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 The Whole Album Is A Winner! Feb 13, 2010
This album is a departure from their regular music. Easy to listen to. Every cut is a winner. Get it!
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my favorite album of 2009 Dec 15, 2009
I heard Terry Gross interview John Doe on Fresh Air this Summer and quickly bought this disc. John Doe and X are one of my all-time favorite bands and hearing John and the Sadies run through this group of classics has made our summer road trips very enjoyable for our entire family. Living in Detroit-metro area I especially like their version of "Detroit City". Buy it and start singing along!
Will make you want to find the original versions Oct 16, 2009
Do you know how I came to the realization that I really enjoyed this album? When I found myself researching original versions for practically every song that John Doe covers with the Sadies. And when you come to think of it, isn't that the real reason why artists choose to perform covers? It's not parody. It's not like the dozens of awful pop-punk/nu-metal covers that one would had to endure over the past 10-15 years everytime they turned on their local modern rock station. No one suspects that George Michael influenced Fred Durst in any way or that anyone in Alien Ant Farm were huge Michael Jackson fans. And although I can't recall right now who did the Don Henley cover a few years back, I never bought that one either.
Country Club does what a good tribute album should - it inspires the listener to discover and re-discover.
Country Club is a collaboration between X/Knitters bassist John Doe and Canadian indie alt-country band The Sadies. Joining the list of legends mentioned above, John and the country canucks also pay tribute to Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, and Merle Haggard among others. It's a give-in that any true X fan, especially those who enjoyed John and Exene's work as The Knitters, would enjoy Country Club. While The Knitters may sound tongue-in-cheek at some points - like a band deserving of the chicken wire they would had to play behind if they had gigged during more primal times, John Doe and The Sadies come off more sincere. The overall setlist favors the "slow dancing on an empty dancefloor past last call" numbers your granddaddy remembers.
So pick-up this record, grab a bottle of Old Crow, go visit your ol' grandpappy, and let the tales of country music's past fly.
Sublime Country Oct 12, 2009
The latest in fine country albums recorded by outside-of-country musicians. The selection of songs is top notch as are the vocals by John Doe. Great band, production. Allover a very enjoyable album
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The Sountrack for our Summer Jul 23, 2009
I graduated from high school in 1989 and was never a punk fan. I had heard of X and Exene and John Doe in a vague, way-too-cool-for-a-girl-who-worships-Duran-Duran kind of way. Fast forward twenty years, a marriage, a mortgage and two kids later: I heard John Doe interviewed on Fresh Air in May and immediately ordered Country Club (it was his rendition of 'A Fool Such As I' that did it, and it gets me every time). I was wary of ordering an entire album, as opposed to just a few songs on itunes (having been burned so many times in the past), but was so delighted when I realized that my money was well spent! My boys are five and nine years old and they love this CD as well. It's such a delight to hear the five year old's squeaky voice singing about husbands and wives! We played Country Club virtually non-stop while camping in June, and I know that years in the future, when I hear Country Club, it will remind me of a very happy summer when the kids were little. Thank you, John Doe and the Sadies!
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