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Recorded in the charmed period between the initial success of ELTON JOHN and superstar extravaganzas like GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION, a loose concept album about the American West, was a strange, sideways move for Elton John and songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. A album in the traditional sense, it is best heard as a piece, with songs that pick up and expand on each other's moods and settings. Notice, for example, the progression of characters from the young fighter waving "My Father's Gun," to the retired and forgotten "Talking Old Soldiers," to the protagonist of "Where To Now St. Peter?," shot down by "a sweet young foreign gun" and ready to be judged by his maker.
The mood holds from the sepia-toned LP cover art to John's songwriting, influenced by folk and country music and by The Band's MUSIC FROM BIG PINK. Among the songs it introduced were "Country Comfort," which Rod Stewart covered on GASOLINE ALLEY, and "Come Down In Time," later done by both Judy Collins and Sting. Though the rollicking piano epic "Burn Down The Mission" and "Amoreena" became FM-radio and concert staples, TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION remains the only John studio album without a hit single, a fact that doesn't affect the impact of this excellent country-rock outing.
Elton John Mini Biography:
Sir Elton John is one of pop music's great survivors. Born 25 March, 1947, as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he started to play the piano at the early age of four. At the age of 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. His first band was called Bluesology. He later auditioned (unsuccessfully) as lead singer for the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Gentle Giant. Dwight teamed up with lyricist Bernie Taupin and changed his name to Elton John (merging the names of saxophonist Elton Dean and Long John Baldry). The duo wrote songs for Lulu and Roger Cook. In the early 1970s, he recorded the concept album "Tumbleweed Connection." He became the most successful pop artist of the 1970s, and he has survived many different pop fads including punk, the New Romantics and Britpop to remain one of Britain's most internationally acclaimed musicians.
Elton John announced he was a bisexual in 1976, and in 1984, he married Renate Blauel. The marriage lasted four years before he finally came to terms with the fact that he was actually homosexual. In the 1970s and 1980s, he suffered from drug and alcohol addiction and bulimia but came through it. He is well known as a campaigner for AIDS research and he keeps his finger on the pulse of modern music, enjoying artists such as Eminem, Radiohead, Coldplay and Robbie Williams. He was knighted in 1997.
Elton John – piano, organ, keyboards, vocals
Madeline Bell – background vocals
Paul Buckmaster – conductor
Caleb Quaye – guitars
Roger Pope – drums
Dee Murray – bass, backing vocals
Tammi Hunt - background vocals
Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
Dave Glover – bass, backing vocals
Barry Morgan – drums
Tony Burrows – background vocals
Brian Dee – organ
Ian Duck – harmonica
Lesley Duncan – acoustic guitar, vocals, background vocals
Mike Egan – acoustic guitar
Herbie Flowers – bass
Kay Garner – background vocals
Dusty Springfield - background vocals
Mick Ronson - lead guitar on "Madman Across the Water"
Tracklist: CD1
01. Ballad of a Well Known Gun [0:04:59.22]
02. Come Down In Time [0:03:25.51]
03. Country Comfort [0:05:06.63]
04. Son of your Father [0:03:48.54]
05. My Father's Gun [0:06:20.50]
06. Where To Now St. Peter [0:04:11.38]
07. Love Song [0:03:41.34]
08. Amoreena [0:05:00.23]
09. Talking Old Soldiers [0:04:06.25]
10. Burn Down the Mission [0:06:21.18]
Tracklist: CD2
01. There Goes A Well-Known Gun (Alternate Take Of "Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun") [0:03:27.51]
02. Come Down In Time (Piano Demo) [0:03:21.56]
03. Country Comfort (Piano Demo) [0:04:12.31]
04. Son Of Your Father (Piano Demo) [0:04:12.56]
05. Talking Old Soldiers (Piano Demo) [0:04:13.28]
06. Into The Old Man's Shoes (Piano Demo) [0:03:40.44]
07. Sisters Of The Cross (Piano Demo) [0:04:38.52]
08. Madman Across The Water (Original Version) [0:08:51.47]
09. Into The Old Man's Shoes [0:04:02.19]
10. My Father's Gun (BBC Session) [0:03:43.23]
11. Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun (BBC Session) [0:04:36.10]
12. Burn Down The Mission (BBC Session) [0:06:52.56]
13. Amoreena (BBC Session) [0:05:12.31]