The Reason Why (The Groovy Record)

Vince Gill (Author), Alison Krauss (Author), Bonnie Raitt (Author), Diana Krall (Author), Sheryl Crow (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• ASIN: B001HC6XA6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #691,489 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From the opening cut, "What You Don't Say," with Rimes and a full-on string section with ringing pedal steel, Gill proves he is an American pop songwriter par excellence. If all the music on the charts was done this well, with this much passion and soul and pomp, radio would never have lost its appeal. This is the album in the set that reveals the depth of Gill's craft as a songwriter. The early rock & roll waltz trappings and vibes, as well as distorted piano on the title cut with Krauss, is a gorgeous love song with some of Gill's finest vocals on tape. Period. "Rock of Your Love" could have been featured on any of Raitt's latter recordings, and that's a compliment. The slow, dirty guitar line and Raitt's R&B slow burning voice carry it home. Where Gill uses guest vocalists - female vocalists have always provided a wise counterpoint to his own husky tenor - the tunes work so well most could be singles. Check "What You Give Away," with Crow, and "The Memory of You," with Yearwood. They're solid; full of honest emotion and pop brilliance. The beautiful love song and gospel tune, "Tell Me One Time About Jesus," with Grant, and "Time To Carry On," with Jenny Gill, are excellent album tracks and give depth, dimension and warmth to this set and are indispensable to it. The duet with Krall is the greatest chance Gill could take. He works in her idiom - and, of course, she plays that wonderful piano of hers - and pulls it off with grace and aplomb in the same way Tom Waits pulled off his duets with Crystal Gayle on the soundtrack for One from the Heart. This is Part 4 in the "Reason Why" series.