Somebody Else's Troubles

Steve Goodman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Buddha Records
• ASIN: B00000JN8N
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,125 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great stories from a great storyteller, September 3, 2005

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E. McGraw "elliebuttons" (Roswell, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Somebody Else's Troubles (Audio CD)

Growing up in Wisconsin amid the folksingers and protesters who over the decades have become middle-aged Prairie Home Companion afficionados, I met Steve (and his scruffy sidekick whom I later learned was John Prine) while going to college in Madison, Wisconsin and moonlighting (literally) as a lighting designer in college music venues. Steve had an energy and wit that pervaded all of his music. Like my fellow yankee from Lilburn, GA, I hand out Steve's CDs to cherished friends, doing my small part to keep the music flowing. I was pleased to see John Prine in concert recently, still doing some of the old songs in honor of his best friend. The Ballad of Penny Evans, about a war widow of the Vietnam era - rings as cutting and fresh now, in the context of the current conflict, as it did then. Enjoy this album, and buy more - Artistic Hair is one of my personal favorites - for your friends.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album/Great Human Being, January 22, 2006

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Patman (COLORADO SPRINGS, co United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Somebody Else's Troubles (Audio CD)

I bought this album when it came out, since I recognized him as the author of "City of New Orleans". I burned it to CD years ago, and still listen. I just listened to it a minute ago, now I'm ripping the CD into iTunes for my iPod. "Ballad of Penny Evans" still makes me shudder. What a master he was. And what a cast of superstars played on this album.

"Baby, I ain't never heard you play no blues". Nowadays, B.B. King needs to wear a life-jacket.


Don't think, just buy it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Last!, November 21, 1999

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mcrobin @mindspring.com (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Somebody Else's Troubles (Audio CD)

I've been looking for a copy of this recording for almost 2 years! This is in my top five all-time favorite records - and I remember the Beatles! Steve Goodman's songwriting ability was monumental. He had it all - humor, heart, and soul. He was taken from this life far too early. If you like singer-songwriters like John Prine, Arlo Guthrie or Loudon Wainwright (remember him?), you'll absolutely love this. There is no song sweeter than 'The Dutchman', none more heart-wrenching than 'The Ballad of Penny Evans'. And if 'The Vegetable Dance' doesn't make you laugh out loud, you need to see a doctor!