"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

@roxy54 ,

You're slackin' Rox! 😃

@bdp24

Explanation:

I read an interview with Hiatt in which he stated that his intention was to record Slow Turning with the Bring the Family group; that in fact they went into the studio and began running down the songs but that the band was not clicking with the material, which is why other players ended up on the record.

Sonny Landreth is a killer player but I'm not drawn to his songwriting. 

I found Slow Turning disappointing but unlike you, I eventually gave up on Hiatt because I've yet to hear an album that's not inconsistent. I liked Walk On and Crossing Muddy River for awhile but they're no longer in my collection. I saw him live on a solo acoustic tour and it was great, BTW.

@stuartk: Ah, okay. I hadn't seen that interview. Interesting.

Another disappointment from the group was their sole Little Village album. I just a coupla days ago read a quote from Nick Lowe about it: 

"Little Village was really good fun. Unfortunately, the record we did was no good. I suppose on some level it worked, but Warner Brothers kind of gave us too much time to do it."

So he puts the blame on Warner Brothers?! I have always assigned the blame to the group's decision to establish the ground rule of forbidding the recording of any member's already-written song, insisting that they record only songs written "on the spot" for the album. Not a good way to make an album, or even write a song.

That same rule was established for the making of The New Basement Tapes album and film, but that turned out much better than did the Little Village album.

@bdp24 

Another disappointment from the group was their sole Little Village album.

Yeah-- the fist and only time I listened to that, I thought "WTF is this?" 

I'm not familiar with "The New Basement Tapes" but then again, I was never a fan of the old ones, despite repeated attempts. 

@bdp24 

Thanks, once again, for the deep dive into music and those who make it possible to enjoy great performances in our homes.  As much as I enjoy technical conversations about Litz inductors (and, flux capacitors), these conversations are refreshing and time well spent.

On a personal note, I spent a few days in Gettysburg last month along with around 600 other delegates (an equal number of "reds" and "blues") to try to find ways to hold this country together.  Gettysburg was certainly symbolic of a time when American's weren't getting along very well with each other. I was driving about a week ago, listening to Tidal when Joan's cover of the song came on. I've heard this song dozens of times over the decades, but this time it really hit home to me, and created an emotional response.  

And, yes,  Festival Express is a fun video to watch.

Thanks again for the post.