A Slow Turning From An Icy Blue Heart
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This post was inspired by mtackabery(Michelle, my wonderful triplet sis)who posted the Emmy Lou Harris cover of John Hiatt's song "Icy Blue Heart"(which you can hear on her post "here":http://mog.com/mktackabery/blog_post/75939 ). Emmy's version is beautiful but John's original version just exudes so much world weariness in his voice. It's sparse instrumentation really lends itself to that world weary feel. John's version is just achingly gorgeous. He just makes you experience it!I was introduced to Mr. Hiatt when I read a review about his "Bring The Family" cd in Rolling Stone Mag. In the review for "Bring The Family" the writer kept referring to "Slow Turning"his previous '87 release. He gave "Bring The Family" a great review so I decided to buy it & once I heard it I fell in love with John's songwriting, singing & guitar playing but went back & bought "Slow Turning" a few weeks later too.
John Hiatt was one of the artists that changed my mind about country oriented music. Prior to John I hated twangy ass country music(still do really). John isn't pure country though I'll admit. He incorporates it with rock, blues, pop, etc. just enough to keep it from sounding too country. But that's what keeps his music interesting.This whole cd has amazing songwriting and John is quite a storyteller. "Trudy & Dave" is about a colorful & crime ridden relationship. "Georgia Rae" is about his baby daughter. "Tennessee Plates" is one of my many favorites & is a fun, rockin' song about a guy running from the law. Here's a live version of it:John has been in the music business for over 30 years since the early '70s & has a ton of albums. He did some work with a few bands prior to his solo work started in '74. He's a master at his craft!http://www.johnhiatt.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hiatt
John Hiatt was one of the artists that changed my mind about country oriented music. Prior to John I hated twangy ass country music(still do really). John isn't pure country though I'll admit. He incorporates it with rock, blues, pop, etc. just enough to keep it from sounding too country. But that's what keeps his music interesting.This whole cd has amazing songwriting and John is quite a storyteller. "Trudy & Dave" is about a colorful & crime ridden relationship. "Georgia Rae" is about his baby daughter. "Tennessee Plates" is one of my many favorites & is a fun, rockin' song about a guy running from the law. Here's a live version of it:John has been in the music business for over 30 years since the early '70s & has a ton of albums. He did some work with a few bands prior to his solo work started in '74. He's a master at his craft!http://www.johnhiatt.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hiatt
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