Midnight and Lonesome

Midnight and Lonesome

Editorial Reviews
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Buddy Miller, whose self-titled album with wife Julie won Album of the Year honors at the inaugural Americana Awards show in 2002, has been quietly changing Nashville with his gutbucket work as a songwriter, vocalist, sideman, and producer. His albums have served as an anchoring consciousness for country's roots, while his raw, twangy songs, filled with palpable heartache, have made their way into mainstream fare by the likes of the Dixie Chicks and Lee Ann Womack. Midnight and Lonesome may be his widest-ranging work (packing stunning original songs between covers of the Everly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and Percy Mayfield), and also his best. With Emmylou Harris on board for a chilling rendition of Winchester's "A Showman's Life," and Womack dueting on Julie's achingly beautiful "I Can't Get over You," Miller proves himself the most pained and soulful honky-tonker since Gram Parsons. Positively killer. --Alanna Nash

Album Description
In addition to a batch of original rocking and soulful country songs, Buddy throws in a handful of unusual covers. He revives a wonderful Everly Brothers obscurity, 'Price Of Love'. He gives a Southern soul treatment to Jesse Winchester's 'A Showman's Life,' joined by Emmylou Harris. And he pays tribute to legendary bluesman Percy Mayfield with an unusual acoustic version of the classic 'Please Send Me Someone To Love.' Hightone Records. 2002.