On September 8, 2017, Donald Ray Williams died aged 78. He was musician (guitar, piano), singer and songwriter, known by the nick name “Gentle Giant” of the country music. He had 17 number one country hits, and his songs has been covered by many artists including Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Waylon Jennings, Pete Townshend, Claude Russell Bridges, Lefty Frizzell, Josh Turner, Sonny James, Alison Krauss, Billy Dean, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Lambchop, Alan Jackson, Tomeu Penya, and Bonnie “Prince” Billy. In 2010, he was inducted in the “Country Music Hall of Fame”.
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
On October 23. 2007, “Rounder” label released “Raising Sand”, album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. It was recorded in 2007, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville; “Electro Magnetic Studios” and “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles; “Sage & Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by T Bone Burnett. The album was certified Platinum in UK by “BPI”; Platinum in the US by “RIIA”, and Platinum in Sweden by “IFPI”.
Personnel:
- Robert Plant– vocals
- Alison Krauss– vocals, fiddle
- T Bone Burnett– acoustic and electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
- Norman Blake– acoustic guitar
- Greg Leisz– pedal steel guitar
- Marc Ribot– acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, dobro
- Riley Baugus– banjo
- Patrick Warren– keyboards, pump organ, toy piano
- Dennis Crouch – acoustic bass
- Jay Bellerose– drums
- Mike Seeger– autoharp
- Stacy Parrish – engineer
- Mike Piersante – engineer, mixing
- Gavin Lurssen– mastering
Track listing:
- Rich Woman – Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley Millet
- Killing the Blues – Roly Jon Salley
- Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us – Sam Phillips
- Polly Come Home – Gene Clark
- Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) – The Everly Brothers
- Through the Morning, Through the Night – Gene Clark
- Please Read the Letter – Charlie Jones, Michael Lee, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
- Trampled Rose – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
- Fortune Teller – Allen Toussaint
- Stick With Me Baby – Mel Tillis
- Nothin – Townes Van Zandt
- Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson – Milton Campbell
- Your Long Journey – Doc Watson, Rosa Lee Watson
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