Rodney Crowell

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Rodney Crowell在70年代曾以一首“Ain’t Living Long Like This”成为当时纳什维尔音乐的先锋人物，这也奠定了他在乡村音乐领域中的地位。Rodney的乡村音乐具有流行风格，他与Tim McGraw、Vince Gill以及Bob Seger等人一起开创了流行化的乡村音乐。近几年Rodney Crowell的演艺事业并不成功，由于早年作品过度的商业化使他的歌曲失去了个性，那些作品多是些迎合电台播放的歌曲，在近几年我们再也没有看到他的新作。

by Jason Ankeny

While Rodney Crowell first gained widespread recognition as a leader of the new traditionalist movement of the mid-80s, he in fact was a singer, songwriter, and producer with roots and ambitions extending far beyond the movements parameters. Born to a musical family on August 7, 1950, in Houston, TX, Crowell formed his first band, the Arbitrators, while in high school, and in 1972 moved to Nashville to become a professional musician. There, he struck up friendships with singer/songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark.

Crowells first big break came while he was performing as a lounge singer, where one of his acoustic sets was heard by Jerry Reed. Crowells own You Cant Keep Me Here in Tennessee caught the ear of Reed and his manager, and two days later Reed recorded the song after signing Crowell to his publishing company. In 1975, Crowell moved to Los Angeles to join Emmylou Harris Hot Band as a guitarist, and soon became one of her primary songwriters; among the Crowell compositions Harris first popularized were Till I Gain Control Again, Aint Livin Long Like This, Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight, and Bluebird Wine. In 1977, Crowell exited the Hot Band to form his own group, the Cherry Bombs, and in 1978 released his first album, Aint Living Long Like This; surprisingly, given that he had built his growing reputation as a songwriter, his first two minor hits — Elvira and (Now and Then, Theres) A Fool Such as I — were both covers.

Also in 1978, Crowell began producing tracks for the album Right or Wrong, the American debut from singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash; around the time of the records 1979 release, he and Cash married. In between recording his own 1980 sophomore record, But What Will the Neighbors Think, and producing Cashs commercial breakthrough Seven Year Ache, Crowells songwriting career took full flight when Leavin Louisiana in the Broad Daylight hit number one for the Oak Ridge Boys in 1980. Among his other significant compositions were Till I Gain Control Again (a number one for Crystal Gayle in 1983), Shame on the Moon (a Top Five pop hit for Bob Seger in 1982), Long Hard Road (The Sharecroppers Dream) (a 1984 number one for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), and Somewhere Tonight (a number one in 1987 for Highway 101).

In 1980, Crowell issued his own first hit, Ashes by Now, which was a Top 40 pop crossover success; the follow-up, Stars on the Water, was popular with both pop and country listeners. In 1981, he issued his third LP, a self-titled effort which was not commercially successful; when a fourth effort was rejected by his label, he turned his energies to writing and producing, most significantly helming Cashs 1987 masterpiece Kings Record Shop. At Cashs urging, Crowell reignited his performing career in 1986 with the acclaimed Street Language, an eclectic effort co-produced by Memphis soul legend Booker T. Jones.

In 1988, Crowell finally broke through commercially with Diamonds & Dirt, a record which generated an unbroken string of five number one singles with Its Such a Small World (a duet with Cash), I Couldnt Leave You If I Tried, Shes Crazy for Leavin (co-written by Guy Clark), After All This Time, and Above and Beyond. Keys to the Highway was also highly successful.

Crowell and Cash divorced in 1991, prompting both artists to their marriages dissolution with starkly confessional albums; Crowells 1992 Life Is Messy featured guests Steve Winwood and Linda Ronstadt. Switching to MCA Records for Let the Picture Paint Itself in 1994, he followed with Jewel of the South the next year. In 1997, he formed the Cicadas with longtime backup musicians Steuart Smith, Michael Rhodes, and Vince Santoro. He married singer Claudia Church in 1998, and in 1999 wrote her country chart debut, Whats the Matter with You Baby. Crowell issued his first album since 1995, The Houston Kid, in 2001. Continuing in the autobiographical vein of that record, he released Fates Right Hand in 2003, followed by The Outsider in 2005.

Rodney Crowell

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