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The Grand Tour (CD)

By: Aaron Neville (Artist)

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Aaron Neville Artist Snapshot:

New Orleans-based singer Aaron Neville has been singing since the late 1950s, working both as a solo artist and as a member of The Neville Brothers. His distinctive voice finally caught the world's full attention through his duets with Linda Ronstadt in the late 1980s. Neville's work is at its best when his angelic, tremulous voice is given center stage, unmuffled by glossy production, and he is free to bring the delicate emotions of a well-written ballad to fragile-but-rapturous life.

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DISC 1 for The Grand Tour (CD) Album By Aaron Neville (Artist)
1   Don't Take Away My Heaven
2   I Owe You One
3   Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight
4   My Brother, My Brother
5   Betcha By Golly, Wow
6   Song Of Bernadette - (with Linda Ronstadt)
7   You Never Can Tell
8   Bells, The
9   These Foolish Things
10   Roadie Song, The
11   Ain't No Way
12   Grand Tour, The
13   Lord's Prayer, The
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (8/5/93, p.68) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...THE GRAND TOUR is a journey through the American songbook artfully led by an American original..."

Title Note

Personnel: Aaron Neville (vocals); Dean Parks, Fred Tackett, Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitars); Jaydee Mannes (pedal steel guitar); Ernie Watts, Plas Johnson (saxophone); Freebo (tuba); Greg Smith, Lon Price, Nick Lane, Lee R. Thornburg (horns); Jim Cox (piano, organ) Art Neville (organ, background vocals); Alan Estes (vibraphone); Freddie Washington, Chuck Berghofer (bass); Ed Greene, John Guerin (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); M.B. Gordy (bells); Steve Lindsey (drum programming); Charles Neville, Cyril Neville.

Background vocals: Linda Ronstadt, Alex Brown, Jean McClain, Jackie Gouche, Khris Kellow, Billy Valentine, Tony "T.A." Warren, Dee Harvey, Will Wheaton, Carmen Carter, Peggi Blu, Edna Wright, Alfie Silas.

Aaron Neville's performance of "Don't Take Away My Heaven" was nominated for a 1994 Grammy Award as "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male."

Aaron Neville's 1993 release THE GRAND TOUR continues a string of fine, highly polished recordings that make the most of Neville's silky tenor and New Orleans-bred soul in an adult-contemporary setting. While the slick patina of production (courtesy of Steve Lindsey) is a notable departure from Neville's rootsier early work (both solo and with the Neville Brothers), the singer's pure, lilting voice is still at the forefront here, and his falsetto flights, delicate timbre, and R&B embellishments are as affecting as ever.

What makes THE GRAND TOUR particularly interesting is the choice of material. The album sports songs by writers as diverse as Bob Dylan ("Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight"), Leonard Cohen ("Song of Bernadette"), and George Jones (the beautiful title track, a country weeper that suits Neville's vocals perfectly). Neville also rocks out old-school style on Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell," proving the backbeat still thumps in his musical heart. Neville closes the record with a stirring rendition of "The Lord's Prayer," giving a reading so heartfelt and nuanced it could be selected for broadcast in heaven.

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