The Best Thing about TTWWY is...

puckhead · Post by **puckhead** » October 7, 2006 8:45 am

..that Fingers Taylor is back on some songs... I realy love hearing the harmonica (esp. in BIBOMO).

Thank you Jimmy for bring back that sound for this record!

conched · Post by **conched** » October 7, 2006 8:54 am

and all the piano and keyboards. Great stuff.

oh, and Jimmy's voice. I'm really enjoying listening to his voice.

f2cdlzrd · Post by **f2cdlzrd** » October 7, 2006 9:11 am

I have not listened to one song off the album yet. I'm saving myself. The best thing to me is that it is going to be released. New albums mean Jimmy isn't quitting. Thanks Bubba!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 7, 2006 10:41 am

f2cdlzrd wrote:I have not listened to one song off the album yet. I'm saving myself. The best thing to me is that it is going to be released. New albums mean Jimmy isn't quitting. Thanks Bubba!

Yup Yup

landofmangos · Post by **landofmangos** » October 7, 2006 10:47 am

I'm listening to the CMT streaming of this, and it is GREAT! I was raised with tons of country music and western swing, and even for me, a lot of LTC was too country. I love the tropical flavor, IMHO it comes across so much better than LTC. The cover of "Silver Wings" is one of my favorites. I've heard many covers of it, and this is the best by far!

So does anyone know if Sonny Landreth played on this? There are a couple tunes that really sound like him, but I'm not sure. I like Sonny, but Peter is my favorite guitarist!

Back to tropical dreaming!
Suzy

backbeat · Post by **backbeat** » October 7, 2006 12:00 pm

Hi, landofmangoes. There is some information - including musician credits - here: http://www.buffettnews.com/newalbum.html

Let's see. You joined in Feb '05 and this was your first post? I say your holding something back.

backbeat · Post by **backbeat** » October 7, 2006 12:20 pm

Looking at that list of musicians' credits, I don't see Peter Mayer, only Jim. Do my eyes deceive me? Is there an error in the list? I seem to remember that Peter and Jim both were on tour during the tracking for LTC and so weren't on the album. There is some great guitar work on TTWWY - apart from the slide work by Sonny Landreth which is uniformly uplifiting. Perhaps my favorite instrumental bit on this record is the slide guitar riff before the 2nd verse of Here We Are. It's two bars of non-stop movement - wall to wall - from the first 16th (or second actually) note of the first bar to the last one of the second. I love it so!!! I remember now, though, that having Fingers is my favorite instrumental thing, so this is number two. And number three would be what conched said - some very cool piano/keys work. Number four the wall of guitars in the choruses of Wheel. Shall I go on?.... Okay, some extraordinary bass work everywhere, esp. the double basses on Take The Weather With You. Roger on Duke's On Sunday is impeccable. Robot and Ralph are always scintillating. I go now.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » October 7, 2006 12:26 pm

backbeat wrote:Looking at that list of musicians' credits, I don't see Peter Mayer, only Jim. Do my eyes deceive me? Is there an error in the list? I seem to remember that Peter and Jim both were on tour during the tracking for LTC and so weren't on the album. There is some great guitar work on TTWWY - apart from the slide work by Sonny Landreth which is uniformly uplifiting. Perhaps my favorite instrumental bit on this record is the slide guitar riff before the 2nd verse of Here We Are. It's two bars of non-stop movement - wall to wall - from the first 16th (or second actually) note of the first bar to the last one of the second. I love it so!!! I remember now, though, that having Fingers is my favorite instrumental thing, so this is number two. And number three would be what conched said - some very cool piano/keys work. Number four the wall of guitars in the choruses of Wheel. Shall I go on?.... Okay, some extraordinary bass work everywhere, esp. the double basses on Take The Weather With You. Roger on Duke's On Sunday is impeccable. Robot and Ralph are always scintillating. I go now.

Peter's definately on there...from what Jimmy said in the RM program, he helped write some of the songs and Jimmy compliments some of his guitar work.

The best thing for me? It's out on Tuesday.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 7, 2006 12:28 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
The best thing for me? It's out on Tuesday.

Only if Amazon finds Santa..

conched · Post by **conched** » October 7, 2006 12:33 pm

backbeat wrote:Looking at that list of musicians' credits, I don't see Peter Mayer, only Jim. Do my eyes deceive me? Is there an error in the list?
I go now.

Jimmy said some of this before Elvis Presley Blues.

conched wrote:Gillian Welch from Berklee School of Music.

