Crusades Of The Restless Knights

Ray Wylie Hubbard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philo / Umgd
• ASIN: B00000JMK5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,915 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He Was Alt-Country When Alt-Country Wasn't Cool, January 31, 2001

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J. D. Edwards (Grapevine, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crusades Of The Restless Knights (Audio CD)

Ray has plugged away for decades trying to live down the memory of writing "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother". Anyone coming into this or any other Ray disc expecting this sort of barroom sing-along is in the wrong place. Ray writes deep, funny, touching songs with excellent musicianship to back it up.

In his live shows, you have the benefit of hearing the stories behind the songs, and you can see the true skill Ray has acquired at playing the guitar. He really seems to believe what he is singing in every instance, as if he has felt every emotion that is put forth.

In said live shows, the biggest reaction goes to "Conversations With the Devil", which threatens to be his new signature song. It is perhaps the most funny, yet also insightful, thing he has written, and I would think he would gladly replace Redneck Mother with this newer work.

The sound is stripped-down - Ray with a few players - but that's all he needs. The power of the songwriting and performance come through in what is perhaps one of the best country albums in a long time. Forget Nashville. Ray is creating art in Texas.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars each disc a new revelation, December 25, 1999

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"wrj1" (Cincinnati, OH. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crusades Of The Restless Knights (Audio CD)

Tha amazing thing about Ray Wylie is that each disc is so good that you cant believe that the next could possibly be as good. But then the latest release comes along and surpasses the rest. As a songwriter and performer he is simply without parallel. Not only does he write great lyrics, he writes extraordinary music that brings out the most in those lyrics. Then he plumbs the depth of both in that husky evocative voice that plunges right into the listeners heart and soul.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ray's Crusades Finally Pay Off, July 23, 2000

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Davis Jackson (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crusades Of The Restless Knights (Audio CD)

This is great American music!

What if radio stations never played Dylan or Springsteen?

Ray Wylie Hubbard is not a new kid on the block, but with Crusades of the Restless Knights, Ray may finally be on his way to getting the recognition he so much deserves. Hubbard gets almost no air time in most markets -- perhaps his thinking persons' country/folk/rock is not what many station directors are looking for. Nonetheless, his well honed musical abilities and intelligent, thought provoking lyrics are winning over new listners every day. People are telling people, and Ray Wylie Hubbard is on his way!

The album is fresh, original Hubbard, covering the spectrum from folk to country to rock. There's nothing shallow and superficial here. This album is nothing but winners, coupling Hubbard's deeply observant, thoughtful, poetic abilities, and his head-nodding, foot-tapping country/folk/rock.

With Crusades, and listners' word-of-mouth, Hubbard is proving that great music will be recognized, whether radio stations play it or not.