Back in Nov. '06 Elvis mentioned in a radio interview that he had been involved with a Hazel Dickens recording session. This would appear to be for a tribute record on Rounder Records to the singer . A e-mail I sent them yesterday about it got this response -
Hi John - I see it listed on our internal pre-release list, but as yet
no scheduled date. Sorry, but feel free to check back in a few months &
I'll see if we know any more. Best,
gh
http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=new ... arget=news
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Dickens
Elvis/Hazel Dickens tribute
My latest query on this got this reply -
Wed, 26 Sep 2007
From: George Hall
Hi John - sorry, I don't see any info beyond a title for this (not even
a stock number yet). Since these things involve selecting artists,
getting them all to pick tracks & record a song etc, it may be awhile.
Sorry, but like I, uh, always say, "feel free to check back in a few
months" & all that.
Sorry I don't have more for you.
gh
Wed, 26 Sep 2007
From: George Hall
Hi John - sorry, I don't see any info beyond a title for this (not even
a stock number yet). Since these things involve selecting artists,
getting them all to pick tracks & record a song etc, it may be awhile.
Sorry, but like I, uh, always say, "feel free to check back in a few
months" & all that.
Sorry I don't have more for you.
gh
Re: Elvis/Hazel Dickens tribute
Nothing new on this except this -
http://www.samovartea.com/html/lounge/n ... rchive.cfm
(extract)
December 08, 2007
Lee Bloom
A San Francisco-based pianist/composer/arranger/producer, Lee has worked with a variety of creative artists in many genres including Madeleine Peyroux, Pete Escovedo, Hal Stein, Jonathan Poretz, Todd Phillips, Steve Heckman, Dan Hicks, Mary Stallings among others.
As pianist, Lee contributed to a forthcoming tribute recording to bluegrass icon Hazel Dickens, accompanying vocalists Elvis Costello, Roseanne Cash and Madeleine Peyroux. Lee was also producer and pianist on "Spirit!" the 2006 release by the Hal Stein Quartet.
http://www.leebloom.com/about.html
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =229281823
http://www.samovartea.com/html/lounge/n ... rchive.cfm
(extract)
December 08, 2007
Lee Bloom
A San Francisco-based pianist/composer/arranger/producer, Lee has worked with a variety of creative artists in many genres including Madeleine Peyroux, Pete Escovedo, Hal Stein, Jonathan Poretz, Todd Phillips, Steve Heckman, Dan Hicks, Mary Stallings among others.
As pianist, Lee contributed to a forthcoming tribute recording to bluegrass icon Hazel Dickens, accompanying vocalists Elvis Costello, Roseanne Cash and Madeleine Peyroux. Lee was also producer and pianist on "Spirit!" the 2006 release by the Hal Stein Quartet.
http://www.leebloom.com/about.html
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =229281823
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http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/06 ... 1806.shtml
Thursday, June 12, 2008
(extract)
Mandolin player Mike Compton says "life is good," and who can argue with the native of Meridian, Miss., who lives outside of Nashville, Tenn., near Roy Acuff's former home.
His relationship with O Brother music producer T-Bone Burnett led to Mr. Compton's recording in early April with British rocker Mr. Costello on an acoustic CD that Mr. Burnett produced.
Mr. Costello's knowledge of country music was impressive.
"He knows a ton of old country songs," Mr. Compton said. "He recently did a Hazel Dickens session that (producer) Todd Phillips was putting together, a project of all Hazel Dickens songs. Todd said not only did Elvis agree to do the recording session, he told Todd which songs that Hazel wrote that he wanted to do. Todd said he didn't figure Elvis Costello would know who Hazel Dickens was, much less any of her material."
Thursday, June 12, 2008
(extract)
Mandolin player Mike Compton says "life is good," and who can argue with the native of Meridian, Miss., who lives outside of Nashville, Tenn., near Roy Acuff's former home.
His relationship with O Brother music producer T-Bone Burnett led to Mr. Compton's recording in early April with British rocker Mr. Costello on an acoustic CD that Mr. Burnett produced.
Mr. Costello's knowledge of country music was impressive.
"He knows a ton of old country songs," Mr. Compton said. "He recently did a Hazel Dickens session that (producer) Todd Phillips was putting together, a project of all Hazel Dickens songs. Todd said not only did Elvis agree to do the recording session, he told Todd which songs that Hazel wrote that he wanted to do. Todd said he didn't figure Elvis Costello would know who Hazel Dickens was, much less any of her material."