Johnny Cash had just died. Jimmy wanted to do this like the Tennessee Three.

Pete Mayer had to think Tennessee Three and he really came through.

Far cry from Gillian's arrangement, and he hopes she appreciates it.

conched · Post by **conched** » October 7, 2006 12:38 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
The best thing for me? It's out on Tuesday.

Yep! Then we too can see the liner notes. I certainly hope there is something about the musicians on there. Gotta have those liner notes.

So glad we got all the fine commentary by Jimmy and Steve on Wednesday too.

conched · Post by **conched** » October 7, 2006 12:42 pm

landofmangos wrote:
So does anyone know if Sonny Landreth played on this? There are a couple tunes that really sound like him, but I'm not sure. I like Sonny, but Peter is my favorite guitarist!

Back to tropical dreaming!
Suzy

Jimmy commented that Sonny Landreth is featured on Wheel Inside the Wheel..."the Ultimate Mardi Gras song."

parrotpartygod · Post by **parrotpartygod** » October 7, 2006 12:44 pm

f2cdlzrd wrote:I have not listened to one song off the album yet. I'm saving myself. The best thing to me is that it is going to be released. New albums mean Jimmy isn't quitting. Thanks Bubba!

That's the Spirit!

conched · Post by **conched** » October 7, 2006 12:44 pm

OK, just one more question.

SGH and Fish both thought they heard a banjo on Wheel Inside the Wheel. You with the great ears for music...whatcha think?

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 7, 2006 12:45 pm

conched wrote:OK, just one more question.

SGH and Fish both thought they heard a banjo on Wheel Inside the Wheel. You with the great ears for music...whatcha think?

I thought it was a Uke..

I been wrong..

landofmangos · Post by **landofmangos** » October 7, 2006 12:52 pm

backbeat wrote: Let's see. You joined in Feb '05 and this was your first post? I say your holding something back.

What can I say to that

? Well, there's a little story that goes along with that...for a while I had this thing called a job that got in the way of my participation here....lol! Now that I have what my friends call " a very flexible schedule" due to a severe illness, I have nothing but time to play.

I found the link for the new album credits after I posted, and you're right. Peter is not listed, but I swear I hear Peter on this one, just like I was fairly certain I was hearing Landreth. I can't wait to buy my copy on Tuesday. Actually I'll end up getting two, one for my 18 year old who is out on his own and living about 3 hours away from me. He loves parrothead gifts from mom!

Nice meeting' ya'll. BTW, I am watching VH1 and have seen 2 commercials in the last 50 minutues for TTWWY!
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SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » October 7, 2006 1:01 pm

conched wrote:OK, just one more question.

SGH and Fish both thought they heard a banjo on Wheel Inside the Wheel. You with the great ears for music...whatcha think?

Wow, it sure does sound like banjo. If that's Jake on the uke I'm more impressed than ever. We also thought maybe a mandolin, but that didn't quite sound right, either.

The credits are wrong. Peter's on there.

The best thing? There are too many to list.... I love having the harmonica in the mix again... Like backbeat said above, the guitar work is awesome!....

I guess the best thing is that TTWWY exists..... Jimmy and the CRB are still recording.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 7, 2006 1:09 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
conched wrote:OK, just one more question.

SGH and Fish both thought they heard a banjo on Wheel Inside the Wheel. You with the great ears for music...whatcha think?
Wow, it sure does sound like banjo. If that's Jake on the uke I'm more impressed than ever. We also thought maybe a mandolin, but that didn't quite sound right, either.

The credits are wrong. Peter's on there.

The best thing? There are too many to list.... I love having the harmonica in the mix again... Like backbeat said above, the guitar work is awesome!....

I guess the best thing is that TTWWY exists..... Jimmy and the CRB are still recording.

and Jimmy is talking about the NEXT Album..

backbeat · Post by **backbeat** » October 7, 2006 1:14 pm

I vote banjo. And someone who knows what he's doing playing it. Glad to hear that Peter is on here, contrary to the credits list. I thought it sounded like him, but I thought it sounded like him on LTC, too, so I don't quite have a lock on his sound. It's hard to with group players who are as versatile as Peter. If he's playing this banjo part, half of me would be amazed (because he's not a banjo player) and the other half.. would be amazed, too (because this is such a stretch for a guitar player - imho - even for one with his talent).

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » October 7, 2006 1:20 pm

It sounds a lot like a banjo to me, too. But it even has an unusual tone for a bango...that's a very intriguing song.

Gotta run...time to get ready for the CMT Insider show...

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