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The Other Women (The Corn Sisters Album)
''The Other Women'' is a 2000 album by The Corn Sisters, a duo consisting of Carolyn Mark and Neko Case. The album was recorded live at Hattie's Hat in Seattle, Washington, in May 1998. The majority of the album consists of Carolyn Mark compositions and cover songs. The song "High On Cruel" had previously appeared on Case's debut solo album '' The Virginian'', in 1997. Track listing # "Too Many Pills" (Carolyn Mark) # "Not a Doll" (Carolyn Mark) # "No More for You" (Ronnie Hayward) # "She's Leaving Town" (Dave Lang) # "Fist City" (Loretta Lynn) # "Matineed" (Carolyn Mark) # "Love Me" (Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber) # "Long Black Veil" (Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill) # "Howling at Midnight" (Lucinda Williams) # "High on Cruel" (Neko Case) # "90 Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" (Hal Blair, Don Robertson) # "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (Penny Jay Moyer) # "Endless Grey Ribbon" (Nick Lowe Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corn Sisters
The Corn Sisters were a Canadian alternative country act formed in Vancouver in 1998 as a side project by Neko Case and Carolyn Mark. Case had already released a solo album ('' The Virginian'', 1997), while Mark had released six albums with her former band The Vinaigrettes.Tom Sheriff"The Corn Sisters: ''The Other Women''" Comes with a Smile. Retrieved 10 April 2013. Career The Corn Sisters built a reputation as "a dynamic touring duo" performing in coffee shops and other small venues before gaining wider exposure as the opening act for Richard Buckner. One of their coffee shop performances, recorded at Seattle's "Hattie’s Hat" in May 1998, was released as '' The Other Women'' by Mint Records in 2000 to mixed reviews, although Allmusic acknowledges its appealing "mix of twang and attitude". The pair contributed three songs between them to the label's ''Team Mint Volume Two'' sampler in 2001 – one as the Corn Sisters, one as Carolyn Mark and Her Roommates, and one as Neko Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Black Veil
"Long Black Veil" is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell. It is told from the point of view of a man falsely accused of murder and executed. He refuses to provide an alibi, since on the night of the murder he was having an extramarital affair with his best friend's wife, and would rather die and take their secret to his grave than admit the truth. The chorus describes the woman's mourning visits to his gravesite, wearing a long black veil and enduring a wailing wind. In 2019, Frizzell's version of "Long Black Veil" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Background The writers later stated that they drew on three sources for their inspiration: Red Foley's recording of "God Walks these Hills with Me", a contemporary newspaper report about the unsolved murder of a priest, and the legend of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neko Case Live Albums
Neko (ネコ or ねこ or 猫, ''cat'') may refer to: Characters * Neko (K), an anime character from ''The K Project'' * Neko Fukuta, a character in ''Hakobune Hakusho'' * Neko, a non-player character in the ''Mana'' series of role-playing games * Neko Kuroha, an anime character in ''Brynhildr in the Darkness'' * Nekomusume or catgirl, a female character in Japanese anime and manga People * Neko Case (born 1970), American singer-songwriter * Neko Hiroshi (born 1977), Japanese comedian * Neko Oikawa, Japanese lyricist Technology * Neko (software), a cat screenmate application * Neko Entertainment, a video-game developer and publisher * NekoVM Other uses * Néko, a village in Ivory Coast * Neko language, a Trans–New Guinea language * Neko, a submissive role in a relationship between females in yuri or shōjo-ai media See also * * * Necco, a candy factory near Boston ** Necco Wafers Necco Wafers are a sugar-based candy, sold in rolls of variously flavored thin disks. First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Lowe
Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A noted figure in power pop and new wave,Cruel to be kind of old "The man originally known as one of the architects of the new wave sound of the '70s – having served as house producer for the legendary Stiff Records, as a pioneer of neo-power pop in his solo albums" New York Daily News 17 June 2007 Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica. He is best known for the songs " |
Don Robertson (songwriter)
Donald Irwin Robertson (December 5, 1922 – March 16, 2015) was an American songwriter and pianist, mostly in the country music, country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 40, Top 10 with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956 (Peaking at 6th). The track reached No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart the same year. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a music recording sales certification, gold disc. Although contracted to Capitol Records, Capitol at the time of his biggest selling hit single, Robertson subsequently signed a recording contract with RCA Records, RCA Victor. He composed or co-composed with Hal Blair ''(né'' Harold Keller Brown; 1915–2001), many hits for other musicians, including Elvis Presley, who recorded over a dozen of Robertson's songs, five of which appeared in Presley's numerous films. He died in 2015. Best known published songs *"Anything That's Part of You" (perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums: '' Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and '' Happy Woman Blues'' (1980), in a traditional country and blues style that received critical praise but little public or radio attention. In 1988, she released her third album, ''Lucinda Williams'', to widespread critical acclaim. Widely regarded as "an Americana classic", the album also features "Passionate Kisses", a song later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter for her 1992 album ''Come On Come On'', which garnered Williams her first Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994. Known for working slowly, Williams' fourth album; '' Sweet Old World'', appeared four years later in 1992. ''Sweet Old World'' was met with further critical acclaim, and was voted the 11th best album of 1992 in ''The Village Voice''s Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of prominent music critics. Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, ranke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Dill
