Steel Guitar Rodeo
Editorial Reviews
<"b0001dcwh07499"> Amazon.com
On Steel Guitar Rodeo and its 2002 predecessor, Steel Guitar Air Show, pedal steel guitarist Jon Rauhouse and his band of rootsifying Chicago regulars create a dreamy generic blend that froths its basic shots of country with tinges of Western swing and jazz and Hawaiian music--and the "Theme from Perry Mason." As you might expect from titles like "Hamma Hamma Hula" and "Swingin' Elephant Graveyard," this is happy music, even when guest singer Kelly Hogan is aching beautifully through "Prisoner of Love" and the estimable leader, in his rancher guise, is "wishin' and hopin' in vain" for rain. A keenly (and cleanly) melodic affair, the album also features vocals by New Pornographer Neko Case, Mekon Sally Timms and Giant Sand man Howe Gelb and a mess of ace accompaniment by featured guitarist Tommy Connell. So cohesive are the effects, the early jazz experimentation of Raymond Scott's zippy "Powerhouse" and the thick British nostalgia of the Vera Lynn tearjerker, "(There'll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover," sound right at home together. --Lloyd Sachs
Steel Guitar Rodeo, Music, Jon Rauhouse, Alternative Country, Americana, Cocktail, Country, Instrumental Country, Lounge, Pop, Torch Songs, Western Swing Revival
Music:
Recommended Music:
Deca Dance Trance Anthems, Vol. 2 [Import]
Mozart: Complete Piano Duets, Vol. 1
Music: Schubert: Piano Pieces [Import]
Leon Kirchner: Duo for Violin and Piano; Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano; etc.
Porcupine [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]