James Talley - American Originals - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Originally released in 2005 via Interscope, 'Move Along' is the sophomore studio album from The All-American Rejects. Featuring hits like the title track, InchIt Ends Tonight,Inch and InchDirty Little Secret,Inch this album propelled the band to household-name status, achieving RIAA-certified 3× Platinum and packing out arenas at the height of a three-year tour cycle that rarely took a break.

This is a Inchbest ofInch collection containing sixteen re-worked versions of Americana artist James Talley's classic early songs from the four albums he did for major labels in the mid-1970s (InchGot No Bread, No Milk, No Money,Inch InchTryin' Like the Devil,Inch InchBlackjack ChoirInch & InchAin't It Somethin'Inch). All of the songs have been re-recorded with new arrangements, new musicians & current sonic quality.

James Talley traveled to Italy in the Fall of 2002 to record four concerts with a band of American musicians - Dave Pomeroy on bass, Mike Nobel on guitar and Gregg Thomas on drums. Mixed and edited by Tommy Detamore, who co-produced Talley's InchTouchstonesInch album (CMN #1011), these live songs are a journey through Talley's classic song material, plus a half-dozen new songs, which have never been previously released. From the lightheartedness of InchMy Cherokee MaidenInch to the riveting InchSong of Chief JosephInch and the anguish of InchI Saw the Buildings,Inch James Talley remains, as Nat Hentoff has said, InchOne singer-composer of singular talent and integrity, whose work will last beyond all fads and fashions.Inch