Where the Blue of the Night - John Prine & Mac Wiseman

Two consummate musical masters join forces on a fine program of classic country that also dips into Western swing, gospel and folk. The selections present their spicy adaptations of anthems penned by Bob Wills (“Don’t Be Ashamed Of Your Age”), Al Dexter (“Pistol Packin’ Mama”), Tom T. Hall (“Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine”) and Kris Kristofferson (“Just The Old Side of Nowhere.”) Prine and Wiseman’s elaborations, twists, slants and treatments provide the ideal combination of confidence, humor, suggestiveness and saltiness, though they’re also able to become appropriately reverential on the “Old Rugged Cross” (nice arrangement by Prine) or Irene Spain and Andrew Jenkins’ “Death of Floyd Collins.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.