Pat Green is enough of a star in his home state of Texas that WAVE ON WAVE features an appearance by that preeminent local member of country music royalty, Willie Nelson. But Green's still enough in touch with his roots to also employ the earthier talents of Ray Wylie Hubbard, the writer of one of the original outlaw songs, "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother."
This combination of professionalism and a certain raw edge serves Green well on an album that lifts him out the crowd of run-of-the-mill singer-songwriters and closer to national stardom. He keeps enough of a homegrown feel here on songs such as "Guy Like Me" and "Wrapped" to stay true to his roots, while the hooky title track should gain him plenty of new fans. That the aforementioned Nelson duet (also featuring Ray Benson, Waylon Payne, and Trish Murphy) occurs on "Elvis," a laid-back slice of Presleyana that's almost Ray Stevens-like in its goofiness, is a tribute both to Green's lack of pretension and to his confidence that good songwriting will win out over showbiz glitz every time.
 

Track listing :

1. Guy Like Me
2. Poetry
3. Wrapped
4. Wave on Wave
5. California
6. Sing 'Til I Stop Crying
7. All the Good Things Fade Away
8. Run
9. I'm Tired
10. Eden's Gate
11. Elvis
12. Barricades
13. If I Was the Devil
 
Album notes
Personnel: Pat Green (vocals, acoustic guitar); Willie Nelson (vocals);
David Neuhauser (acoustic & electric guitars, piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Jondan McBride (acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Ray Wylie Hubbard (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Brett Danaher (electric guitar, baritone guitar, banjo); Brent Rowan, John Carroll (electric guitar); Mike Daly (steel guitar, dobro); Sasha Ostrovsky (steel guitar); Brendan Anthony (violin); John Jarvis (piano); Michael Tarabay (bass); Justin Pollard (drums, percussion); Chad Cromwell (drums);
Curtis Wright, Waylon Payne, Ray Benson, Trish Murphy (background vocals).
Producers: Don Gehman, Doug Morris, Tony Brown.
Recorded at Pedernales, Spicewood, Texas and House Of Blues, Encino, California.
"Wave On Wave" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Country Song.
Personnel: Pat Green (vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Ray Wylie Hubbard, Waylon Payne (vocals, acoustic guitar); Ray Benson, Trish Murphy, Willie Nelson (vocals); David Neuhauser (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, baritone guitar, piano, Wurlitzer organ); Jondan McBride (acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin); Walt Wilkins (acoustic guitar); Brett Danaher (electric guitar, baritone guitar, banjo); Jon Carroll , Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Mike Daly (steel guitar, dobro); Sasha Ostrovsky (steel guitar); Brendon Anthony (violin); John Jarvis (piano); Michael Tarabay (bass guitar); Justin Pollard (drums, percussion); Chad Cromwell (drums); Curtis Wright (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Don Gehman; Mark Dearnley.
Recording information: Cartee-Day Studio.
Photographer: Jimmy Bruch.

    

label : Universal
ean : 602498602904