What I Know

Tom Rush | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Appleseed Records
• ASIN: B001OBBRXI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,971 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rush took his time...and DELIVERED!, February 24, 2009

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Crescenzo C. Capece "d'caborojo" (NYNJPR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What I Know (Audio CD)

You could say that even when Tom Rush was in the thick of it, he flew under the radar. He's a true old school folk artist, albeit a unique one. His version of "Urge For Going" was a milestone for both author Joni Mitchell and Tom, and on this CD his cover of Mishka's "Lonely" approaches the success of his "Urge" cover; it actually sounds like a (get ready) H I T!

He's joined on this CD by other true greats (Bonnie Bramlett ,Emmylou Harris among them),and the tune selection and mix approaches the near perfection of his first Elektra LP.The Amazon editorial reviews pretty much nail it.

"What I Know" demonstrates forcefully that Tom Rush still knows how to make a fine album ,and those of us who appreciate the best are all the richer for it. I raise my glass to the makers of this disc!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the wait, February 24, 2009

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Byron Holmes (Berkley, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What I Know (Audio CD)

"What I Know" is classic Tom Rush. Although it is his first studio album in 35 years, this is no comeback album. He has been performing concerts and releasing albums of his live shows during that time, all the while adding to his group of fans and intrducing his brand of folk music to a new generation. I've been going to his concerts and buying his albums for over 40 years, dating back to his college circuit days, his late night radio shows on WBZ in Boston and his classic Symphony Hall concerts. Through it all, he has remained true to his folk roots and this album is no exception. A well presented mixture of his own writing with the inclusion of some well chosen work of others, this is a collection of songs that will make you reflect and feel like you are there with Tom, feeling what he feels.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Iconic National Treasure, March 17, 2009

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prisrob "pris," (New England USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What I Know (Audio CD)

Tom Rush has been a part of my musical world since I was first introduced to Circle Game those many years ago- 35, could it be? He is an icon in my world, along with those he introduced to folk music, James Taylor, Jackson Browne and Joni Mitchell. Joni wrote Circle Game but Tom Rush recorded it first-and this CD is a little like a Circle Game, 30 years after his last CD, he recorded, 'This I Know'.

This CD is more joyous than his previous CD's, you might not think so from the title, but it has more fun from the opening track 'Hot Tonight' to the last 'Drift Away'. Tom Rush tried to retire but he says 9 months of riding circles in his tractor convinced him that he wasn't set out for retirement.

The 15 tracks on this CD are all glorious. The first track, 'Hot Tonight' ii is said is an outtake of an old Sam Cooke song 'Wonderful World' it opens the CD to a bounce. 'River Song' was written by Tom Rush and the words are so lovingly written. Nanci Griffith sings with Tom on the track 'Casey Jones,' and Emmylou Harris takes charge on 'Too Many Memories'. My favorite is 'What An Old Lover Knows' and speaks of familiarity of the known. 'One Good Man' is a raucous song of what a woman is looking for, 'round the world. Remember the old song 'Drift Away', Tom Rush brings a new melody and feeling to it. "Give me the people to free my soul, I want to get lost in your rock n' roll and drift away'. And he does, he frees our soul.

Why did it take Tom Rush 30 years to record a new CD? James Taylor, a great admirer of Tom Rush, gives us some insight when he says this of him, "He's definitely an unsung hero in popular culture, but I think Tom was as central a figure to folk music as Dylan and Woody Guthrie, But he was part of music right as it was becoming a cash cow in a corporate way. Tom just didn't have the stomach for it. He didn't interface well with that. He wasn't about making money off his music - at least that was always my feeling."

My best friend relates to one of Tom Rush's most famous songs 'No Regrets' and along with Circle Game and so many more, how could we ever have regrets with Tom Rush? He lives within my heart since I first heard him in 1968.

Highly Recommended. prisrob 03-17-09

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