>>"After the Gold Rush," with its synthesizer, glass harmonica and string
arrangement, is a showpiece for Ms. Ronstadt, in which the voices of Ms.
Harris and Ms. Parton seem nearly superfluous...<<
After confessing that she's unwilling or unable to distinguish one Louvin
from the other after listening to them all her life, Ms. Maynard would have
been well-advised to run a draft of her piece by someone with more of an
inclination or ability to pay attention. That probably would have saved her
from this embarrassing mistake; this "showpiece for Ms. Ronstadt" in fact
features Dolly Parton's lead vocal, an aural ID confirmed by the visual
evidence of their recent performance of this song on Letterman. Can someone
with an ear that disinterested and/or incompetent be relied on to produce an
insightful review of harmony singing, either with regard to the specific
album or in general?
BTW, as I said with respect to Ms Parton's gospel special, I prefer the trio
of Parton-Krauss-Cox to the Parton-Harris-Ronstadt configuration - and
fortunately, in the case of "After The Gold Rush," it's an available
alternative, since that's the lineup on the version that appears on Ms.
Parton's 1996 album, Treasures (it's interesting to see how many of the
folks who write about the Trio II recording know of Ms. Ronstadt's prior,
and how few know of Ms. Parton's).
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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