{"title":"Steve Young","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"honky-tonk-man","title":"Honky-Tonk Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe original 11-track album from the Country Rock \/ Outlaw Country \/ Americana pioneer available on vinyl for the first time in three decades  Released in tandem with the 3-CD\u003ci\u003e Stars In The Southern Sky\u003c\/i\u003e – featuring 35 bonus tracks including unissued live performances (including his classic, “Seven Bridges Road”).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinger\/songwriter\/instrumentalist Steve Young (1942-2016) was a pioneer of \"country rock\" and of \"outlaw country,\" two movements that transformed mainstream country music and impacted other genres of American popular music.  Several generations of artists—country music's new traditionalists during the 1980s, alternative country acts in the 1990s, as well as those associated with Americana music in the current century—broadened their audiences by merging country music with elements of other music genres. All those musicians have been indebted to Young and such contemporaries as Gram Parsons and Gene Clark, who collectively demonstrated how to integrate country music with other music genres (rock, pop, folk, blues, R\u0026amp;B, bluegrass, and gospel).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung, a Southerner, recorded more than a dozen distinctive albums, but none was more fully realized than his 1975 album \u003ci\u003eHonky-Tonk Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Recorded at the acclaimed Minneapolis studio Sound 80 and released by Mountain Railroad Records, a small independent label based in the Upper Midwest, \u003ci\u003eHonky-Tonk Man\u003c\/i\u003e documented the musical world of a complex if largely misunderstood artist during the peak of his powers.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing originals and covers of Bob Wills, Hank Williams, The Band, and more, \u003ci\u003eHonky-Tonk Man\u003c\/i\u003e explores the origins of Country Rock, Outlaw Country, and Americana. Experience it in its original form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50402557264203,"sku":"2205404","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Honky-Tonk_Man_421e0ab2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726549925"},{"product_id":"stars-in-the-southern-sky","title":"Stars In The Southern Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e3-CD set from the Country Rock\/Outlaw Country\/Americana pioneer featuring his iconic 1975 release \u003ci\u003eHonky-Tonk Man\u003c\/i\u003e, “Stanley And Henry” with Jim Post, and 34 previously unissued live performances (including his classic, “Seven Bridges Road”). 40 page booklet contains photos and liner notes from set co-Producers Stephen Powers and Ted Olson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinger\/songwriter\/instrumentalist Steve Young (1942-2016) was a pioneer of \"country rock\" and of \"outlaw country,\" two movements that transformed mainstream country music and impacted other genres of American popular music. Several generations of artists—country music's new traditionalists during the 1980s, alternative country acts in the 1990s, as well as those associated with Americana music in the current century—broadened their audiences by merging country music with elements of other music genres. All those musicians have been indebted to Young and such contemporaries as Gram Parsons and Gene Clark, who collectively demonstrated how to integrate country music with other music genres (rock, pop, folk, blues, R\u0026amp;B, bluegrass, and gospel).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung, a Southerner, recorded more than a dozen distinctive albums, but none was more fully realized than his 1975 album \u003ci\u003eHonky-Tonk Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Recorded at the acclaimed Minneapolis studio Sound 80 and released by Mountain Railroad Records, a small independent label based in the Upper Midwest, \u003ci\u003eHonky-Tonk Man\u003c\/i\u003e documented the musical world of a complex if largely misunderstood artist during the peak of his powers.  Now, \u003ci\u003eHonky-Tonk Man\u003c\/i\u003e returns (also available in its original form on vinyl for the first time in three decades) as part of \u003ci\u003eStars In The Southern\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSky\u003c\/i\u003e – a 3-CD collection highlighting that monumental 1975 era. Packaged in a slipcase, featuring a 40 page booklet with rare photos and new liner notes from Honky-Tonk Man Producer Stephen Powers and Ted Olson (who both oversaw the set.) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whopping 47-track set contains \u003ci\u003eHonky-Tonk\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMan\u003c\/i\u003e, “Stanley And Henry” (Young’s collaboration with Jim Post from Post’s 1978 I Love My Life album) and 34 previously unissued live tracks including standards and original material including Young’s classic “Seven Bridges Road” (a 1980 hit for the Eagles using Iain Matthews’ Michael Nesmith produced version as a template, and also covered by Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Rita Coolidge and more.)  So, revisit the origins of Country Rock, Outlaw Country, and Americana. 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