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Re: Elvis/Hazel Dickens tribute
A recent e-mail enquiry to Rounder records about the release of this tribute album elicited a reply from one Mike Annis (mannis@rounder.com), which I quote here verbatim in its entirety:
"It’s still too early to know when this will be available, or who all will end up being involved."
So that clears that up.....
MOOT
"It’s still too early to know when this will be available, or who all will end up being involved."
So that clears that up.....
MOOT
Re: Elvis/Hazel Dickens tribute
http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/hazel-dickens-tribute/
Hazel Dickens Tribute
posted by David Morris on 04.18.11
More than a decade ago, bassist Todd Phillips walked into his first rehearsal for a reunion tour by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, and was caught by surprise.
“I realized things I thought of as traditional or Carter Family were actually her songs,” Phillips recalled in a weekend telephone chat. He had recently won a Grammy for producing a tribute album, True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe, and hatched the idea of a similar tribute to Hazel.
He signed the contract in 2001, and recorded the first tracks in 2005. But the project still hasn’t been released by Rounder Records.
Phillips is too much the gentleman to talk about reasons for the delays, but he is hopeful the project will come out this year, while Hazel, who is 75, can enjoy it. Friends say she has had a difficult winter, and she wasn’t well enough to accept the Washington Monument award from the D.C. Bluegrass Union at its weekend festival in northern Virginia.
“This is really a gift for Hazel,” Phillips said of the compilation, which includes an all-star lineup of musicians – Linda Ronstadt, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Claire Lynch, Roseanne Cash and others.
Phillips joked about “stalking” some artists, and having to tell them about Hazel and her music before they would commit. But Costello was ready from the start, wanting to record Don’t Put Her Down. Harris offered to do A Few Old Memories, and Lynch added Beyond the River Bend.
At least two more tracks will be added, at the behest of Rounder boss Ken Irwin. Phillips said he couldn’t discuss those tracks, but he took the call from Irwin as a good sign. “It’s going to happen,” he said.
Hazel also recorded tracks for her first solo project in years, but that release, too, has been on hold since last fall. Irwin said at the time that discussion of either project was “premature,” an odd comment given that the tribute project has been in the works for so long. There is some speculation that the delays are related to Rounder’s purchase by the Concord Music Group, or because of licensing problems involving some of the performers.
“I’ve never worked on anything this time consuming,” Phillips said. Ever the diplomat, he left it at that.
Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There
http://www.amazon.com/Hazel-Alice/dp/B0 ... 140&sr=8-1
Hazel and Alice , 1973
You pull the string
She's your plaything
You can make her or break her, it's true
You abuse her, accuse her
Turn her round and use her
Then forsake her any time it suits you
There's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided bleached-out hair
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
She hangs around
Playing her clown
While her soul is aching inside
She's heartbreak's child
She just lives for your smile
To build her up in a world made by man
There's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided bleached-out hair
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
At the house down the way
You sneak and you pay
For her love, her body or her shame
Then you call yourself a man
And say you just don't understand
How a woman could turn out that way
There's more to her than powder and paint
The men she picks up at the bar
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
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Written By HAZEL DICKENS
Lyrics © HAPPY VALLEY MUSIC
An account from c. '06/'07-
http://www.nynoise.com/artists/artist-elvis.html
ELVIS STOPS BY....
We've had the pleasure of hosting a couple of sessions with Elvis Costello. NYN Creative Director Rick Depofi initially engineered band and vocal sessions with EC for Rounder Records' tribute to bluegrass great Hazel Dickens, which included a duet with Rosanne Cash. Having apparently found our environment reasonably comfortable, EC was back a couple of weeks later for another vocal: Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire for the forthcoming June Carter Cash tribute.
HAZEL DICKENS Bluegrass tribute session: Larry Campbell(fiddle), EC, NYN Exec Pr Craig Bishop, Todd Phillips (bass/producer).
Rosanne and Elvis enjoy a duet ...
Hazel Dickens Tribute
posted by David Morris on 04.18.11
More than a decade ago, bassist Todd Phillips walked into his first rehearsal for a reunion tour by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, and was caught by surprise.
“I realized things I thought of as traditional or Carter Family were actually her songs,” Phillips recalled in a weekend telephone chat. He had recently won a Grammy for producing a tribute album, True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe, and hatched the idea of a similar tribute to Hazel.
He signed the contract in 2001, and recorded the first tracks in 2005. But the project still hasn’t been released by Rounder Records.
