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Title: An American Original
Review: The intersection of country, soul, and blues. What makes Young stand out is his ability to blend these styles effortlessly. Where some efforts at genre bending sound forced (Flying Burrito Brothers, for example), Young never sounds like he is out of his element. Of course, it helps that he has that voice. His song writing is evocative and uniformly excellent. "All Her Lovers Want to be the Hero" is worth the price of admission by itself. It's a classic country weeper with a twist: the woman who sleeps with the "men of the night" is not pitied, but rather celebrated for her independence and refusal to be tied to one man. His choice of covers is always spot on. Rodney Crowell's "Home Sweet Home (revisited)" is an epic tale of the new south and a welcome alternative to the simple pandering of much of the southern rock of the seventies. As Waylon Jennings (supposedly) once said about Young, "If he gets any better, we'll have to break his thumbs."
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