The Bottom Line
All singer-songwriters like to occasionally set aside their own work and do a
few melodies they admire that others have written. With this disc, Ray Wylie Hubbard's
remarkable, rough-textured voice takes on songs written by Roger Tillison, Woody Guthrie,
Slaid Cleaves, and James McMurtry as well as including a number of his own amazing tunes.
The result? Wow.
Pros
- "Cooler-N-Hell"
- "Choctaw Bingo"
- "Dust of the Chase"
Cons
- None.
Description
- Ten tracks of incomparable Americana, Hubbard's fifth album.
- Features playing by Jack Ingram, Slaid Cleaves, Cody Canada, James McMurtry, and others.
- Remarkable album from one of Texas's premiere singer-songwriters.
Guide Review - Ray Wylie Hubbard - Delirium Tremolos
Ray Wylie Hubbard went from obscure to one of the leading outlaw songwriters when Jerry Jeff
Walker recorded "Redneck Mother," a song he wrote mostly as a joke. It was a joke that carried
him on the road to an impressive career for any Texas musician, outlaw or otherwise, and
Hubbard never fails to impress. This new disc, only his fifth, proves that quantity doesn't
have anything to do with quality.
With the almost eerie title, "Delirium Tremolos" combines a number of Hubbard's personal favorite songs, such as "Rock & Roll Gypsies" and "This Morning I Am Born Again," with a few of his own wonderful compositions, and comes out with one danged fine disc.
Hubbard is joined on this disc by an impressive array of fellow Americana singers, including many of the songwriters he's covering, including a duet with Jack Ingram on the Woody Guthrie/Slaid Cleaves composition, "This Morning I Was Born Again." It's cool, it's gritty, it's rich and warm and real. Country music, baby. And it's awesome.