Horace Eldred "Danny" Dill (September 19, 1924 – October 23, 2008) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. Biography Dill, born in Clarksburg, Tennessee, got his start as a professional musician while working with Annie Lou Stockard as Annie Lou and Danny, a duet act who performed on the Grand Ole Opry during the 1940s and 50s. Annie Lou And Danny Dill were made members of The Opry in the 1940s. Although Dill recorded as a solo artist, he found his greatest success as a songwriter. His 1959 tune, " Long Black Veil", written with Marijohn Wilkin, was Top 10 country hit for Lefty Frizzell and has become a standard recorded by many country, folk and pop music musicians. Another notable Dill composition was " Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)", that was a hit for Bobby Bare, Tom Jones and Dean Martin. Selected compositions * "I'm Hungry for your lovin" *" Long Black Veil" *" Detroit City" (with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijohn Wilkin
Marijohn Wilkin ( Melson; July 14, 1920 – October 28, 2006) was an American songwriter, famous in country music for writing a number of hits. Wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as "The Den Mother of Music Row," as chronicled in her 1978 biography ''Lord, Let Me Leave a Song'' (authored with Darryl E. Hicks). It was honored as “One of the 100 Most Important Books about Nashville’s Music Industry.” Biography Wilkin was born in Kemp, Texas and raised in Sanger, Texas, north of Dallas. She became a teacher, and was widowed when her husband Bedford Russell was killed in World War II. She remarried in 1946, with one son; her 1950 marriage to Art Wilkin, Jr. was her third. Her father, a baker, had been a fiddle player. From 1955 she toured with Red Foley, and in 1956 her songs were recorded by Mitchell Torok and Wanda Jackson. In 1958, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and had major hits, written with John D. Loudermilk, for Stonewall Jackson (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Leiber
Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such Crossover music, crossover hit songs as "Hound Dog (song), Hound Dog" (1952) and "Kansas City (Leiber and Stoller song), Kansas City" (1952). Later in the 1950s, particularly through their work with The Coasters, they created a string of ground-breaking hits—including "Young Blood (The Coasters song), Young Blood" (1957), "Searchin'" (1957), and "Yakety Yak" (1958)—that used the humorous vernacular of teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical rather than personal. Leiber and Stoller wrote hits for Elvis Presley, including "Love Me (Leiber/Stoller song), Love Me" (1956), "Jailhouse Rock (song), Jailhouse Rock" (1957), "Loving You (Elvis Presley song), Loving You", "Don't (Leiber/Stoller song), Don't", and "King Creole (song), King Creole". They also collaborate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mint Records
Mint Records is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based independent record label founded in 1991, by friends and campus radio enthusiasts Randy Iwata and Bill Baker. Mint has put out over 150 releases, several of which have won Juno Awards. History Iwata and Baker started working together at CITR-FM, the University of British Columbia radio station. Three years after graduation, they left the station, and founded Mint Records in January, 1991 to release the music of up-and-coming bands in Vancouver. One of their earliest successes was a band called cub who, alongside Bunnygrunt and labelmates Maow, helped pioneer the vein of indie pop known as cuddlecore. Neko Case, performed in both Cub and Maow, released her first solo album on Mint. In the late 1990s, the label was heavily affected by the financial crisis at and eventual bankruptcy of distribution company Cargo Records, when Cargo's failure to pay the label for Gob's album '' Too Late... No Friends'' led to the band, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Stoller
Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such crossover hit songs as " Hound Dog" (1952) and "Kansas City" (1952). Later in the 1950s, particularly through their work with The Coasters, they created a string of ground-breaking hits—including " Young Blood" (1957), "Searchin'" (1957), and "Yakety Yak" (1958)—that used the humorous vernacular of teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical rather than personal. Leiber and Stoller wrote hits for Elvis Presley, including " Love Me" (1956), " Jailhouse Rock" (1957), " Loving You", " Don't", and "King Creole". They also collaborated with other writers on such songs as " On Broadway", written with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil; " Stand By Me", written with Ben E. King; "Young Blood", written with Doc Pomus; and "Spanish Harlem", co-written by Leiber and Phil Spector. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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