Album
Keys To The Highway
1989 · Rock
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Keys To The Highway is a Country album by Rodney Crowell, originally released in 1989. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Though <i>Keys to the Highway</i> couldn't live up to the massive commercial success of <i>Diamonds and Dirt</i>, in many ways it's a more subtle, personal album. The tone is set by “Soul Searchin’.” Even though the song is ostensibly about a man rediscovering a lost love from his youth, in a larger sense it's about Crowell’s rediscovery of himself. <i>Keys to the Highway</i> was written after the death of Crowell’s father, and in many ways it's about attaining the simplicity and security of family. It contains several beautifully acoustic songs, so spare and honest that they seem more like folk songs than country songs: “Many a Long and Lonesome Highway,” “Things I’d Wish I’d Say," and “Don’t Let Your Feet Slow You Down.” The theme of time and personal history come to bear on “The Faith Is Mine,” which offers a piece of Crowell’s most poignant philosophy: “I've seen my future look back on my heart/Don't know the ending, but I know where to start/My past is healin', it's alarmin' the fate/This time tomorrow, it could all be a race tumblin' by.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1My Past Is Present2:46
- A2If Looks Could Kill3:25
- A3Soul Searchin'3:56
- A4Many A Long & Lonesome Highway4:15
- A5We Gotta Go On Meeting Like This2:53
- A6The Faith Is Mine4:27
Side B
- B1Tell Me The Truth3:33
- B2Don't Let Your Feet Slow You Down3:27
- B3Now That We're Alone4:14
- B4Things I Wish I Said4:06
- B5I Guess We've Been Together Too Long2:44
- B6You Been On My Mind3:26
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- warm
- earnest
- heartland
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ashley ClevelandPERFORMER, GUEST, VOCALS VOCALS
- Barry BeckettMUSICIAN, BAND , PIANO, ORGAN ORGAN PIANO
- Eddie BayersDRUMS MUSICIAN, BAND , DRUMS
- Glen HardinARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR
- Hank DevitoACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSICIAN, BAND , STEEL GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
- Harry StinsonPERFORMER, GUEST, VOCALS VOCALS
- Jim HansonBASS MUSICIAN, BAND , BASS, VOCALS VOCALS
- Mark O'ConnorFIDDLE MANDOLIN PERFORMER, GUEST, FIDDLE, MANDOLIN
- Michael RhodesBASS MUSICIAN, BAND , BASS
- Paul FranklinMUSICIAN, BAND , STEEL GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
- Rodney CrowellACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSICIAN, BAND , ACOUSTIC GUITAR VOCALS
- Rosanne CashPERFORMER, GUEST, VOCALS VOCALS
- Steuart SmithACOUSTIC GUITAR LEAD GUITAR MUSICIAN, BAND , LEAD GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Vince GillPERFORMER, GUEST, VOCALS VOCALS
- Vince SantoroDRUMS MUSICIAN, BAND , DRUMS, GUITAR VOCALS
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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