Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine

by Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows:

Overview

What's instantly noticeable and commendable about this tribute to the songwriting of John Prine is that none of the artists chosen to do the honors are contemporaries of the author. Prine, in his early sixties at the time of the album's release, had been a fixture on the singer/songwriter scene since the early '70s, long before most (any?) of the participants were even born. That's a smart move by the compilers: by removing the context in which these songs were first written and recorded, the younger artists were free to reinterpret them on their own merits. Issued simultaneously with Prine's own In Person & on Stage live album, Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows completes a retrospective picture of Prine's accomplishments to the date of this release. Some of the performers choose from among Prine's better-known material, while others dig deeper into the catalog. Old Crow Medicine Show's take on "Angel from Montgomery" is reminiscent of the early music of the Band, old-timey yet contemporary too. The album opens with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, who brings a faraway gospel feel to "Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)," the title track of a 1978 Prine album, and it closes with Those Darlins' surfy take on one of Prine's more humorous efforts, "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian." Some of the most impressive interpretations veer from Prine's arrangements: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band turn up the indie rock volume on "Wedding Day in Funeralville" and Drive-By Truckers give a bar band rawness to "Daddy's Little Pumpkin." Justin Townes Earle's "Far from Me" is low-key and imbued with an easygoing rural quality, My Morning Jacket turn "All the Best" into an alt-country singalong, and Deer Tick (featuring Liz Isenberg) are reminiscent of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris' duets with their front-porch "Unwed Fathers." ~ Jeff Tamarkin

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2010
Label:	Oh Boy
UPC:	0094012004224
Rank:	81058

Tracks

1. Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)  - April Base  - John Prine  - Justin Vernon
2. Wedding Day in Funeralville  - Jason Boesel  - Manuel Calderon  - Nik Freitas  - Taylor Hollingsworth  - Andy LeMaster  - Bob Ludwig  - Conor Oberst  -  Oberst  - John Prine  - Macey Taylor  - Nathaniel Walcott
3. All the Best  - Jim James  -  My Morning Jacket  - John Prine  - Kevin Ratterman
4. Mexican Home  - Sam Kassirer  - John Prine  - Josh Ritter
5. Six O'Clock News  - Tony Crow  -  Hands Off Cuba  -  Lambchop  - Scott Martin  - Mark Nevers  - Ryan Norris  - John Prine  - Matt Swanson  - William Tyler  - Kurt Wagner
6. Far from Me  - Adam Bednarik  - Bryn Davies  - Justin Townes Earle  - John Prine  - Skylar Wilson  - Cory Younts
7. Spanish Pipedream  -  Avett Brothers  - Scott Avett  - Seth Avett  - Bob Crawford  - Jacob Edwards  -  Paleface  - John Prine  - Doug Williams
8. Angel from Montgomery  - Jack Clement  - Jason Eklund  - Kevin Hayes  - Morgan Jahnig  - Gill Landry  -  Old Crow Medicine Show  - John Prine  - Ketch Secor  - Brooks Watson  - Willie Watson
9. The Late John Garfield Blues  - John Prine  - Sara Watkins  - Sean Watkins
10. Daddy's Little Pumpkin  - David Barbe  - Mike Cooley  -  Drive-By Truckers  - Jay Gonzalez  - Patterson Hood  - Pat McLaughlin  - Brad Morgan  - John Neff  - John Prine  - Shonna Tucker  - Drew Vandenberg
11. Unwed Fathers  -  Deer Tick  - Brendan Glasson  - Liz Isenberg  -  Kyla Cech  - John J. III McCauley  - John Prine  - Christopher Dale Ryan  - Dennis Michael Ryan  - Andrew Grant Tobiassen
12. Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian  - Brian Carter  - Jeff Curtin  - Jessi Darlin  - Kelley Darlin  - Nikki Darlin  - Fred Koller  - John Prine  - Linwood Regensburg  -  Those Darlins  - JT Turner

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band   Primary Artist
Those Darlins   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Sara Watkins   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Vocals
Lambchop   Primary Artist
Drive-By Truckers   Primary Artist
Josh Ritter   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
The Avett Brothers   Primary Artist
Justin Vernon   Primary Artist
Deer Tick   Primary Artist
Old Crow Medicine Show   Primary Artist
My Morning Jacket   Primary Artist,Vocals
Justin Townes Earle   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Gill Landry   Slide Guitar
Scott Avett   Banjo,Vocals,Handclapping
Paleface   Vocals,Harmonica,Handclapping
Sean Watkins   Guitar,Guitar (Bass)
Hands Off Cuba   Loops
Ryan Norris   Guitar
Taylor Hollingsworth   Guitar (Electric)
Nik Freitas   Guitar (Electric)
Brad Morgan   Drums
William Tyler   Guitar
Shonna Tucker   Guitar (Bass)
Seth Avett   Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Handclapping
Scott Martin   Drums
Jeff Curtin   Percussion
Christopher Dale Ryan   Guitar (Bass)
Morgan Jahnig   Bass (Upright)
Cory Younts   Mandolin
Andrew Grant Tobiassen   Guitar
Bob Crawford   Bass,Vocals,Handclapping
Liz Isenberg   Vocals,Featured Artist
Ketch Secor   Piano,Vocals (Background)
Patterson Hood   Guitar,Vocals
Kyla Cech   Violin
Mike Cooley   Guitar,Vocals
Willie Watson   Guitar,Vocals
Bryn Davies   Bass (Upright)
Jacob Edwards   Drums,Percussion,Handclapping
Nathaniel Walcott   Organ,Piano (Electric)
Kelley Darlin   Guitar (Bass),Lap Steel Guitar
Nikki Darlin   Vocals,Baritone Ukulele
Dennis Michael Ryan   Drums
Jessi Darlin   Guitar
John J. McCauley III   Guitar,Vocals
Kevin Hayes   Guitjo
Linwood Regensburg   Drums,Lap Steel Guitar
Macey Taylor   Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Tony Crow   Piano,Synthesizer
Kurt Wagner   Guitar,Vocals
Conor Oberst   Guitar,Vocals
Jason Eklund   Drums
Jay Gonzalez   Keyboards
Matt Swanson   Guitar (Bass)
Jason Boesel   Drums
John Neff   Slide Guitar

Technical Credits

David Barbe   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Mark Nevers   Engineer,Producer,Mixing
Sean Watkins   Mixing,Engineer
Jim James   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Manuel Calderon   Assistant
Andrew Mendelson   Mastering
Adam Bednarik   Mixing,Engineer
The Avett Brothers   Producer
Kevin Ratterman   Mixing,Engineer
John Prine   Composer
Doug Williams   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Justin Vernon   Liner Notes
Brian Carter   Mixing,Engineer
Jeff Curtin   Producer
Drew Vandenberg   Assistant
Deer Tick   Producer
Jon Nowak   Production Coordination
Andy LeMaster   Mixing,Engineer
JT Turner   Creative Director
My Morning Jacket   Instrumentation
Justin Townes Earle   Producer
Al Bunetta   Executive Producer
Sam Kassirer   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Those Darlins   Producer
Skylar Wilson   Producer
Josh Talley   Compilation Producer
April Base   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Brendan Glasson   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Jeff Brightwell   Design,Artwork
Sergio Moctezuma   Design,Artwork
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Sara Watkins   Mixing,Producer
Jack Clement   Producer
Pat McLaughlin   Composer
Fred Koller   Composer
Brooks Watson   Mixing,Engineer