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Nashville (Bill Frisell album)

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Released
  
April 29, 1997

Artist
  
Bill Frisell

Producer
  
Wayne Horvitz

Length
  
63:18

Release date
  
29 April 1997

Label
  
Nonesuch Records Inc.

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Recorded
  
September 1995–November 1996

Studio
  
Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN

Nashville (1997)
  
Gone, Just Like a Train (1998)

Genres
  
Americana, Folk jazz, Progressive bluegrass, New Acoustic Music

Similar
  
Bill Frisell albums, Other albums

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Nashville is the ninth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label and his first to be recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released in 1997 and features performances by Frisell, Viktor Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Ron Block, and Adam Steffey with guest appearances from Robin Holcomb on vocals and Pat Bergeson on harmonica.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "record is both genuine and alien – while played with real affection for the country form and without any avant posturing, its sound is original and distinct, a cinematic variation on C&W tenets".

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.

  1. "Gimme a Holler" – 5:02
  2. "Go Jake" – 4:27
  3. "One of These Days" (Young) – 4:51
  4. "Mr. Memory" – 3:59
  5. "Brother" – 6:03
  6. "Will Jesus Wash the Bloodstains from Your Hands" (Dickens) – 3:09
  7. "Keep Your Eyes Open" – 3:31
  8. "Pipe Down" – 6:50
  9. "Family" – 5:22
  10. "We're Not from Around Here" – 4:22
  11. "Dogwood Acres" – 5:28
  12. "Shucks" – 4:15
  13. "The End of the World" (Kent, Dee) – 3:32
  14. "Gone" – 2:00

Personnel

  • Bill Frisell – guitar
  • Viktor Krauss – bass
  • Jerry Douglas (1-6, 9-10 & 12) – dobro
  • Ron Block (2, 6, 8, 11, 13 & 14) – banjo
  • Adam Steffey (2, 3, 6-8, 11, 13 & 14) – mandolin
  • Robin Holcomb (3, 6 & 13) – vocals
  • Pat Bergeson (2 & 8) – harmonica
  • Songs

    1Gimme a Holler5:05
    2Go Jake4:27
    3One of These Days4:52

    References

    Nashville (Bill Frisell album) Wikipedia