jonathan wilson dixie blur

​Jonathan Wilson  (from the album Dixie Blur available on BMG)
For album number four, multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Wilson left his Los Angeles, California base to record Dixie Blur on album title homeground, decamping to Nashville, Tennessee, setting up in Cowboy Jack Clement’s Sound Emporium Studio. Doing an about-face from his previous recording methods, Jonathan Wilson sought a more intimate sonic backdrop for Dixie Blur, co-producing the album with Pat Sansone (Wilco). Backing the North Carolina native on his songs, Jonathan Wilson assembled a top shelf list of players, including Mark O’Connor (fiddle), Kenny Vaughan (guitar) Dennis Crouch (bass), Russ Pahl (pedal steel) and Jim Hoke (harmonica, woodwinds), Jon Radford (drums), and Drew Erickson (keyboards).
Namechecking Carolina roots, Jonathan Wilson cruises into a flashback for “’69 Corvette” while he erects a wall of sound to support the story of “Enemies”, tenderly draws out soft notes to sketch “Platform”, and scratches out a barnstomper for the dreams of “In Heaven Making Love”. The foggy state of mind in the title matches the musical life of its author. In addition to production credits including Father John Misty (Pure Comedy), Jonathan Wilson is musical director, past and present, for Roger Waters (Pink Floyd). His Southern Roots are on full display, Jonathan Wilson soundtracking Dixie Blurwith an Americana texture, the songs marching on processional cadence (“Fun for the Masses”), relaxing on Country Folk strums (“Golden Apples”), and rambling piano reveries (“New Home”). Jonathan Wilson walks in the skin of his songs, embracing the life of a “Pirate” on a lazy ocean sway, drives “El Camino Real” on a highway beat, and recalls a past lover with tenderness in “Oh Girl”, opening Dixie Blur with a dreamy re-working of Quicksilver Messenger Services’ “Just for Love”.
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