1 September 2008
CD of the Week - Rodney Crowell
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Rodney Crowell’s Sex and Gasoline is an ambitious CD of his songs about women, often told from a female point of view, the final piece of his cycle of songs of social commentary that grew out of his struggle to come to terms with the new millennium.
Houston-born Rodney followed a well-worn path that Texas singer-songwriters made on their way to Nashville, moving there in the early 1970s. He was a key element of Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band in the ’70s and his 1988 CD Diamonds and Dirt generated 5 number-one singles. Since 2001, he’s left the constraints of mainstream country music behind to follow his own vision. Sex and Gasoline epitomises Rodney’s empathetic song writing and Joe Henry’s fine production brings his sensitivity to the fore.
Presenter
Lucky Oceans
Producer
Lucky Oceans
