Cass County (Deluxe) Don Henley
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Album-Release:
2015
HRA-Release:
03.08.2023
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- 1 Bramble Rose 04:30
- 2 The Cost of Living 03:40
- 3 No, Thank You 03:45
- 4 Waiting Tables 04:47
- 5 Take a Picture of This 04:06
- 6 Too Far Gone 03:43
- 7 That Old Flame 04:25
- 8 The Brand New Tennessee Waltz 03:20
- 9 Words Can Break Your Heart 03:40
- 10 When I Stop Dreaming 03:06
- 11 Praying for Rain 05:00
- 12 Too Much Pride 03:45
- 13 She Sang Hymns Out of Tune 03:15
- 14 Train in the Distance 04:47
- 15 A Younger Man 04:20
- 16 Where I Am Now 02:34
Info for Cass County (Deluxe)
Don Henley veröffentlicht sein fünftes Studioalbum und damit sein erstes Soloalbum seit über 15 Jahren. Das Album „Cass County“ wurde nach dem nordöstlichen Gebiet in Texas benannt, in dem Henley aufgewachsen ist. 'Cass Country' ist hier als Deluxe-Version mit 16 Tracks erhältlich.
„Cass County“ wurde von Don Henley und Stan Lynch produziert, der auch am Songwriting von 11 Songs beteiligt war. Dabei repräsentiert das Album vor allem Henleys Wurzeln: „Ich bin in Texas geboren und aufgewachsen. Ich bin ein Südstaatler und ein Texaner. Das ist also eine ganz natürliche Entwicklung für mich. Es zeigt wer ich bin und woher ich komme.“ erzählt Don Henley.
Das Album, das hauptsächlich in Nashville, Tennessee und Dallas, Texas aufgenommen wurde, beinhaltet Gastauftritte von Merle Haggard, Miranda Lambert, Mick Jagger, Martina McBride, Jamey Johnson, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill und Dolly Parton. Zum Entstehungsprozess des Albums berichtet Don Henley: „Ich kann ehrlich sagen, dass ich bei diesem Album noch mehr Spaß hatte als bei jedem anderen Album zuvor und das liegt an den mitwirkenden Musikern. John Sebastian hatte absolut recht, als er 1965 oder 1966 den Song ‚Nashville Cats‘ schrieb. Es stimmt immer noch, auch so viele Jahre später. Es gibt so viele großartige Musiker hier.“
Don Henley erhielt sowohl als Solokünstler als auch als Bandmitglied der Eagles zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, erreichte mit seinen Alben mehrfach Gold- und Platinstatus und spielte seine Songs auf ausverkauften Welttourneen. Der hoch angesehene, beliebte und von der Kritik gefeierte Musiker ist auch Gründungsmitglied, Sänger und Songwriter der Eagles, die mit ihrem Musikstil Vorreiter für eine Mischung aus Country, Folk, R&B, Rock und Pop waren und dadurch eine der einflussreichsten Bands in Amerika wurden. Doch auch als Solokünstler wird Henley genauso gefeiert und begeistert die Menschen mit Hits wie „Dirty Laundry“, „Heart Of The Matter“, „Boys Of Summer“, „The End Of The Innocence“ und „All She Wants To Do Is Dance“. Er wurde 1998 in die Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame aufgenommen und wird noch in diesem Jahr als Bandmitglied der Eagles die Kennedy Center Auszeichnung 2015 erhalten.
Don Henley
Born and raised in Texas (he attended North Texas State) Henley was taken under the wing of country superstar Kenny Rogers in 1970. Rogers encouraged him in the creation of his early band Shiloh and in California he teamed up with Glenn Frey as part of Linda Ronstadt’s backing band. That was the catalyst for forming The Eagles, once Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner were hired to complete a legendary quartet. Henley and Frey assumed a major controlling interest in the band’s development – operating under the theory that a benevolent dictatorship would accomplish far more than a full fledged democracy, and Don’s methodical raping vocal style and underrated drumming underpinned everything from ‘Desperado’ and ‘Witchy Woman’ to the gloriously romantic ‘Best of My Love’ and its polar opposite ‘Hotel California’, a song which couldn’t really have been sung by anyone other than him.
Don’s debut solo album, the self-explanatory I Can’t Stand Still, was extremely well received. Tracks like ‘Dirty Laundry’ and ‘Johnny Can’t Read’ (a sideswipe against American educational standards) pleased critics and piqued public interest. But it was Building the Perfect Beast (1984) that persuaded everyone – here was an artist who was far more than an Eagle, let alone a drummer. The disc has sold over three million copies and established a brilliant partnership with Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers men Mike Campbell, Stan Lynch and Benmont Tench. The stand-out song ‘The Boys of Summer’ is a Henley/Campbell collaboration which won Don the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in 1986 but it’s the startling lyrics about youth and mortality that make it so resonant. The lyrical reference to the Deadhead bumper sticker spotted on a Cadillac gave the number instant appeal to generations of listeners and wry as the observation was it also made a valid point about one time rebellion becoming a consumerist normality – albeit with a perfect up tempo rhythm offset by an entirely downbeat delivery. Stellar assistance on this classic album arrives via Lindsey Buckingham, bassist Tim Drummond, Jim Keltner’s kit and Jerry Hey’s moody horn parts but there are also surprise contributions from a fellow sardonic in Randy Newman (synthesiser) and the late great English drummer Ian Wallace, a member of Henley’s touring band.
Don follows that three years later with The End of the Innocence whose title track is another brilliantly conceived account of impending middle age. This time he colludes with pianist Bruce Hornsby (ironically then a member of The Grateful Dead) and the video is shot by the celebrated movie director David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) is startling black and white. The track ‘I Will Not Go Quietly’ (written with long time pal Danny Kortchmar) finds space for Axl Rose’s backing vocals, making it a collector’s piece, and the not to be overlooked gem ‘New York Minute’ has a slick apocalyptic arrangement augmented by Toto maestros David Paich and Jeff Porcaro: this has a distinctive whiff of Steely Dan about it. Other notables in the ranks are Edie Brickell, Valerie Carter, Sheryl Crow and Wayne Shorter, as well as those Heartbreakers. The End of the Innocence is a top-notch example of peerless West Coast rock cut though with acerbic lyrical wit.
Augmenting these two fabulous discs we have Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits (1995). Another Platinum affair this collates material from his first three solo discs and adds new tracks – ‘The Garden of Allah’ (a Hollywood Babylon epic on a par with his finest writing), ‘You Don’t Know Me at All’ and a superb cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Everybody Knows’ whose mordant lyrics reference everything from AIDS to social unrest and religious turmoil. All a far cry from The Eagles’ ‘Take it Easy’.
With Henley back in the driving and drumming seat with his parent group Inside Job (2000) was another well-received release but we point you towards The Very Best of Don Henley, available in a deluxe version that contains extra bonus audio and DVD. This came out in 2009 but it’s unlikely to be the last word on his idiosyncratic take regarding the American condition from Mr Henley. He remains one of the most insightful commentators on modern society viewed through a rock star’s eyes that we have. Turn up the Don Henley, the neighbours are listening. (Words: Max Bell, Source Universal Music)
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