Name: Easy
Brand: Rykodisc
SKU: 52148
Price: 11.79 USD
Availability: InStock

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Kelly Willis (vocals); Mark Spencer, Chuck Prophet (acoustic & electric guitars); Lloyd Maines (steel guitar, Papoose guitar); Chris Thile (mandolin); Amy Farris (viola, background vocals); Ian McLagan (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Floyd Domino (piano); John Ludwick (bass); Rafael Gayol (drums); Tony Edwards (glockenspiel); Bruce Robinson, Vince Gill, Dan Tyminski, Allison Krauss (background vocals).
Recorded at Bismeaux Studio, Austin, Texas and The Dog House, Nashville, Tennessee.
Personnel: Kelly Willis (vocals); Mark Spencer (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National guitar, baritone guitar, piano, bonang); Chuck Prophet (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ); Lloyd Maines (electric guitar, steel guitar); Rolf Sieker (banjo); Chris Thile, Paul Glasse (mandolin); Amy Farris (violin, viola, background vocals); Ian McLagan (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Floyd Domingo, Floyd Domino (piano); Tony Edwards (glockenspiel); Rafael Gayol (drums); Dan Tyminski, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Bruce Robison (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Gary Paczosa.
Recording information: Bismeaux Studio, Austin, TX; The Dog House, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Dana Tynan.
Austin, TX, sure has it good -- a lot of amazing musicians are calling it home: Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin, and the Dixie Chicks, to name a few. Add Kelly Willis to the list, because with Easy she has earned, or at least kept, her place in amazing-ville. Funny thing is, Willis is almost the perfect synthesis of the above-mentioned artists. She has a tender, romantic way in her songcrafting not at all unlike Colvin. Her voice has an rich, expressive ache, as does Griffin's. And she incorporates the best of country and bluegrass music into her own sonic foundry ? la the Dixie Chicks (it certainly doesn't hurt much that she and Dixie Chick Emily Robison are sisters-in-law via the Robison brothers, Bruce and Charlie). With Easy, Willis offers up a half-dozen original compositions and a few very tasteful covers that are, well, easy -- easy on the ear, easy on the heart, easy on the mind. She's one of those gals who can say she was country when country wasn't cool, if only for her dignified and much-appreciated adherence to a real, organic, rooted sound that's as much Americana as anything else. This framework suits her well. The record would have been great without them, but it should also be noted that some very talented folks contributed a little something along the way. Alison Krauss, Chris Thile, Vince Gill, Dan Tyminski, and Ian McLagan all get a tip of the hat on this one, too. ~ Kelly McCartney

Professional Reviews

Q (9/02, p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A fine showcase for Willis's subtle vocal charms..."

Album: Easy
#	Song Title		Time
1)	If I Left You	More Info...
2)	Easy (as Falling Apart)	More Info...
3)	What Did You Think	More Info...
4)	You Can't Take It With You	More Info...
5)	Getting To Me	More Info...
6)	Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim	More Info...
7)	Wait Until Dark	More Info...
8)	Find Another Fool	More Info...
9)	Not What I Had In Mind	More Info...
10)	Reason To Believe	More Info...

Album: Easy
#	Song Title		Time
1)	If I Left You	More Info...
2)	Easy (as Falling Apart)	More Info...
3)	What Did You Think	More Info...
4)	You Can't Take It With You	More Info...
5)	Getting To Me	More Info...
6)	Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim	More Info...
7)	Wait Until Dark	More Info...
8)	Find Another Fool	More Info...
9)	Not What I Had In Mind	More Info...
10)	Reason To Believe	More Info...