The Williamsburg Affair

Greg Trooper (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Label: 52 Shakes Records
• ASIN: B002WIQ7EG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #499,715 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Greg Trooper soldiers on with fresh songs from past, February 4, 2010

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Jim Clark "Jim Clark" (Tupelo, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Williamsburg Affair (MP3 Download)

By Jim Clark
Publisher - Lee County Courier, Tupelo, MS

Greg Trooper is a fighter. The troubadour started in Texas, headed across country and north to New York and then settled in songwriter heaven, Nashville. Along his journey he combined the music of three of his favorites - Otis Redding, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. It's a musically warm feeling, like a visit from an old friend.
And that's kind of how The Williamsburg Affair began.
Back in the spring of 1995 he hooked up with producer Eric "Roscoe" Ambel in Coyote Studios in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He and his band laid down 10 of Greg's original songs and a Neil Young classic, "Wrecking Ball." After they recorded the initial tracks was when Greg headed to Nashville.
The music was shelved until Greg slipped back to the Big Apple this past year. Finally the project The Williamsburg Affair was completed. It was worth the wait. The experienced songsmith has brought some of his best work to life.
"When we mixed this still fresh collection of songs this past spring, we walked past condos and boutiques and drank wine and craft beers served with artisan cheeses and ate grassfed burgers. The Williamsburg affair continues to burn," Eric said.
Greg's songs have been recorded by Vince Gill, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, Tom Russell and more. He's shared the stage with John Prine, Billy Bragg and Joe Ely.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A 1995 Brooklyn recording that sounds like Nashville 2009, January 2, 2010

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Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Williamsburg Affair (Audio CD)

Greg Trooper is one of those Nashville-based singer songwriters whose name you've seen on albums by Steve Earle, Rom Russell and Vince Gill (all of who chose to add Troopers songs to their own) but his albums fly under the radar and for no justifiable reason.

This CD was recorded by Trooper nearly 15 years ago while he ,lived in Brooklyn, NY, before heading to Nashville. It lay untouched until a few months ago when he went back to Brooklyn and remixed it. Now it's out. If you hadn't told me that it wasn't recent, I don't think I'd know. (Well there is a song titled "21st Century Boy" about the "future" which gives a clue).

From the moment Track 1 - "Angel" - started to play, I found myself dancing around the room (luckily I was alone!) and this feeling continued to the next track. The third cut - "Paradise" is a hard rocker, as is the closer "Quite Like You" which doesn't fit the rest of the albums country/pop feeling, but those are the only two that, to me, didn't fit the mood. The only non-Trooper penned song is Neil Young's "Wrecking Ball" which Trooper covers successfully. "These Sunday Nights" is another standout cut with a smooth Nashville sound and some fine instrumental breaks.

Trooper is working on a new release for 2010, I'm told, but in the meantime, I'm glad he made that trip back to Brooklyn. Otherwise, some of these really nicely crafted songs would have stayed "locked in the can".

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet country soul, November 9, 2011

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Greg Reilly (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Williamsburg Affair (Audio CD)

Nashville singer-songwriter Greg Trooper delivers sweet country soul - think Dan Penn[ASIN:B000002MOQ] Do Right Man, Jim Ford [ASIN:B0052EV88C] Harlan County. He hasn't produced an ordinary effort yet. Trooper's deft use of language both titillates and seduces you in warm comfort. He has all the promise of a great songwriter, if he's not one already, and, like a Penfolds Grange Hermitage (one of the finest Australian reds), Trooper gets better with age. His recent recordings, Upside-Down Town (2010), Make It Through This World (2005) and the achingly beautiful, Floating (2003), are worth tracking down. Try Houston's South Central Music. He's an amazon.com vendor and a straight-up, cool bloke.