The Essential Gary Stewart

by Gary Stewart

Overview

Over the course of these 20 tracks, listeners get to encounter the rare and focused genius that was Gary Stewart. Covering his career from the late '60s through the 1970s while he was with RCA, these songs testify to a fine singer and interpreter, a great pianist and guitarist, and a singular songwriter. Among the many gems here -- there's nary an unnecessary cut in the bunch -- are his anthems "Drinkin' Thing" and "Out of Hand" as well as many of his stellar but underappreciated singles, including "She Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)," his fine interpretations of Danny O'Keefe's "Quits" and Michael Murphey's "Backsliders' Wine," and his rather raucous original "Flat Natural Born Good-Timin' Man." Stewart was really a cross-genre artist who rocked as hard as he twanged and had more in common with Jerry Lee Lewis than he did with George Jones, and Essential testifies to this in spades. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	02/11/1997
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0078636693224
Rank:	28550

Tracks

1. Drinkin' Thing
2. Honky Tonkin'
3. Roarin'
4. She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)
5. Backsliders' Wine
6. Out of Hand
7. Single Again
8. Quits
9. Oh, Sweet Temptation
10. In Some Room Above the Street
11. Your Place or Mine
12. Ten Years of This
13. Whiskey Trip
14. Stone Wall (Around Your Heart)
15. Flat Natural Born Good-Timin' Man
16. Mazelle
17. Cactus and a Rose
18. Are We Dreamin' the Same Dream
19. I See the Want to in Your Eyes
20. Brotherly Love

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gary Stewart   Primary Artist,Bass,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
Dean Dillon   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Lea Jane Berinati   Vocals
Dottie DeLeonibus   Vocals
The Jordanaires   Vocals
Bobby Harden   Vocals

Technical Credits

Steve Lindsey   Compilation Producer,Producer
Eddie Kilroy   Producer
Carol Anderson   Composer
Don Goodman   Composer
G. Stewart   Composer
Gary Stewart   Composer
Wayne Carson   Composer
Johnny Christopher   Composer
Dean Dillon   Composer,Performer
Roy Dea   Producer
Troy Seals   Composer
Mike Lawler   Composer
Mischa Scorer   Composer
Tom Jans   Composer
Dave Gillon   Composer
Sterling Whipple   Composer
Bobby Emmons   Composer
Chips Moman   Composer,Producer
M. Murphy   Composer
Jeff Barry   Composer
Johnny Cobb   Composer
Michael Martin Murphey   Composer
Danny O'Keefe   Composer
Donn Tankersley   Composer
Janice Soled   Research
Benny Quinn   Digital Remastering
Pat Twitty   Composer
Mary Beth Anderson   Composer
Wade Jessen   Liner Notes
Susan Eaddy   Art Direction
Billy Burnette   Composer
Rory Michael Bourke   Composer