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 BLUE: a tribute to Mickey Newbury

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fz2e6F76fA


Mickey Newbury is the best musician you never heard, and one of my personal favorites.


Not content to just stick with one approach, he offered something for fans of many different styles. Whether doing pop, rock, country, blues, or even light jazz, he put his heart and soul into the performance. I tend to focus on my favorite aspect of the man - his blues music. Regardless of what kind of music he was making, Mickey's lyrics were most often rooted in the blues style.


Throughout his career, Mickey Newbury was friends with Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and Townes Van Zandt. In the early 1970s, he married his wife Susan, and they had four kids together. He all but retired from the music industry in the 1980s, returning to record an album of old songs in 1988. In 1996, he began recording new music for the first time in fifteen years. After years of living with pulmonary fibrosis, he died in 2002 at the age of 62.


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This collection contains 14 albums by Mickey Newbury, tracked down through much personal effort from his official site, online auctions, and used bookstores - among others. I've included here as many albums as I've been able to get at the moment. 9 are studio albums, 4 are live recordings, and 1 is an unreleased demo. I must make special mention of the "Triad Studios Demo" release, because it contains what is most certainly the best recording Mickey Newbury ever made - a medley of "Just Dropped In" and "Wish I Was". It's powerful stuff. I've also included the best overall Newbury album, "Nights When I Am Sane". For all his songwriting talent, Mickey didn't often release entire good albums. This is a rare exception. For some reason, alot of fans seem to prefer the most cheesy orchestrated stuff (for the life of me, I can't understand why). But the true power of Newbury comes out when it's just him and a buddy or two. Be warned that his first album, "Harlequin Melodies" is quite horrible, and was hated equally by Newbury and any lover of good music in general.


This file contains the following albums:


1968 - Harlequin Melodies

1971 - Frisco Mabel Joy

1973 - Live at Montezuma Hall

1974 - I Came To Hear the Music

1979 - The Sailor

1988 - In a New Age

1988 - It Might As Well Be the Moon (LIVE)

1991 - Triad Studios Demo

1993 - Live in England

1994 - Nights When I Am Sane (LIVE)

1996 - Lulled By the Moonlight

2000 - Stories from the Silver Moon Cafe

2002 - A Long Road Home

2003 - Blue To This Day



I regret, however, that I'm unable to provide those listed below:


1968 - Sings His Own

1969 - Looks Like Rain

1973 - Heaven Help the Child

1975 - Lovers

1977 - Rusty Tracks

1978 - His Eye Is On the Sparrow

1981 - After All These Years