Description: Richard Betts "Dickey Betts" Highway Call AUDIO CD BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED Mercury Records Universal Music Japan UICY-79458 UPC | 4988031420355 Remastered (2001) 1974, 2021 TRACK LISTING 01. Long Time Gone 02. Rain 03. Highway Call 04. Let Nature Sing 05. Hand Picked 06. Kissimmee Kid After the runaway success of the Allman Brothers' classic Brothers and Sisters LP -- an album on which Dickey Betts virtually architected the open loping country sound with his newly found singing voice and easy, slimmed down guitar style -- the guitarist decided to try his hand at a solo album. Highway Call is, in essence, the second chapter in Betts finding his own voice as not only a singer, but also as a songwriter as well. At a brief half-hour in length, Highway Call is nonetheless an emotionally powerful slice of small country life offered with a vast emotional landscape. The tone is nostalgic in that each of the songs here reflects memory and the yearning for a simpler, less cluttered life lived in the open spaces, away from the chaotic roil of rock stardom and all of its trappings. The title track reflects an acceptance of Betts' life as an itinerant musician, destined to play out his hand on the road. There isn't a hint of regret in the ringing, slippery guitars and harmony vocals, but there is a sense that life could have been different. On "Let Nature Sing," Betts calls forth the spirits of America, from its rock and crags, its lakes and panoramic vistas, and from the ghosts of the people who've traipsed through Betts' life, leaving an emotional and indelible impression upon him. Each song here, such as "Rain," with its sideways pedal steel, or "Long Time Gone," with its runaway slide, or even the aforementioned "Let Nature Sing," with its glorious dobro and fiddle (courtesy of Vassar Clements) underscoring Betts' lead and the ringing pedal steel of Jon Hughey is a testament to the pastoral in American life. And for Betts, the rambler, gambler, and hard living guitar man, there is no contradiction. All of his cards are on the table in "Hand Picked," a nearly 15-minute country swing romp through Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, the Allmans, and bluegrass, Betts creates the ultimate road instrumental. The listener can hear Clements and Betts roaring down the two-lane blacktop on the back of a flatbed truck, ripping this one out with easy abandon. Highway Call stands as the artist's finest solo moment, one that holds his true voice easily expressing itself far from the madding blues wail of the Allmans, deep in the center of a Georgia holler with the sun beating down on the peach trees or on the incessant babble of a backwoods creek calling his listeners to the mystery inherent in simple living and in playing honest, heartfelt music. SHIPPING TO USA ONLY Buyer Pays Shipping $3.99 1st CD $3.99... each additional $1.50 CDs will only be combined with other CDs or DVDs To qualify for the combined discount, all items must be purchased together, paid for with 1 payment, and shipped all together in 1 shipment. Please use the add to cart feature, once you have ordered all your desired items, proceed to checkout to complete your order with the combined total.
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Artist: Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band), Dickey Betts, Richard Betts, Richard "Dickey" Betts, Chuck Leavell, The Rambo's, Johnny Sandlin, The Poindexters, John Hughey, David Walshaw, Tommy Talton
CD Grading: Mint (M)
Record Label: Mercury Records, Universal Music Japan
Release Title: Highway Call
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard (OBI)
Case Condition: Mint (M)
MPN: 4988031420355
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Catalog Number: UICY-79458
Type: Album
Format: CD
Producer: Johnny Sandlin, Richard Betts
Language: English
Release Year: 1974, 2021
Era: 1970s
Instrument: Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Drums, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Voice, Steel Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro
Style: Album Rock, Rock/Pop, Soul, Slide Guitar Blues, Folk/Country Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Roots Rock, Southern Rock
Features: Import, Sealed, Remastered (2001), Remastered
Run Time: 35:20
Genre: Blues-Rock, Southern Rock, Roots Rock, Americana, Country-Rock, Slide Guitar Blues, Rock, Blues, Country
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
