Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams

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Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams
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Studio album by Joe Pass and Roy Clark
Released 1994
Recorded January 1994
Studio Sage & Sound Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz, country
Length55:02
Label Ranwood
Producer Ralph Jungheim
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Cover of the reissue by St. Clair.
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Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass and country guitarist Roy Clark that was released in 1994.

Joe Pass American musician

Joe Pass was an American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century. He created possibilities for jazz guitar through his style of chord-melody, his knowledge of chord inversions and progressions, and his use of walking basslines and counterpoint during improvisation. Pass worked often with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald.

Roy Clark American country music musician and performer

Roy Linwood Clark was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre.

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Producer Ralph Jungheim came up with the idea of putting Clark and Pass in the studio together. He first approached Clark, who readily agreed, calling Pass "my idol." Pass agreed for what would turn out to be his last session.

The St. Clair label released a 10-track version in 1995 with only Clark and Hank Williams pictured on the cover. It does not include "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" or "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight". [2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Hank Williams except where noted.

Hank Williams American country music singer

Hiram King "Hank" Williams was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, Williams recorded 35 singles that reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, including 11 that ranked number one.

No.TitleLength
1."Hey, Good Lookin'"4:13
2."I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"4:55
3."Your Cheatin' Heart"4:30
4."Blues for Hank" (Joe Pass)3:11
5."Cold, Cold Heart"3:44
6."Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"4:47
7."Long Gone Lonesome Blues"3:28
8."Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do?)"4:43
9."Honky Tonk Blues"3:23
10."There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight"4:49
11."I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (Hank Williams, Fred Rose)4:17
12."Kaw-Liga" (Williams, Rose)5:09

Personnel

John Pisano American musician

John Pisano is a jazz guitarist born in Staten Island, New York.

James David Hughart is a jazz and pop bass player.

Colin James Bailey is British-born American jazz drummer.

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References

  1. Chell, Samuel (17 January 2007). "Roy Clark and Joe Pass: Play Hank Williams". All About Jazz. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 December 2017.