Lowe profile

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:05 pm

Did anyone get this? Any good? Barely heard of anyone here, Ian Gomm was in the Brinsleys...the rest seem to be off the radar.
The Brilliant Mistakes - name sounds familiar.

Lowe Profile was put together by pop and roots-rocker Walter Clevenger and includes tracks from folks like Dave Alvin, Eric Ambel, Duane Jarvis, Steve Wynn and many more.
These two discs contain 30 counts of brilliant songwriting from the Abominable Showman, Nick Lowe.
Track Listing:
Eric Ambel - 12 Step Program To Quit You Babe
Ian Gomm - Cruel To Be Kind
Foster & Lloyd - Without Love
Dave Alvin - Failed Christian
Don Dixon - True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
Steve Allen - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings - There`s A Cloud in My Heart
Michael Carpenter - (What`s So Funny Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
Terry Anderson & The OAK Team - You Got The Look I Like
Bryan Shaddix - Couldn`t Love You Anymore Than I Do
Rick Shea & Christy McWilson - Never Been In Love
Tipsy Jack - Marie Provost
Chris Gaffney - Crying In My Sleep
Rex Holmes & We Monster- Homewrecker
Steve Wynn - Truth Drug
Ron Flynt & The Blue Hearts - I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock & Roll)
Jamie Hoover - American Squirm
Eugene Edwards - Band The Ugly Things
Greg Trooper - What`s Shaking On The Hill
Sparkle*Jets UK - When I Write The Book
James Intveld - Lonesome Reverie
Tiffany Anastasia - Lowe Heart
Duane Jarvis - Cupid Must Be Angry
Robbie Rist - Love So Fine
Kim Shattuck - You Make Me
The Lowe Beats - I Don`t Want The Night To End
Monkey Bowl - Let`s Eat
The Brilliant Mistakes - Everyone
The Glimmer - Stars Rollers Show
The `lectric Chairs - Heart Of The City

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:40 pm

Got it , enjoyed it.....must dig it out and listen to it again.

see also

http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... 0&start=25

hollyh · Post by **hollyh** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:28 am

I've heard bits of a few tracks, some are good, some are bad, usual for a tribute album. Why do they make these? Nevertheless as a devoted Lowe fan I have ordered it and am anxiously/queasily awaiting its arrival.

I do know that Tiffany Anastasia Lowe is Nick's stepdaughter (Carlene Carter's daughter); I'm not impressed with her voice though (these genes have to run out sometime).

I have a lot of Greg Trooper's stuff, he's an excellent country.alt guy from Nashville.

Walter Clevenger & the Dairy Kings (Clevenger produced this Lowe LP) have a fun kind of bar band sound, the old Brinsley Schwarz vibe.

Don Dixon is a country songwriter/producer, I think; he wrote this song he sings here, which Nick covered on "The Impossible Bird."

Dave Alvin is one of Nick's label-mates at Yeproc Records.

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:26 am

Dave Alvin is fantastic - Blasters and a bunch of great solo stuff. Steve Wynn was leader of the Dream Syndicate - This looks like fun.

There's another tribute to Nick Lowe that came out a while ago on Telarc and I think most of it is great -

Labour of Love - The Music of Nick Lowe

1. All Men Are Liars: Dar Williams
2. The Rose of England: Graham Parker
3. Cracking Up: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4. Half a Boy and Half a Man: Sleepy LaBeef & C.J. Chenier
5. Where's My Everything?: Greg Brown
6. Television: Marshall Crenshaw
7. Shting Shtang: Joe Clay
8. When I Write Book: Andrea Re
9. Cruel to be Kind: Marshall Crenshaw & Christine Ohlman
10. Faithless Lover: Charlie Musselwhite
11. Soulful Wind: Guy Davis & Levon Helm
12. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding: Joe Louis Walker
13. Egypt: Elvis Costello

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:21 am

This is an excellent compilation (the new one that is, must load up the other one on my mp3 player). Whenever a track pops up it always sounds great. Dare I say it, some of these versions are better than Bashers. That contrived ironic poppy sound on some of Nicks albums, particularly his 80s ones, makes them rather dated sounding.

hollyh · Post by **hollyh** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:08 pm

Yeah, Labour of Love had some good tracks -- the two by Marshall Crenshaw were fine, so was Andrea Re's When I Write the Book. Charlie Musselwhite on Faithless Lover maybe outdid Nick's version. And Elvis did a superb job with Egypt, of course.

But why did they let Dar Willams sing "All Men Are Liars"? The whole thing that makes that song funny is when a man sings it -- otherwise it's just a woman whingeing about men, which is nothing new.

hollyh · Post by **hollyh** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:09 pm

martinfoyle wrote:Dare I say it, some of these versions are better than Bashers. That contrived ironic poppy sound on some of Nicks albums, particularly his 80s ones, makes them rather dated sounding.

Them's fightin' words...