Comments on: Friday Five: Dwight Duets

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:16:19 +0000

Those should have been No. 1. Dwight also had a few No. 1 albums that went multi-platinum.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:19:05 +0000

LuckyOldSun:

Dwight had one other #1 hit on Billboard: “I Sang Dixie” in 1989 which also is his only solo #1. Probably “Ain’t That Lonely Yet” and “Fast As You” went to #1 on Radio & Records’ old chart but not on Billboard’s country chart.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:27:53 +0000

* Robison

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:15:12 +0000

I really like Dwight’s duet with Ashley Monroe from her Satisfied album. It’s silly, but fun, not to mention that their voices are pretty perfect together.

I’m a pretty big fan of Bruce Robbison, but I agree that his voice isn’t technically perfect. I like Kelly Willis’ version of “wrapped” the best too, though I like both Straight’s and Robbison’s as well.

By: badrockandroll

badrockandroll — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:23:27 +0000

Patty returned the favour, and had Dwight sing a duet with her on a cover of Delaney and Bonnie’s “Never Ending Love for You” on one of her albums. They also did “Send me the Pillow that you Dream on”. They sound really good together. She’s probably my favourite of his duet partners, but it’s a hard pick because he sounds good with pretty much everyone, including Elizabeth Cook on her latest. Since Dwight’s done so many theme albums (acoustic, Buck, covers), it’s high time he did a duets album!

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:21:34 +0000

Personally, I prefer Willis’s version of “Wrapped” (the first recorded) to either Robison’s or Strait’s. She does more with the rhythm, and with modulations in the arrangement that crank the idea and energy up a notch along the way. I’ve always felt that if Strait had heard her version he would have seen the swing possibilities in the song–which are not there in his, uh, straightahead version.

I agree that Bruce Robison was a guy who’s performances once sounded like bland demos, but, I have to say, if you see him live these days, he’s improved tremendously, and can hold audiences in his palm. And he does have audiences–just not in pop country. And in club rooms–not arenas.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:45:30 +0000

Robison is certainly a little pitchy at times. That said, I like his version of Wrapped better than Strait’s in a lot of ways, it’s a little more subdued and soulful. Plus, he has a lifetime pass from me for writing Angry All The Time. (Although, McGraw’s version is admittedly much better. IMO, it’s his best vocal performance.)

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:06:52 +0000

“Everybody in Texas.”

There are a lot of Texas-associated singers I listen to and enjoy: Off the top of my head, and restricting it to those still active, I’ll name Dale Watson, Billy Joe Shaver, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Mark Chesnutt, Rodney Crowell, Cory Morrow, Rosie Flores and of course Jones, Willie and Kris. (And I wish Doug Supernaw was still recording.) In fact, over the years I’ve gone to see all but three of those in concert and I easily have over 200 CD’s from that group of artists.
But sorry, I have no idea why anyone would record Bruce Robison. That “Country Sunshine” CD was one of the blandest pieces of dreck I’ve ever heard.

By: Stormy

Stormy — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:47:18 +0000

I’d forgotten that Kelly Willis is married to Bruce Robison, but I don’t know who listens to him.

Everybody in Texas.

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:37:02 +0000

I’d forgotten that Kelly Willis is married to Bruce Robison, but I don’t know who listens to him. I bought one of his CDs years ago after it got a good write-up somewhere and I threw it out after one listen.
Then, after I heard Gary Allen’s “What Would Willie Do?” I wanted to hear what the writer’s version sounded like, so I bought Bruce’s “Country Sunshine” CD, where it first appeared. Sounded to me like they just grabbed someone off the street and asked him to sing.