Bill Frisell/John Lennon

A bit less sold than you, Marty. I've never been a huge Beatles fan, but even so I found the Frisell covers a bit muzak-y. Perfectly fine background, and I'm not sorry I bought it, but I didn't find it especially compelling, given the excellent players.

Just my 2c, of course.

John

Thanks for the heads up. Sounds interesting. I have been enjoying Kevn Kinney and the Golden Palomino's "A Good Country Mile." On this one, the Drivn n Cryn front man teams up with Anton Fier and some great NY session players to create Kinney's best solo effort. If you like alt-country/Americana with a little electric guitar, you will like this. Check out "Bird" and "In the Land...." The other cool one I am wading through is "Chimes of Freedom- the Songs of Bob Dylan." This is a 4 disc set of cover songs benefiting Amnesty Intl. There are 73 songs by various artists. When it is good, it is great (Bryan Ferry, Steve Earle, Pete Townshend), but when it is bad, it is REALLY bad (Miley Cyrus, Kei$ha). However, there is a lot of quality material here for an attractive price. I bought a used copy off of amazon for $15 which is great for a 4 cd package.

I had been a big Frisell fan but lost my way with him over the last few albums but I am very pleased with this release.

I understand John's reaction in that these interpretations de-emphsize the rhythms and the result has less r'n'r urgency. Sometimes the rhythms are picked up by fiddle - which I think works pretty well. At the end of the day, though, it's way that the melodies and harmonies are carried by Frisell on lead and Leisz on lap steel that I really love.

As I noted in my OP, not for every taste.