Steve Martin & Steep Canyon Rangers Rare Bird Alert Vinyl LP Paul McCartney NEW
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Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers Rare Bird Alert NEW Vinyl LP Paul McCartney
This is a very RARE, NEW, Factory Sealed LP. It is in pristine condition and will be mailed securely through the USPS Media Mail, no cost to you. Good luck bidding on this highly collectable, prized Blue Grass album with Beatles legend, Sir Paul McCartney!
Rare Bird Alert is a 2011 bluegrass album by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, featuring guest appearances by Sir Paul McCartney and The Dixie Chicks. This is Martin’s second consecutive musical album, and comprises 13 songs. His first all-music album was 2009’s The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo. Rare Bird Alert was first released on March 15, 2011. The album was nominated for a Grammy on November 30, 2011 (Best Bluegrass Album). “King Tut” is a new bluegrass arrangement of a song that had been a Billboard Top 20 hit for Martin in 1978.
All songs written by Steve Martin except where noted.
"Rare Bird Alert" [Instrumental]
"Yellow-Backed Fly" – Woody Platt & Mike Guggino on vocals
"Best Love" – Paul McCartney on vocals
"Northern Island" [Instrumental]
"Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back" – Woody Platt & Mike Guggino on vocals (comp. Steve Martin, Nicky Sanders, Woody Platt, Graham Sharp, Charles R. Humphrey III & John Frazier)
"Jubilation Day" – Steve Martin & Steep Canyon Rangers on vocals
"More Bad Weather On The Way" – Steep Canyon Rangers on vocals
"You" – The Dixie Chicks on vocals
"The Great Remember (for Nancy)" [Instrumental]
"Women Like To Slow Dance" – Steep Canyon Rangers & Steve Martin on vocals (comp. Steve Martin, Philip Barker & Charles R. Humphrey III)
"Hide Behind A Rock" [Instrumental]
"Atheists Don't Have No Songs" – Steep Canyon Rangers & Steve Martin on vocals (comp. Steve Martin, Graham Sharp & Woody Platt)
"King Tut" – Steve Martin & Steep Canyon Rangers on vocals
From the earliest days of his comedy career, Steve Martin has incorporated the banjo into various aspects of his act, and fellow banjo players have spoken with reverence of his skills for decades. But in recent years he has put a renewed focus on the instrument, and he won a Grammy for his album The Crow in 2010. Rare Bird Alert came along a year later, and it's a full-fledged country/bluegrass album consisting entirely of Martin originals and recorded in collaboration with the Steep Canyon Rangers. Some of the songs are comedic: the hilarious faux-gospel harmony number "Atheists Don't Have No Songs" is an album highlight despite its lack of an interesting melody, and "Women Like to Slow Dance" is both a wry reflection on gender differences and a straight-up bluegrass barnburner. "Jubilation Day" is one of the funnier kiss-off songs ever recorded ("Let's always remember the good times/Like when you were out of town"), and there's even a surprisingly straight version of Martin's breakout novelty hit from the 1970s, "King Tut." But other tracks are sweet and tender, such as the wonderful "You" (written for Martin's wife) and the elegantly lovely "The Great Remember." And there are several songs on which elegance, energy, and boundary-pushing creativity coexist joyfully -- notably the gorgeous "More Bad Weather on the Way" (on which Martin plays very expert clawhammer banjo) and the brilliant instrumental "Northern Island," which features a startlingly complex chord progression for a bluegrass number. Whether your primary interest is in the comedy or the music, this is a solidly enjoyable album.
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