Tim O’Brien – Cornbread Nation

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Corn Bread is an All-American traditional staple of rural cuisine with widely-varying ingredients depending on the region of the country but universally enjoyable, especially as part of a meal prepared for old and/or new friends.The words .traditional. or .folk. may connote something precious or sacred, something not to be tampered with, but I don.t look at it that way and I don.t treat these songs like museum objects. I borrowed lyrics from one for the other, and changed melodies to suit my mood, and put some drums and electric guitars with them.The great purveyors of folk music always put their own stamp on things. Like good home-cooked food, it.s gonna come out a little different each time you make it. No sense in worrying too much over it. It.s like your cornbread batter - don.t stir it up too much, just put it together and let it cook.
Tim O'Brien, from the liner notes to Cornbread Nation. Sugar Hill. 2005.

Track Listing:
1. Hold On - 3:49   2. Moses - 6:00   3. Cornbread Nation - 2:46   4. The Foggy Foggy Dew - 3:21   5. Let's Go Huntin' - 5:26   6. Walkin' Boss - 4:30   7. House Of The Rising Sun - 5:37   8. Runnin' Out Of Memory - 3:03   9. Busted - 3:28   10. California Blues - 3:50   11. Boat Up The River - 2:52   12. When This World Comes To An End - 4:29

Personnel:
Tim O'Brien (vocals, guitars, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin) , Mollie O'Brien (vocals on 1) , Darrell Scott / Odessa Settles / Todd Suttles (vocals on 2,12) , Dan Tyminski (vocals on 7) , Del McCoury (vocals on 8) , Dennis Crouch (bass guitar) , Kenny Vaughan (guitars) , John Doyle (guitar) , Jerry Douglas (lap steel guitar, resonator guitar) , Dan Dugmore (steel guitar on 9) , Stuart Duncan (banjo, fiddle) , Charlie Cushman (banjo) , Dirk Powell (banjo, accordion, bass) , Casey Driessen (fiddle) , Sam Levine (saxophones) , Joel O'Brien (hambone) , Kenny Malone (drums, tambourine, congas, shaker, djembe, cowbell) ,
Recording information: Minutia Studios, Nashville, TN; OMNI Sound, Nashville, TN.

Reviews:

1. AllMusic - Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
In the early fall of 2005, Tim O'Brien simultaneously released two albums, Cornbread Nation and Fiddler's Green, on Sugar Hill. And while both dig deep into the fabric of American roots music, the albums also revealed O'Brien's split musical personality, a split that dates back to his work with Hot Rize/Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers during the 1980s. Cornbread Nation gives birth to the more expansive side of his neo-traditional core, allowing him to borrow from country and soul, and to meld instruments as varied as electric guitar and congas to a folk base. The opening cut, "Hold On," features an infectious hillbilly-rock beat, driven by Kenny Vaughan's electric guitar and Kenny Malone's rhythmic base, while the traditional "Moses" affects a gospel feel thanks to the presence of a small choir. "The Foggy Foggy Dew," on the other hand, co-opts a very mellow Western swing, while "Walkin' Boss" comes close -- save the presence of a drum kit -- to bluegrass. Eclecticism, then, rules the day on Cornbread Nation, with players and instruments changing from song to song. Far from scattered, though, the album is underpinned by the dominance of traditional songs like "House of the Rising Son" and "Boat Up the River." Further unity is provided by O'Brien's expressive vocals and exuberant performances by everyone involved. A couple of these songs, especially "Moses," are too long, and the O'Brien originals, like the title track, lack the fire that made his work with Darrell Scott so exciting on Real Time in 2000. Overall, though, O'Brien shows himself capable of adding to tradition on Cornbread Nation without stripping the raw authenticity from these old songs. Experienced with Fiddler's Green, the album represents O'Brien's continued exploration and updating of the best of American roots music.

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