Phillips is too much the gentleman to talk about reasons for the delays, but he is hopeful the project will come out this year, while Hazel, who is 75, can enjoy it. Friends say she has had a difficult winter, and she wasn’t well enough to accept the Washington Monument award from the D.C. Bluegrass Union at its weekend festival in northern Virginia.
“This is really a gift for Hazel,” Phillips said of the compilation, which includes an all-star lineup of musicians – Linda Ronstadt, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Claire Lynch, Roseanne Cash and others.
Phillips joked about “stalking” some artists, and having to tell them about Hazel and her music before they would commit. But Costello was ready from the start, wanting to record Don’t Put Her Down. Harris offered to do A Few Old Memories, and Lynch added Beyond the River Bend.
At least two more tracks will be added, at the behest of Rounder boss Ken Irwin. Phillips said he couldn’t discuss those tracks, but he took the call from Irwin as a good sign. “It’s going to happen,” he said.
Hazel also recorded tracks for her first solo project in years, but that release, too, has been on hold since last fall. Irwin said at the time that discussion of either project was “premature,” an odd comment given that the tribute project has been in the works for so long. There is some speculation that the delays are related to Rounder’s purchase by the Concord Music Group, or because of licensing problems involving some of the performers.
“I’ve never worked on anything this time consuming,” Phillips said. Ever the diplomat, he left it at that.
Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There
http://www.amazon.com/Hazel-Alice/dp/B0 ... 140&sr=8-1
Hazel and Alice , 1973
You pull the string
She's your plaything
You can make her or break her, it's true
You abuse her, accuse her
Turn her round and use her
Then forsake her any time it suits you
There's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided bleached-out hair
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
She hangs around
Playing her clown
While her soul is aching inside
She's heartbreak's child
She just lives for your smile
To build her up in a world made by man
There's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided bleached-out hair
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
At the house down the way
You sneak and you pay
For her love, her body or her shame
Then you call yourself a man
And say you just don't understand
How a woman could turn out that way
There's more to her than powder and paint
The men she picks up at the bar
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
-------------
Written By HAZEL DICKENS
Lyrics © HAPPY VALLEY MUSIC
An account from c. '06/'07-
http://www.nynoise.com/artists/artist-elvis.html
ELVIS STOPS BY....
We've had the pleasure of hosting a couple of sessions with Elvis Costello. NYN Creative Director Rick Depofi initially engineered band and vocal sessions with EC for Rounder Records' tribute to bluegrass great Hazel Dickens, which included a duet with Rosanne Cash. Having apparently found our environment reasonably comfortable, EC was back a couple of weeks later for another vocal: Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire for the forthcoming June Carter Cash tribute.
HAZEL DICKENS Bluegrass tribute session: Larry Campbell(fiddle), EC, NYN Exec Pr Craig Bishop, Todd Phillips (bass/producer).
Rosanne and Elvis enjoy a duet ...
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Re: Elvis/Hazel Dickens tribute
Hazel Dickens dies; sang of hard times
By Matt Schudel
Hazel Dickens, a West Virginia-born bluegrass singer who was an authentic voice of America’s working class, has died in Washington at 75.
Ms. Dickens grew up in dire poverty in West Virginia’s coal country and developed a raw, keening style of singing that was filled with the pain of her hardscrabble youth. She supported herself in day jobs for many years before she was heard on the soundtrack of the 1976 Oscar-winning documentary about coal mining, ”Harlan County, U.S.A.”
Her uncompromising songs about coal mining, such as “Black Lung” and “They Can’t Keep Us Down,” became anthems, and she was among the first to sing of the plight of women trying to get by in the working-class world. She was a longtime Washington resident and became a key influence on such later singing stars as Emmylou Harris, Allison Krauss and the Judds. A full obituary will follow.
By Matt Schudel
Hazel Dickens, a West Virginia-born bluegrass singer who was an authentic voice of America’s working class, has died in Washington at 75.
Ms. Dickens grew up in dire poverty in West Virginia’s coal country and developed a raw, keening style of singing that was filled with the pain of her hardscrabble youth. She supported herself in day jobs for many years before she was heard on the soundtrack of the 1976 Oscar-winning documentary about coal mining, ”Harlan County, U.S.A.”
Her uncompromising songs about coal mining, such as “Black Lung” and “They Can’t Keep Us Down,” became anthems, and she was among the first to sing of the plight of women trying to get by in the working-class world. She was a longtime Washington resident and became a key influence on such later singing stars as Emmylou Harris, Allison Krauss and the Judds. A full obituary will follow.