Documents from Gilberto Gil's Private Archive

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He has not only tipped his hat toward one of his own earliest inspi- rations, Jimmie Rodgers, but re- INNS, RESORTS & GETAWAYS freshed the recollection of the so- called father of country music, who practically qualifies as a forgotten figure in this day and age of Carth Brooks and Alan Jackson. Need a little R&R? Every Thursday and Sunday in this paper Advertisers call 415-777-7343 Rodgers brought hillbilly music to the masses in the late '20s and early '30s during his brief career he died of tuberculosis at age 35 in 1933. A former railroad worker known as the Singing Brakeman, he signed his songs with a trademark yodel. His music was not only the bedrock for country artists who fol lowed, like Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and others, but also for figures who shaped rock 'n' roll, such as Elvis Presley and Dylan himself Dylan collected a fabulous set of musicians to bring Rodgers' songs into the contemporary realm. He didn't just get big names, but such people as Dicky Betts of the Allman Brothers and maverick country sing er Steve Earle, who got right to the heart of these songs. And the strain that runs through all 14 selections, the song craft of Rodgers, remains the dominant element in virtually every performance. So rather than a hodgepodge of disparate interpreta- tions, the album is actually about Rodgers, which is how tribute bums are supposed to work Bono opens the album with an elegiac "Dreaming With Tears in My Ears," a performance so stark and fresh it could have come off a U2 album. Aaron Neville's transcen- dent, shimmering vibrato on "Why Should I Be Lonely" is a perfect tool for the Rodgers yodel. Willie Nelson **The Dance" presents Fleetwood strums and sings his way through Mac in a warm and spirited in-con- "Peach Pickin' Time Down in Geor- cert get-together that marks this gia" as though it were written for quintet's first performan in 15 him. Dylan is his relaxed best on years and comes conveniently in "My Blue-Eyed Jane." sync with the 20th anniversary of this Alison Kraus and Union Station, lineup's most successful album, contemporary bluegrass' best foot "Rumours." The intended message forward, treat "Any Old Time" like a is that the magic is still there, that jazz standard. John Mellencamp this Fleetwood Mac can overcome gives "Gambling Bar Room Blues" the attempted post-Lindsey Buck- an unplugged rock sound. Betts ingham incarnations that have sul- makes "Waiting for a Train" swing lied the group's reputation. with a Dixieland feel. Mary Chapin That proves mostly true. Despite Carpenter, Iris Dement and Dwight a weaker-than expected vocal perfor Yoakam follow suit with fine performance by Buckingham (particularly mances in straight tributes. on "Tusk"), the old favorites remain easy on the ears, and there are enough new touches – bluesy gui- tar licks on "The Chain" and acous- tic renderings of "Big Love," "Land- slide" and "Say You Love Me" - to bring some new life to them. And the University of Southern Califor nia Trojan Marching Band, on hand Only Van Morrison veers from the basic floor plan that Rodgers provided, turning "Muleskinner Blues" into a funk-jazz romp, more amusing in concept probably than reality Jimmie Rodgers brought the in- ner lives of rural Americans into the POP CDS DYLAN REVIVES RODGERS CityLine 808-5000 **** VARIOUS ARTISTS EGYPTIAN MA The Soncs 01 JIMME RODG A 1 Tute featuring DAVID BALL DICKEY BETTS BONO MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER IRIS DEMENT BOB DYLAN STEVE EARLE JERRY GARCIA ALISON KRAUSS JOHN MELLENCAMP VAN MORRISON WILLIE NELSON AARON NEVILLE DWIGHT YOAKAM light of day. His songs are classics that have been restored and revital- ized - but not revamped - in this collection of performances that will stand alongside the best versions of Rodgers songs down through the years. - Joel Selvin Fleetwood Mac Returns In Conventional Style *** FLEETWOOD MAC The Dance Reprise. $17.98 for "Tusk," also provides some oomph for "Don't Stop The new songs fit nicely into the proceedings. Buckingham's yearn- ing, moody "Bleed to Love Her" and boppier "My Little Demon" show that he's still the edgiest of the group's three songwriters, though Stevie Nicks "Sweet Girl" has an agreeably gentle twang and Chris tine McVie's "Temporary One" is upbeat and affirming The music isn't all that different, and that's likely to be good news for anyone who's been waiting for this particular reunion -Gary Graff Co what's the biggest story here? 'September' Draws Out most successful lineup? The Weill's Melancholy ites: The four new songs? acoustic arrangements of old favor VARIOUS ARTISTS September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill Sony Classical, $16.98 hat keeps mankind alive?" in the clattering spoken co- da to this tribute to German-Jewish composer Kurt Weill. In a phrase, that's a decent sum mation of Weill's desperately deca- dent songbook, developed in the postwar uncertainty of 1920s Berlin and refined in America after his flight from Nazi Germany, Voracious in his musical appe tites, Weill synthesized classical styles - he was sometimes credited with giving rise to the American opera - with back-alley anguish and existentialism. Thugs ("Mack the Knife"), lushes ("Alabama Song") and distraught women ("Surabaya Johnny") crowd Weill's work, writ-