Wanda Jackson – The Party Ain’t Over
Written by admin on December 6, 2010 – 8:11 pm -| The Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, releases her new album “The Party Ain’t Over” next month.
“The Party Ain’t Over” is Wanda’s first studio album since “Heart Trouble” in 2003 and her debut for Third Man/Nonesuch Records. It was recorded at Third Man Studio, Nashville, TN, and produced and arranged by White Stripes founder Jack White, who also plays guitar on the album. |
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White and Jackson chose a diverse selection of songs for “The Party Ain’t Over”, crossing multiple genres, including all out rock ‘n’ roll, blues, country and Tin Pan Alley. There are tracks from the songbooks of writers as diverse as Bob Dylan (“Thunder on the Mountain”), Jesse Stone (“Like A Baby”), Jimmie Rodgers (“Blue Yodel #6”) and Amy Winehouse (“You Know I’m No Good”).
Jackson told nonesuch.com:
| “I was scared at first because I didn’t know what this young rock star was going to expect of me or ask me to do. I kind of had shaky feet, deciding whether I wanted to do this or not. Of course I knew about him, I have to admit, from the album he did with Loretta Lynn and how successful that was. That certainly got my attention when he said he was interested in doing one with me. So we began sending material to each other; he sent me the things he thought I should do or he wanted me to do, and I sent him some ideas of things I had put aside for recording at a future date. |
| “When I finally got to Nashville, he put me at ease immediately. He’s just so laid back and such a cool guy that I found myself wanting to please him, I wanted to do it his way. My husband and I told him, you do this. If you want a suggestion from me, feel free to ask. Otherwise, you make the decisions. That gave him a lot of freedom and I wanted him to have that freedom. And I think that’s what made it so good as an album. As I began singing these songs and listening to the playbacks he made, I realized he wasn’t wanting to change my style of singing at all. He just wanted me to have new, fresher material. And I said, hey I could do this. I can sing like Wanda Jackson. He just wanted more of Wanda than I was used to putting out. And apparently it worked.” |
“The Party Ain’t Over” tracklist:
- “Shakin’ All Over” (Johnny Kidd)
- “Rip It Up” (R.A. Blackwell, J. Marascalco)
- “Busted” (Harlan Howard)
- “Rum and Coca-Cola” (Jeri Sullavan, Paul Baron, Morey Amsterdam)
- “Thunder on the Mountain” (Bob Dylan)
- “You Know I’m No Good” (Amy Winehouse)
- “Like a Baby” (Jesse Stone)
- “Nervous Breakdown” (Mario Roccuzzo)
- “Dust on the Bible” (Johnny Bailes, Walter Bailes)
- “Teach Me Tonight” (Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul)
- “Blue Yodel #6” (Jimmie Rodgers).
The title “The Party Ain’t Over” references one of Wanda Jackson’s biggest hits, “Let’s Have a Party”, which had previously been recorded by Elvis Presley. She had toured with Elvis at the start of her career and briefly dated him. Elvis was a big influence on her decision to focus on rockabilly. Half a century on, Jackson is still playing to enthusiastic fans and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence in 2009.
Wanda Jackson’s “The Party Ain’t Over” will be released on January 25, 2011. You can pre-order it now:
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