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The Little Willies took six years to deliver a second album, but For the Good Times sounds like it could have been cut the same afternoon as their 2006 debut. This is by no means a bad thing. The primary pleasure of the Little Willies, the uptown country cabaret covers band fronted by Norah Jones, is their ease, how they can take tunes everybody knows by heart and not so much reinterpret them as freshen them, pulling them ever so slightly toward the jazzier side. Apart from a couple of song selections -- and ones that come close to the beginning of the album, too, as it opens with Ralph Stanley’s "I Worship You" and Scotty Wiseman's "Remember Me" -- there's nothing unexpected here, but For the Good Times doesn’t feel lazy; it's cozy and comfortable, a warm bath of an album. Generally, For the Good Times rambles along at a relaxed pace, which makes the quickening pulse of "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves" all the more prominent, but for as easy-rolling as this is, there is variety here -- "Fist City" is spirited, "Wide Open Road" provides some barreling good humor, "Jolene" is spare and affecting -- which is just enough to keep For the Good Times colorful and quietly engaging.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ralph Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Wiseman, ComposerLyricist
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Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Martin, ComposerLyricist
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Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Friend, ComposerLyricist
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Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Loretta Lynn, ComposerLyricist - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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Willie Nelson, Composer - Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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A. Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - M. Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Q. JONES, ComposerLyricist
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Johnny Cash, ComposerLyricist - Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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Kris Kristofferson, ComposerLyricist - Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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J. Beck, ComposerLyricist - L. FRIZZELL, ComposerLyricist - Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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Jim Campilongo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dolly Parton, ComposerLyricist - TOM SCHICK, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, Producer, Mix Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - The Little Willies , MainArtist - Richard Julian, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Performance Artist, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Moose, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
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Album review
The Little Willies took six years to deliver a second album, but For the Good Times sounds like it could have been cut the same afternoon as their 2006 debut. This is by no means a bad thing. The primary pleasure of the Little Willies, the uptown country cabaret covers band fronted by Norah Jones, is their ease, how they can take tunes everybody knows by heart and not so much reinterpret them as freshen them, pulling them ever so slightly toward the jazzier side. Apart from a couple of song selections -- and ones that come close to the beginning of the album, too, as it opens with Ralph Stanley’s "I Worship You" and Scotty Wiseman's "Remember Me" -- there's nothing unexpected here, but For the Good Times doesn’t feel lazy; it's cozy and comfortable, a warm bath of an album. Generally, For the Good Times rambles along at a relaxed pace, which makes the quickening pulse of "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves" all the more prominent, but for as easy-rolling as this is, there is variety here -- "Fist City" is spirited, "Wide Open Road" provides some barreling good humor, "Jolene" is spare and affecting -- which is just enough to keep For the Good Times colorful and quietly engaging.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:34
- Main artists: The Little Willies
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Country
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