805520031301

The Rose Of Roscrae

Tom Russell

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: PRPCD130

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Release Date:  13 April 2015

Label:  Proper Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  805520031301

Genres:  Country  Folk  

  • Description

    Double CD, 52 track "cowboy folk opera" features a who's who of legendary Americana icons including Johnny Cash, Gretchen Peters, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Tex Ritter, Dan Penn and many, many more.

    For over four decades and 28 album releases Tom Russell has continued to live up to his status as "one of the best singer-songwriters of our time" (Washington Post). His previous two studio releases, Blood and Candle Smoke (2009) and Mesabi (2011), are considered his strongest composed works yet and were, in part, recorded with the groundbreaking roots band Calexico.

    In the 1990s, Russell and Dave Alvin were hailed as the architects of what came to be known as "Americana" music after their Merle Haggard tribute, Tulare Dust, initiated the Americana charts in the U.S. and remained number one for a year. Russell's previous release, Aztec Jazz (2013), moved Americana into a new realm and his acclaimed song catalog into uncharted territory.

    Tom Russell's songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm, Nanci Griffith, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, and others. The Rose of Roscrae is his third in a series of acclaimed folk operas, follows The Man From God Knows Where (1999) and Hotwalker (2005).

    Tom Russell's anticipated double-album folk opera, The Rose of Roscrae, features a who's who of legendary Americana icons including: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, David Olney, Johnny Cash, Joe Ely, Augie Meyers, Fats Kaplin, Barry Walsh, Jimmy LaFave, Gretchen Peters, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Walt Whitman, Moses "Clear Rock" Platt, Jack Hardy, David Massengill, A.L. "Bert" Lloyd, Finbar Furey, Sourdough Slim, Blackie Farrell, Tex Ritter, Glen Orhlin, Pat Russell, John Trudell, Henry Real Bird, Thad Beckman, Maura O'Connell, Eliza Gilkyson, The McCrary Sisters, Ian Tyson, Bonnie Dobson, Lead Belly, Guy Clark, Dan Penn, Gurf Morlix, and Pat Manske.

    Russell has also composed movie scores, including songs for the Monte Hellman movie The Road To Nowhere and published five books, most recently 120 Songs of Tom Russell. An accomplished fine artist, Russell's paintings are featured in: Blue Horse/Red Desert: The Art of Tom Russell.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Overture
      • 2. This Is The Last Frontier
      • 3. Guilty/Johnny Behind-the-Deuce
      • 4. Sam Hall
      • 5. The Rose of Roscrae
      • 6. Hair Trigger Heart
      • 7. He’ll Be Dead Before He Hits the Ground
      • 8. You Gotta Have A Dance/ St James Hospital
      • 9. Ain’t No More Cane On The Brazos
      • 10. The Last Running
      • 11. Home On The Range/America
      • 12. Just A Closer Walk (With Augie Blood)
      • 13. Cowboy Voices Beyond The Campfire
      • 14. He Wasn’t A Bad Kid, When He Was Sober
      • 15. The Sidekick’s Last Testament
      • 16. Johnny’s Campfire Soliloquy #1
      • 17. The Unfortunate Rake/The Streets of Laredo
      • 18. The Hands of Damien
      • 19. This Is The Last Frontier/Campfire Soliloquy #2
      • 20. Carrickfergus/The Water Is Wide
      • 21. The Fairground Pugilist
      • 22. Campfire Soliloquy #3
      • 23. Campfire Ghosts/Cowboy Voices
      • 24. Crazy Horse/Custer’s Luck
      • 25. Johnny Behind-the-Deuce #2—Molokai
      • 26. She Talks To God
      • 27. Rock of Ages/Gunpowder Sunset Overture

      Disc 2

      • 1. The Water Is Wide/Overture
      • 2. I Talk To God
      • 3. The Bear
      • 4. The Railroad Boy
      • 5. Resurrection Mountain
      • 6. When The Wolves No Longer Sing
      • 7. Just A Closer Walk With Thee/The Gospel of John, Chapter 4
      • 8. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
      • 9. Damien (A Crust of Bread, A Slice of Fish, A Cup of Water)
      • 10. Guadalupe/Valentine de la Sierra
      • 11. Poor Mother Mexico
      • 12. Gallo del Cielo
      • 13. Soliloquy #1/Swiss Yodel Choir
      • 14. En Canadien Errant
      • 15. He’ll Be Dead Before He Hits The Ground #2
      • 16. Doin’ Hard Time In Texas
      • 17. When I Was A Cowboy aka Western Cowboy
      • 18. West Texas Montage
      • 19. Old Rattlebag Blues (Soliloquy #2)
      • 20. Midnight Wine
      • 21. Whiskey In His Blood
      • 22. Tularosa
      • 23. Irish Medley/The Stable
      • 24. Isn’t It Grand?
      • 25. The Rose of Roscrae