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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 5021
Number of Discs : 2 Label : New West Records
Release Country : USA
Format : LP

Written In Chalk

Buddy Miller / Julie Miller

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Buddy and Julie Miller have been making records separately for over 20 years. During that time, however, despite playing on one another's recordings, this is only the second one they've made collaboratively. Written in Chalk is steeped in American music tradition. Whether it's country, blues, boozy swing, or rock, this husband-and-wife duo lays it all down with authenticity, great humor, and honest emotion. They recorded the set at their home studio in Nashville, with help from old friends like Brady Blade, Matt Rollings, Chris Donohue, John Deaderick, Jay Bellerose, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and the McCrary Sisters, as well as some new ones, including Larry Campbell and Robert Plant. Julie wrote eight of these dozen songs. They are among the most sophisticated and emotionally resonant of her career -- and that's saying plenty. The album opener is the devastatingly beautiful reminiscence Ellis County, with Buddy's lead vocal looking back to ...

when all we could afford was laughter/And two mules instead of a tractor...

where there was nothing left to throw out/When there was a light that wouldn't go out.... With Campbell's fiddle adding the high lonesome of Appalachia in the track, one can imagine Levon Helm singing this song, but it's so much more effective with Buddy and Julie. Julie Miller also writes about heartbreak in a singular way. She avoids cliches and, when singing her own songs, doesn't need to over-emote because the truth of them lies in her lyrics and soft expression. Instead, she inhabits her lyrics fully, and one can feel the weight in them as they come up from the depths of the pierced heart of her protagonists and resonate in the mournful grain of her voice. Julie helps out on two such songs, Don't Say Goodbye, the single most devastating song on the record, and the resigned loneliness of Chalk. In her song Long Time, Julie's blues-drenched vocal brings to mind a young Rickie Lee Jones, but without the sass and swagger. For Julie Miller, these lyrics and her melody carry all the power they need; her delivery allows them to assert themselves -- and they do authoritatively. The smoky, boozy trumpet solo by Kami Lyle is another highlight. The pair wrote Gasoline and Matches, which offers an honest and humorous view of a mismatched couple who nonetheless find themselves knitted inseparably together. The evocation of taut finger-popping jump jazz and blues suggests the loungey early stylings of Tom Waits, but the guitaristry belongs to Buddy alone. Plant duets with Buddy on a gritty, slithering bluesy version of Mel Tillis' What You Gonna Do Leroy. His rootsy vocal is in perfect keeping with Gurf Morlix's lap steel and Stuart Duncan's fiddle. The closing track on this set is another cover, but this time its spiritual resonance is profound. Julie sings both background and harmony vocals with Buddy on Leon Payne's underappreciated classic The Selfishness in Man, to send the recording off as a haunted reflection on sin. Written in Chalk is a welcome return by one of American music's great -- if under-recognized -- duos. Buddy Miller's production and guitar work have been well documented on recordings and in the critical vernacular, as have Julie Miller's songs. But together, they are an unbeatable combination and this album is the indisputable proof. Roots music is alive and well, and is being served up red hot here. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi

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Ann Mccrary(Vocals),  Bryan Owings(Drums),  Buddy Miller(Guitar),  Buddy Miller(Vocals),  Byron House(Bass),  Chris Donohue(Bass),  Dennis Crouch(Bass),  Emmylou Harris(Vocals),  Jay Bellerose(Drums),  John Deaderick(Keyboards),  John Deaderick(Piano),  Julie Miller(Vocals),  Kami Lyle(Trumpet),  Larry Campbell(Violin),  Matt Rollings(Piano),  Patty Griffin(Vocals),  Regina McCrary(Vocals),  Rev Brady Blade(Drums),  Robert Plant(Vocals),  Russ Pahl(Guitar (Steel)),  Ann Mccrary(Vocals (Background)),  Buddy Miller(Vocals (Background)),  Emmylou Harris(Vocals (Background)),  Julie Miller(Vocals (Background)),  Larry Campbell(Fiddle),  Larry Campbell(Mandolin),  Patty Griffin(Vocals (Background)),  Regina McCrary(Vocals (Background)),  Russ Pahl(Pedal Steel),  Stuart Duncan(Fiddle),  Gurf Morlix(Lap Steel Guitar),  Buddy Miller(Engineer),  Buddy Miller(Producer),  Buddy Miller(Composer),  Buddy Miller(Performer),  Dee Ervin(Composer),  Grant Alden(Liner Notes),  Julie Miller(Composer),  Julie Miller(Performer),  Julie Miller(Songwriter),  Leon Payne(Composer),  Mel Tillis(Composer),  Paul Moore(Art Direction),  Paul Moore(Design),  Brian Kershisnik(Paintings),  Buddy Miller(Co-Leader),  Craig Ross(Vocal Engineer),  Julie Miller(Co-Leader),  Kathi Whitley(Management),  Ken Levitan(Management),  Peter Jesperson(A&R)

Track List

Disc   1

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    01.
    Ellis County
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    02.
    Gasoline And Matches
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    03.
    Don't Say Goodbye
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    04.
    What You Gonna Do Leroy
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    05.
    Long Time
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    06.
    One Part, Two Part
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    07.
    Chalk
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    08.
    Everytime We Say Goodbye

Disc   2

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    01.
    Hush, Sorrow
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    02.
    Memphis Jane
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    03.
    June
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    04.
    Selfishness In Man, The
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    05.
    Little Darlin'
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    06.
    By Way Of Sorrow
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    07.
    You Make My Heart Beat Too Fast

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