The Notorious Cherry Bombs

The Notorious Cherry Bombs

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This reunion of singer-songwriters Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill with pianist Tony Brown, ace guitarist Richard Bennett, and steel guitarist Hank DeVito sounds like the country equivalent of the Traveling Wilburys--a veteran supergroup having too much fun to take itself too seriously. Alumni of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band, the Cherry Bombs were Crowell's backing band in the '70s. Since then, Gill has become a star, Brown has become better known as a label executive, and Bennett has seen considerable demand as a producer. Starting with a call to loosen up on "Let It Go, Let It Ride," the album shows a spirit of playful camaraderie. It's tough to imagine either Crowell or Gill putting a cut titled "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long" on one of their own albums, but the collaboration here is a honky-tonk highlight. DeVito remains the band's secret songwriting weapon, as "Wait a Minute" (in collaboration with Crowell) and a revival of "Sweet Little Lisa" (previously recorded by Dave Edmunds) capture the exhilaration of early rock & roll. A former gospel pianist, Brown adds revivalist preaching to this busmen's holiday. --Don McLeese

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Each of this legendary band's members have gone on to become nothing less than prime architects of modern country music. But back in the wild-and-innocent '70s, before life and success got in the way, Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell, along with piano-pounding producer Tony Brown, guitar ace Richard Bennett, steel wizard Hank Devito, and the state-of-the-groove rhythm section of Emory Gordy and Larry Londin, were tearing up honky tonks from coast to coast as the Cherry Bombs – the coolest,... read more

The Notorious Cherry Bombs

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