David Olney - One Tough Town

Title: One Tough Town Artist: David Olney Release Date: 6/5/2007 Label: Red Parlor Duration: 51:02 UPC: 837101322034 Genre: Folk Styles: Traditional Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Whistle Blow
2. Sweet Poison
3. Who's the Dummy Now?
4. Little Mustang
5. No Lies
6. Oh Yeah (Dead Man's Shoes)
7. Snake Song
8. Panama City
9. Sweet Potato
10. See How the Mighty Have Fallen
11. One Tough Town
12. Postcard from Mexico
13. Rainbow's End

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Red Parlor 00705

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Musically, David Olney's album One Tough Town travels backward in time. By the second track, "Sweet Poison," he has reached the rockabilly of the 1950s; by the end, on "Rainbow's End," he sounds like he's trying to re-create the hit parade of the 1920s. Especially on recent albums, Olney has investigated more basic musical styles, sometimes by employing unusual instrumentation. Here, he and co-producer Jack Irwin have brought in a banjo player (Richard Bailey), while Olney sometimes plucks a ukulele, and there are horns including clarinet, saxophone, trombone, and even tuba. Previously, with his gruff voice and gutbucket arrangements, Olney has recalled the later Tom Waits; on One Tough Town, that comparison remains valid, although one also should mention Leon Redbone as a model. In his songwriting, Olney continues to delight in imaginative explorations of historical and invented characters and situations. "Who's the Dummy Now?" is sung in the voice of a ventriloquist's dummy, who is reading the riot act to the ventriloquist, to the point of berating his romantic technique with a date (that's what you get when you don't move your lips). The title song, a sort of religious/science fiction fantasy, is sung in the voice of Jesus Christ as if Christ were a cosmic comedian touring the universe who had come to Earth to play a few shows and gotten crucified for his trouble; now he is warning a fellow entertainer to stay away because the planet is "one tough town." How does a songwriter even get an idea like that? It's a question a listener may ask more than once listening to a David Olney album, and this is another good one. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Huber Trombone, Tuba Bobby Daniels Vocals, Vocals (Background) Craig Wright Percussion, Drums David Olney Producer, Trombone, Guitar (Electric), Harp, Laughs, Guitar, Harmonica, Guitar (Acoustic), Ukulele, Guitar (Baritone), Audio Production, Guitar (Electric Baritone), Vocals David Roe Bass Graig Wright Percussion Jack Irwin Audio Production, Clavinet, Producer, Organ, Piano, Engineer, Mixing, Piano (Electric) Jerry Krenach A&R Jim Hoke Clarinet, Saxophone, Pedal Steel John Halpern Photography Joseph M. Palmaccio Mastering Larry Freemantle Package Design Richard Bailey Banjo Sergio Webb Guitar (Electric), Guitar Steven Goff General Manager