Search - Buddy Miller :: Midnight and Lonesome

Some of the most HAUNTING music out there

Kirk L. Wood | Wewoka, Ok USA | 07/23/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Again and Again....Buddy Miller!!!



Buddy writes some of the most haunting bittersweet songs ever recorded. I swear you can almost hear his heart break with every note.

People in Nashville REALLY need to take some lessons from his man!! He might just save country music!!"

Four and one half stars. my favorite buddy miller release.

fluffy, the human being. | forest lake, mn | 02/23/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"all buddy miller recordings are excellent, and if you listen to each of 'em (which you should) you will probably have a different favorite than mine. fine. but since i'm me, i get to choose my own favorite, and this is it. the outstanding, midnight and lonesome. here's what you get: track 1 - "the price of love," a rocker with a big hardy beat, sure to please springsteen fans. track 2 - "wild card," fine country tune with nice fiddle and a vocal with hank williams leanings. track 3 - "I can't get over you," pretty ballad with gorgeous harmonizing between buddy and wife julie. track 4 - "midnight and lonesome," opens with foreboding celtic-tinged fiddle, great vocal performance and powerful guitar riff. best song on the album. track 5 - "when it comes to you," is a fun pop rocker with an infectious beat and catchy melody. tasty guitar & steel pedal textures nice too. track 6 - "water when the well is dry," another excellent springsteenish roots rocker. track 7 - "a showman's life," pretty country ballad. track 8 - "little bitty kiss," rollicking rocker. great tune. nice fiddle & excellent guitar. track 9 - "please send me someone to love," great slow acoustic version of the 1950 percy mayfield classic (if you've never heard that great r & b singer, do so immediately. i highly recommend percy mayfield - poet of the blues). track 10 - "oh fait pitie d'amour," fingerpoppin' cajun music. and finally, track 11 - "quecreek," great slow-tempo folk song about a mining disaster. fine acoustic guitar melody & tasteful fiddle. more terrific harmony vocals from julie miller. that's it. don't miss out."

Music with integrity

Iowayguitar | Cedar Rapids, IA USA | 08/17/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Buddy Miller keeps getting better and better. While this is written nearly four years following the release of "Midnight and Lonesome," it is one of those CDs that fits like an old shoe, regardless of when it is discovered. Miller's understated but nonetheless powerful cover of Jesse Winchester's "A Showman's Life" is all you need to hear to know this is a gem."