Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs

by Colter Wall

Overview

Like Songs of the Plains before it, Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs bears a title that's a plain description of the content within. Call it Colter Wall's predilection for literalism: he's not comfortable with shades of grey, he likes things direct, since that's the way they did it in the old days. The old days he conjures on Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs go further back than the ones on Songs of the Plains. He covers such cowboy classics as "Big Iron" and "I Ride an Old Paint" then writes Western tunes and talking blues to match, creating a dusty fantasia conjuring a time and place before either the Nashville sound or its outlaw backlash. Conceptually, it's clean and tight. Wall doesn't deviate from his stated description at all, so cheers for truth in advertising. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/28/2020
Label:	La Honda Records
UPC:	0787790449881
Rank:	15176

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Colter Wall   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Doug Moreland   Fiddle,Mandolin
Jason Simpson   Bass
Patrick Lyons   Dobro,Guitar,Mandolin,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric)
Emily Gimble   Piano
Aaron Goodrich   Drums,Spoons,Percussion
Vincent Neil Emerson   Vocals (Background)
Jake Groves   Harp,Jaw Harp,Harmonica

Technical Credits

Stan Jones   Composer,Lyricist
Traditional   Composer
Eric Conn   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Adam Odor   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Marty Robbins   Composer,Lyricist
Blake Berglund   Instrumentation
Billy Perkins   Illustrations
Colter Wall   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Connie Collingsworth   Art Direction
Aaron Goodrich   Instrumentation
Lewis Martin Pedersen III   Composer,Lyricist