Comments on: Patty Loveless, Sleepless Nights

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:37:12 +0000

This album reminded me a lot of Gram Parsons. “Sleepless Nights” was the title of the unreleased third album of the Flying Burrito Brothers and represents some of their best work. Gram sang the title cut with Emmylou Harris. “That’s All it Took” was another Gram staple. And the George Jones cuts are ones that Gram would love as well. Overall, a throwback album that reminded me of Parsons – from the title to the songs to the pain in the voice. Patty Loveless is excellent here and reminds us how good country music can be when it’s done right.

By: Razor X

Razor X — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:25:36 +0000

“Honky Tonk ANGEL”, Bobby. ;-)

By: Bobby T.

Bobby T. — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:42:24 +0000

We saw Patty last night at the Birchmere in Alex., Va last night, where we first saw her some 20 years ago as the “Honky Tonk Woman”. Trust me when I say that she has only gotten better…….and she was fantastic back then. Her voice has filled out and matured, and her presentation polished.
Certainly, one our our favorites.
While I had read about her 3 year time-off, and the reviews of “Sleepless Nights”, I went in uninspired, as
Ii’m not really into song-covers. However…………….yep…..I’m buying the album. Very……very good.

By: Lois

Lois — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:42:27 +0000

I am so very happy to see Patty on G A C two days ago. I also am going out to buy her”sleepless nights” Lois Love you, Patty

By: Steve F.

Steve F. — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:46:45 +0000

Blake are you saying that Patty considers Sleepless Nights an even bigger and more important milestone/masterpiece than Mountain Soul? I am getting the sense that Patty is distancing herself somewhat from Bluegrass/Mountain Acoustic…but I hope that style and the Mountain Soul album is still very close and dear to her heart as well. I’m guessing it will always be. Still, her enthusiasm for Sleepless Nights is completely understandable and shared by all her fans. It is simply breathtaking, and sets the bar even higher for heartfelt and soulful interpretation. Patty’s career is filled with milestones, and Sleepless Nights stands with the best of them for sure.

And if Sleepless Nights is as influential on young artists as Patty and her fans hope, Yeah, I can see this as being a huge development in preserving the roots of Tradition and keeping Pure Country growing and thriving well into the future. Few have nurtured the good stuff like Patty has, and for this alone she deserves to be considered one of the Timeless ones.

Speaking of “Timeless” I remember listening to and enjoying Martina’s Timeless about a year ago, and thinking, “man, I wish Patty would do something like this, she could do it so well!” And my hopes were answered well beyond expectation.

Patty has given her fans many many exceptional Neo-Traditonal albums, an amazing Bluegrass album, a unique and inspiring Christmas album and now the incomparable collection of Classic covers Sleepless Nights. By any artist’s standards this could be considered a fullfilled career that would secure her legacy with the all time greats…

And to hear that Patty is far from through with the music business is great news indeed!

Just a sidenote, I have been watching a tape of Patty’s appearance on the Imus show from ’05, and Imus mentioned Martina’ “collection of old songs that has been topping the charts”, or words to that effect. Patty said some nice things about Martina, but there was no inkling, no visible light bulb going off that this would be something she too would like to do in the future. I thought nothing of it at the time of my first viewing. But after reviewing the tape this month it seems kinda surreal. (I was half expecting Patty to time-travel and mention Sleepless Nights, lol) It was a reminder of how fortuitous ideas can be foreshadowed, conceived and implemented in a seeming blink of an eye. Before I knew it, Sleepless Nights is here and in an honored place in my collection!

-Steve from Boston

By: Steve F.

Steve F. — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:56:05 +0000

vp, we are in agreement here! Very cool thing for Carrie to say. And Carrie’s influence on her fans to give Patty a chance is a welcome development!

But conversely I am hopeful that Carrie will be open to Patty as an important influence in her growth as an artist.

-Steve

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:26:50 +0000

i was on one of Carrie’s fan sites recently and this comment was mentioned and quite a lot of people posted that they intended buying the album based on Carrie’s recommendation.

Good to see…

By: Blake Boldt

Blake Boldt — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:59:37 +0000

For all the gripes we often have with mainstream country music, quite a few stars do appreciate the music’s roots. Carrie is no exception, and hopefully it will influence her in some ways.

After attending the Eddie Stubbs WSM show at the Hall of Fame last night (with Loveless as special guest), it’s easy to tell this is, in Loveless’ view, the milestone in her career. And judging from last night’s conversation with Eddie, she is far from through with the music business.

By: Roger Newcomb

Roger Newcomb — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:34:07 +0000

Love Carrie’s statement. That’s wonderful.

I took today off to listen to this album all day. :)

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:09:48 +0000

Cool. I agree.