yet unborn. At the urging of another by-God legend, Cowboy Jack Clement, Prine and Wiseman gathered a bunch of their favorite songs, assembled a crack band that includes guitarist Pat McLaughlin and pedal steel master Lloyd Green, brought in the Grand Ole Opry's velvet-voiced Carol Lee Singers to provide sumptuous backgrounds, and voila! A genial, warmhearted musical event transpired that found our heroes assaying everything from Bing Crosby's pop classic "Where the Blue of the Night" to a dreamy take on Patti Page's 1957 "Old Cape Cod" (on which the ruggedly weathered voices offer a resonant contrast to a lush string chart and the Carol Lee Singers' smooth crooning) to a reverent, country church-style rendering of the venerable hymn "Old Rugged Cross." The grizzled vets have a lot of fun warming up to the perky Bob Wills-Cindy Walker western swing homily "Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age," which they aren't, and getting frisky on a perky bluegrass treatment of Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama," during which Ronnie McCoury adds a sprightly mandolin solo. A little blues from Leon Payne, some heartbreak from Kris Kristofferson, some love and happiness courtesy Ernest Tubb, nostalgia for a simpler time via Tom T. Hall -- the songs are as vintage as the performances. But it all sounds fresh.
Product Details
Release Date: | 04/24/2007 |
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Label: | Oh Boy |
UPC: | 0094012003821 |
catalogNumber: | 38 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
John Prine Primary Artist,Acoustic Guitar,VocalsMac Wiseman Primary Artist,Acoustic Guitar,Vocals
Lloyd Green Pedal Steel Guitar
Pat McLaughlin Acoustic Guitar,Harmonica,Mandolin,Ukulele,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Baritone)
Mike Bub Bass
Jack Clement Dobro,Guitar
Charles Cochran Electric Piano
Stuart Duncan Fiddle
Jamie Hartford Electric Guitar
Ronnie McCoury Mandolin
Pat McInerney Drums
Joey Miskulin Accordion
Tim O'Brien Banjo,Guitar
David Jacques Bass
Lester Armistead Vocal Harmony
Kenneth Blevins Percussion,Snare Drums
Carol Lee Singers Background Vocals
Technical Credits
Tom T. Hall ComposerKris Kristofferson Composer
Bing Crosby Composer
Charlie Feathers Composer
John Prine Arranger,Producer,Audio Production
Leon Payne Composer
Ernest Tubb Composer
Cindy Walker Composer
Fred E. Ahlert Composer
Bunetta Management
David Ferguson Audio Production
Stan Kesler Composer
Roy Turk Composer
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Composer
Claire Rothrock Composer
Milton Yakus Composer
C. Austin Miles Composer
Allan Jeffrey Composer