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This Weary Way

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Wayne Scott - This Weary Way
Full Light Records FLR-0502
P.O. Box 40100 Nashville, Tn. 37204
TEL. 615-385-0001
EMAIL condon [at] comcast.net OR kissyblack [at] lotosnile.com
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When I listened to the first track of this disc, I thought, oh man, yet another Texas Road House band. By the time the last cut, 'Folsom Prison Blues' had finished, I was praying, begging for more from this 71 year old Kentucky born and bred singer song writer.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to a true diamond in the rough, Mr. Wayne Scott. 42 minutes, 6 seconds of pure white southern soul found on the debut album of this gem from Crane's Nest Kentucky backed instrumentally by some of Nashville's A-list musicians.

Guy Clark - nylon string guitar, lead vocal duet on cut one, "It's the whiskey that eases the pain"
Dennis Crouch - upright bass
Casey Driessen - fiddles
Dan Dugmore - banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel
Nick Forster - electric guitar
Kenny Malone - djembe, drums
Dirk Powell - accordion, banjo, fiddle
Tim O'Brien - mandolin, vocals
Suzi Ragsdale - vocals
Bill Scheleicher - harmonica
Darrell Scott - everything but the kitchen sink <}:-).
Wayne Scott - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Danny Thompson - upright bass
Verlon Thompson - acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals

Impressive to say the least. There is so much to say concerning this collection of 11 out of 13 songs written by Mr. Wayne Scott that this review would become an epistle.

What kind of songs does Mr. Scott write you ask? His son Darrell says it best. " Four themes fill his stories - work, family, church and music - in that order." If I was ask to pick a favorite, it would be cut #4, 'Sinner.'

A true labor of love from producer Darrell Scott and a tribute to his father Wayne Scott. If you folks don't grab a copy of 'This Weary Way' you have missed a taste of music so pure and true. The kind of music that rarely makes it to the recording studio. (R W Stewart EMAIL Richard854 [at] webtv.net )

At 71, Wayne Scott is a few years older than most debut artists. But given that every such artist has the front part of their life to write their coming-out, Scott's long years provide an unusually rich history from which to draw. As the thirteenth child of a Kentucky tobacco farmer he moved north to work in Detroit's car factories in his 20s, and later gravitated to California, where he raised his five sons before striking out on his life-long dream to be a musician. He played country standards and radio hits in West Coast honky-tonks and truck stops, but all the time writing original material that was mainly kept to himself.

With support from his musician son, Darrell Scott, and friends like Guy Clark and Tim O'Brien, the elder Scott dips into a vast reservoir of material, and sings it with a life full of experience. The album opens with the powerful bottom-of-the-bottle "It's the Whiskey That Eases the Pain," with the younger Scott's pedal steel, Guy Clark's nylon string guitar, and Dirk Powell's accordion blending into a New Orleans' tinged honky-tonk. The influences of Cash and Kristofferson meet in the solemn down-and-out baritone of "My Last Bottle of Wine," and Cash's impact is reprised in a fine live cover of "Folsom Prison Blues." Scott's other longtime influence is heard in the Hank Williams styled honky-tonk of "What I Really Need Is You."

The younger Scott has put together a superb band to play his dad's tunes, heavy on acoustic guitars, mandolin, fiddle and stand-up bass, blending into rootsy string-band sounds. Scott's music is a piece with his early influences and his early growth as a songwriter, yet they remain unyellowed in their exposition of the universal subjects of faith, family, work and libation. After carrying around his songwriting catalog in private for so many years, Scott may be surprised at how strongly others take to his tunes. [©2005 hyperbolium dot com]

A lot of the reviews for Wayne Scott's "This Weary Way" are wildly enthusiastic, because of its stripped-down return to tradition, its obvious sincerity, and the compelling story his son has documented in songs over the past few years. I agree, but for me these factors do not entirely compensate for the home recordinng technology used. It's called "clipping," a distortion introduced when the signal is too large and the tops of all the waves get cut off. It impairs the vocal tracks. On the other hand, maybe there are some who think this sound is aesthetic, being present frequently most recently in the grunge genre.

When I listened to the first track of this disc, I thought, oh man, yet another Texas Road House band. By the time the last cut, 'Folsom Prison Blues' had finished, I was praying, begging for more from this 71 year old Kentucky born and bred singer song writer.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to a true diamond in the rough, Mr. Wayne Scott. 42 minutes, 6 seconds of pure white southern soul found on the debut album of this gem from Crane's Nest Kentucky backed instrumentally by some of Nashville's A-list musicians.

Guy Clark - nylon string guitar, lead vocal duet on cut one, "It's the whiskey that eases the pain"
Dennis Crouch - upright bass
Casey Driessen - fiddles
Dan Dugmore - banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel
Nick Forster - electric guitar
Kenny Malone - djembe, drums
Dirk Powell - accordion, banjo, fiddle
Tim O'Brien - mandolin, vocals
Suzi Ragsdale - vocals
Bill Scheleicher - harmonica
Darrell Scott - everything but the kitchen sink <}:-).
Wayne Scott - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Danny Thompson - upright bass
Verlon Thompson - acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals

Impressive to say the least. There is so much to say concerning this collection of 11 out of 13 songs written by Mr. Wayne Scott that this review would become an epistle.

What kind of songs does Mr. Scott write you ask? His son Darrell says it best. " Four themes fill his stories - work, family, church and music - in that order." If I was ask to pick a favorite, it would be cut #4, 'Sinner.'

A true labor of love from producer Darrell Scott and a tribute to his father Wayne Scott. If you folks don't grab a copy of 'This Weary Way' you have missed a taste of music so pure and true. The kind of music that rarely makes it to the recording studio.

Review by J. Ross - Roseburg, OR

Nice variety of tunes by under-appreciated talent. Stands up to repeated listenings. If you like Shaver, you'll like this.

At the age of 71, Wayne Scott released his first album. Produced by Wayne and his son Darrell (the great Nashville songwriter and musician) this is the best country music album I've heard in years. Wayne is one hell of a songwiter and a damn good singer. The musicians are the best of the best - Darrell Scott, Verlon Thompson, Dan Dugmore, Casey Dreissen, Tim O'brien, etc. Wayne must have thought he was dreaming to hear his songs arranged and played by these guys...and what a dream. The songs are great, the music is great, the CD is more than great. These are real country songs written by a real man about real things. Wayne is solid working class and that is where real country music comes from, you just can't fake it. Buy this CD if you love country music.

As a bluegrass musician, I hesitated in buying this but had heard a couple of the cuts on the Bluegrass Channel on TV and liked what I heard. After buying it I find the CD has become one of my favorites. Wayne Scott does a great job and I only wish I had got to know his music years ago.

All I can say is, they took my money, but didn't let me download the album.
I can find the receipt, when I look at my digital orders, it gives me a link to "Launch Amazon Cloud Player", when I click it, the player launches, but says I have no music !
I can't find a link where I can request help.
Thus the "review'.
EDIT fixed
I finally found a link to report a problem (buried), they responded within 6 hours (christmas day), they gave me access to it in their "cloud player".
I can't understand why the browser's download wasn't good enough, now you have to install another piece of bloatware (Amazon mp3 downloader), or transfer it to their "cloud player", and download one song at a time.