Tribute to Tradition

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 22, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000C27W
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,178 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A well done tribute to real country music, January 11, 2004

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Teako Johnson (Greenville, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tribute to Tradition (Audio CD)

This is a excellent cd . I can put it on and never have to skip one track . That's a rarity now days .

Standout songs include : 'Til I can make it on my own , Cold Cold Heart, Mama Tried , but the best song on here is The Three Bells . The bass on this song will pure shake the room .Allison Krauss may have even surpass the original by The Browns. Gone out of my mind sounds as if it were written when country was country not this pop country we have now.
I miss the traditional sound of country music . I have quiet a few traditional country music albums ,and the music represented here would fit right in .

Same old train closes this cd out in fine fashion .It has 13 diffrent singers and musicians including Emmylou Harris & Merle Haggerd himself . This CD was dedicated to the late Tammy Wynette and is a wonderful tribute to the music she did for so many years. I dissagree with the other reviewers who say this is a marketing scheme . It is far from it . It is a loving tribute to a long gone form of music that I sorely miss. If you are a lover of traditional music then please get this one .

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A slightly woozy notion of "tradition" has some success, January 23, 1999

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tribute to Tradition (Audio CD)

Twelve great artists of today! Twelve classic songs of yesterday! Putting aside the hint of self-congratulatory back-patting and slightly woozy notion of "tradition," a great singer plus a great song still equals a great spin, and this disc features several.

Alison Krauss' lush-yet-wafer-thin vocals are so perfectly matched to The Browns' "The Three Bells," that the original nearly disappears in her wake. Randy Travis' cover of Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" won't make you forget The Hag, but will remind you of the greatness of both singers and the song they share. On the picker's side, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill and Mark Knopfler embroider Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Oh, Lonesome Me," in a superb display of guitar playing.

Two new tracks, including an all-star jam penned by Marty Stuart, link the traditional form to the current milieu. Guests include Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Pam Tillis, Merle Haggard, Earl Scruggs and more. Overall, a nice tip of the cowboy hat.

4.0 out of 5 stars Did Hank really not do it this way?, December 23, 2009

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Blackbird Crow Raven "Blackbird Crow Raven" (Oconomowoc, WI USA (but my heart is in the gold rush country of Northern California)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tribute to Tradition (Audio CD)

I like these kinds of albums, because they always turn me on to some artist I'd been previously unfamiliar with. In this case, it's Lefty Frizzell via Trace Adkins.

Randy Travis does a great job on Haggard's "Mama Tried," as does Mary Chapin Plumber on Hank Williams'/Don Gibson's "Oh, Lonesome Me."

I also like Collin Raye's interpretation of "Cold, Cold, Heart," where his approach and phrasing is sort of a combination of Lucinda Williams and Glenn Frey.

A reprise would be nice, with Dwight Yoakam (Buck Owens), George Strait (Bob Wills), Brad Paisley (Jimmie Rodgers or Johnny Cash), and Clint Black (Merle Haggard) making appearances.