'King of the Road' recruits Ringo Starr, Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson, dozens more to honour
Roger Miller
Out Aug. 31, the Tribute to Country's Most Influential Eccentric also Features Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard
'King of the Road: A Tribute
to Roger Miller,' out Aug. 31 via BMG, pays long overdue respects to one of
American music's premier entertainers and songwriters. The two-disc collection
contains new renditions of Miller's songs by Ringo Starr, Dolly Parton, Eric
Church, Loretta Lynn, John Goodman and more than two dozen others, including
Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard on one track. Produced by
Miller's son, Dean Miller, and Colby Barnum Wright, 'King of the Road' offers a
fresh look at the work of a creative giant who has been gone 26 years but whose
genius continues to shape contemporary music in ways both overt and subtle.
Read more about the project in
a new interview at The Tennessean.com
Release Date: 31 Aug. 2018
Number of Discs: 2
Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd
36 Tracks
Before Miller's premature
death of cancer at age 56, the Country
Music Hall of Famer had 31 Top 40 Billboard country hits (10 of which
crossed over to the pop chart), including his signature songs "Dang
Me" and "King of the Road." He held the
record for most GRAMMY wins in a single night until Michael Jackson and 'Thriller'
broke it in 1984.
Miller wrote songs and voiced
a character for Walt Disney's 1973 Robin Hood film. He also wrote the music and
lyrics for the Tony-winning Big River, helping launch the career of actor John
Goodman, who reprises the musical's "Guv'ment" on 'King of the Road.'
As Dean Miller writes in liner notes accompanying 'King of the Road,'
"Roger Miller was too gigantic to be contained by genres and
definitions."
'King of the Road' includes
versions of Miller's biggest '60s hits, like "Chug-A-Lug" (Asleep
at the Wheel ft. Huey Lewis) and "England Swings" (Lyle Lovett),
and lesser-known treasures from a catalog full of gems. As with Miller's own
output, the album contains plenty of unexpected turns -- country superstar Eric Church's playful take on Robin
Hood's "Oo De Lally," for instance, or Starr's selection of
"Hey, Would You Hold It Down?," a song from Miller's
long-out-of-print 1979 'Making a Name for Myself' album. By any standard of
measurement, Miller was "one of the greatest songwriters that ever
lived" -- even if he did say so himself. And he did, in the first of a
handful of the album's live-performance interstitials that capture the
spontaneous wit of a mind that operated at a breakneck pace.
There is a television event in
the works, more information coming soon.
The scope of material and
performances on 'King of the Road' both capture Miller's personality and convey
an astonishing legacy that's still felt today. "Roger Miller didn't have
to say much," Dean writes in the liners. "You were simply drawn to
him. He had a magnetic smile, and electric wit and a passion for life and music
that transcended generations."
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to YouTube by Warner Music Group listen to Dolly
Parton “The Last Word in Lonesome is Me” (feat. Alison Krauss):
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'King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller' Tracklist:
Disc One
Greatest Songwriter (Banter)
Chug-a-Lug - Asleep at the Wheel ft. Huey Lewis
Dang Me - Brad Paisley
Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go - The Stellas/Lennon and Maisy
Kansas City Star - Kacey Musgraves
World So Full of Love - Rodney Crowell
Old Friends (Banter)
Old Friends - Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard
Lock Stock and Teardrops - Mandy Barnett
You Oughta Be Here With Me - Alison Krauss ft. The Cox Family
The Crossing - Ronnie Dunn, The Blind Boys of Alabama
In the Summertime - The Earls of Leicester ft. Shawn Camp
Fiddle (Banter)
England Swings - Lyle Lovett
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd - Various Artists
Half a Mind - Loretta Lynn
Invitation to the Blues - Shooter Jennings, Jessi Colter
It Only Hurts Me When I Cry (Live) - Dwight Yoakam
Disc Two
Mouth Noises (Banter)
Oo De Lally - Eric Church
Engine, Engine #9 - Emerson Hart ft. Jon Randall
When Two Worlds Collide - Flatt Lonesome
Reincarnation - Cake
You Can't Do Me This Way and Get By With It - Dean Miller ft. The McCrary Sisters
Chicken S#$! (Banter)
Nothing Can Stop Me - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Husbands and Wives - Jamey Johnson ft. Emmylou Harris
I'll Pickup My Heart and Go Home - Lily Meola
I Believe in the Sunshine - Daphne and the Mystery Machines
Guv'ment - John Goodman
Old Songwriters Never Die (Banter)
Hey, Would You Hold It Down? - Ringo Starr
The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me - Dolly Parton ft. Alison Krauss
I'd Come Back to Me - Radney Foster ft. Tawnya Reynolds
One Dying and a Burying - The Dead South
Do Wacka Do - Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
King of the Road - Various Artists
Disc One
Greatest Songwriter (Banter)
Chug-a-Lug - Asleep at the Wheel ft. Huey Lewis
Dang Me - Brad Paisley
Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go - The Stellas/Lennon and Maisy
Kansas City Star - Kacey Musgraves
World So Full of Love - Rodney Crowell
Old Friends (Banter)
Old Friends - Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard
Lock Stock and Teardrops - Mandy Barnett
You Oughta Be Here With Me - Alison Krauss ft. The Cox Family
The Crossing - Ronnie Dunn, The Blind Boys of Alabama
In the Summertime - The Earls of Leicester ft. Shawn Camp
Fiddle (Banter)
England Swings - Lyle Lovett
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd - Various Artists
Half a Mind - Loretta Lynn
Invitation to the Blues - Shooter Jennings, Jessi Colter
It Only Hurts Me When I Cry (Live) - Dwight Yoakam
Disc Two
Mouth Noises (Banter)
Oo De Lally - Eric Church
Engine, Engine #9 - Emerson Hart ft. Jon Randall
When Two Worlds Collide - Flatt Lonesome
Reincarnation - Cake
You Can't Do Me This Way and Get By With It - Dean Miller ft. The McCrary Sisters
Chicken S#$! (Banter)
Nothing Can Stop Me - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Husbands and Wives - Jamey Johnson ft. Emmylou Harris
I'll Pickup My Heart and Go Home - Lily Meola
I Believe in the Sunshine - Daphne and the Mystery Machines
Guv'ment - John Goodman
Old Songwriters Never Die (Banter)
Hey, Would You Hold It Down? - Ringo Starr
The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me - Dolly Parton ft. Alison Krauss
I'd Come Back to Me - Radney Foster ft. Tawnya Reynolds
One Dying and a Burying - The Dead South
Do Wacka Do - Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
King of the Road - Various Artists
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