The Little Willies — For the Good Times (January 10, 2012)

  ^{The Little Willies — For the Good Times (January 10, 2012)}
★   Alt–country supergroup led by folk singer Richard Julian and jazz–pop superstar Norah Jones.                                  © 25th Bridge School Benefit. CREDIT: Wilson Lee
Formed: 2003 in New York, NY
Location: New York
Album release: January 10, 2012
Record Label: Milking Bull/EMI
Genre: Country, Jazz
Duration:     38:41
Tracks:
01. I Worship You     2:50
02. Remember Me     3:59
03. Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves     3:05
04. Lovesick Blues     4:00
05. Tommy Rockwood     2:37
06. Fist City     2:59
07. Permanently Lonely     2:42
08. Foul Owl oN The Prowl     3:35
09. Wide Open Road     2:30
10. For The Good Times     3:46
11. If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time     1:46
12. Jolene     4:51
Personnel:
★   Lee Alexander (bass),
★   Jim Campilongo (guitar),
★   Norah Jones (piano, vocals),
★   Richard Julian (guitar, vocals) and
★   Dan Rieser (drums).Written by:
↔   Ralph Stanley     1
↔   Scott Wiseman     2
↔   Cal Martin     3
↔   C. Friend / Cliff Friend / Irving Mills     4
↔   Jim Campilongo     5
↔   Loretta Lynn     6
↔   Willie Nelson     7
↔   Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / O. Jones / Quincy Jones     8
↔   Johnny Cash     9
↔   Kris Kristofferson     10
↔   Jim Beck / Lefty Frizzell     11
↔   Dolly Parton     12
Credits:
↔   Lee Alexander Bass, Mixing, Producer, Vocals (Background)
↔   Jim Beck Composer
↔   Alan Bergman Composer
↔   Marilyn Bergman Composer
↔   Ronette Bowie A&R
↔   Greg Calbi Mastering
↔   Jim Campilongo Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Ac. + Electric), Vocals (Background)
↔   Johnny Cash Composer
↔   C. Friend Composer
↔   Lefty Frizzell Composer
↔   Jeff Gautier Hair Stylist, Make-Up
↔   Frank Harkins Art Direction, Design
↔   Kemal Harris Stylist
↔   Zach Hochkeppel Product Manager
↔   Gordon H. Jee Creative Director
↔   Norah Jones Piano, Vocals
↔   O. Jones Composer
↔   Quincy Jones Composer
↔   Richard Julian Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
↔   Kris Kristofferson Composer
↔   Christian Lantry Photography
↔   Loretta Lynn Composer
↔   Cal Martin Composer
↔   Irving Mills Composer
↔   Rob Moose Strings
↔   Willie Nelson Composer
↔   Natasha Netto A&R
↔   Dolly Parton Composer
↔   Dan Rieser Drums, Vocals (Background)
↔   Marie Roberts Artwork
↔   Tom Schick Engineer, Mixing
↔   Ralph Stanley Composer
↔   Scott Wiseman Composer
↔   Eli Wolf A&R
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine;  Score: ****
★   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. (Allmusic.com)
Also:
By Stacey Anderson, January 20, 2012;  Score: ***
★   http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/for-the-good-times-20120120
Website: http://www.thelittlewillies.net/
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