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Standard Songs for Average People
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094012003821
Label: Oh Boy
Manufacturer: Oh Boy
MPN: 38
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Oh Boy
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Studio: Oh Boy
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Editorial Review:
Things don't get much schmaltzier than a Dobro played Hawaiian style, which is why it's fitting that Cowboy Jack Clement offers one up on "The Blue Side of Lonesome," Leon Payne's dated but charming classic--only one such excursion into blue-haired reminiscing on an album of over-the-top sentimentality. It was the legendary Clement who paired smart-ass folkie Prine and bluegrass totem Wiseman, but the singers themselves chose the repertoire, which reads like songs people of a certain age might pick on a dry drunk. The tunes range, believe it or not, from religious hymns to covers of Patti Page's 1957 hit "Old Cape Cod," Kris Kristofferson's underrated "Just the Other Side of Nowhere," and Tom T. Hall's "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine," with a little Elvis and Ernest Tubb thrown in for good measure. It's fitting that Prine and Wiseman revisit the Hall standard, since oddly, both singers vocally favor the Nashville storyteller from time to time. But one has to question their use of the Grand Ole Opry's Carol Lee Singers, who show up on several cuts and seem, well, just bizarre on a John Prine record, even as they evoke the lushly famous Nashville Sound of the 1960s. Suffice it to say, this is a quirky project, and if Prine's scratchy baritone and Wiseman's melodic tenor sometimes overlap to where you can't tell who's singing what, it doesn't much matter. You're listening to two new pals having what seems to be the time of their life. --Alanna Nash
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - less carol, more geritol
I have loved John Prine ever since his first album, and Mac Wiseman has built a much-loved legacy, but "quirky" is a generous descriptor for this effort. Maybe they shoulda hung out around a backyard grill a few days before they recorded. Maybe they did, I don't know. As one earlier reviewer said, I really wanted to love this, but I felt as if I was just working too hard at it. The choice of songs from a pair of guys with their repertoires can always be second-guessed, but that isn't my criticism ... Read More
Rating:  - Top Shelf
Totally top shelf, John Prine always sings the truth. Mr. Wiseman is new to me but they blend perfectly together. They present an album that can be played right through and enjoyed over and over again.
Music and poetry are combined to make an artform. I'm just a standard person but I know that if the art makes you feel something it's among the best. Of course, we all have different taste in art but this is an easy one, for everyone. John Prine challenges the world with a lot of his songs which, ... Read More
Rating: - Standard Songs for Average people
I was glad to see something new out by Mac Wiseman. I was not familiar with John Prime, but he has a good strong voice and I thought they sounded good together. I would gladly buy it again.
Rating:  - CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR
I really wanted to like this album, I really did. I love John Prine and he is one of a handful of artists whose work I would buy without even hearing it or knowing anything about it. John Prine has a new album? Press that BUY NOW button! And there IS a lot to like about this album. The production is superb! I pop this in the car CD player and I don't have to touch the volume control. From the glorious opening notes of 'My Blue-Eyed Elaine', John, Mac and their musicians are in the car with me, crisp and ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointed Prine Fan
I have just about every other thing John Prine has recorded and thought I needed this album too. Wrong. There's not an interesting song here so don't waste your money.
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