Old Paint Explained

Old Paint
Type:studio
Artist:Gina Jeffreys
Cover:Old_Paint_by_Gina_Jeffreys.jpg
Released:17 September 2010(Australia)
Recorded:2010
Genre:Country
Label:Ocean Road Music, Sony Music Australia
Producer:Rod McCormack
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Old Paint is the seventh studio album by Australian country singer Gina Jeffreys. It was released on the Independent label Ocean Road Music and distributed by Sony Music Australia in September 2010.[1]

The album is a tribute to her early influences, aspirations and much loved childhood memories.[2] The album was recorded in one week. Her husband, Rod McCormack, produced and plays each and every instrument heard on the album.[3]

Jeffreys said "Mum would always cry when I sang "Crazy" live" (and) ""Blue Bayou" was the first song I sang publicly at age 14 to audition for a band."[4]

Reception

Susan Jarvis of Country Music Capital News said; "..Just a few minutes in, I was completely captivated. Instead of simply re-hashing songs performed a million times before, Gina and Rod McCormack have breathed new life into these classic songs. With the focus is on a real, organic recording, all the warmth, familiarity and love present in Gina and Rod’s home studio comes through. The performances on songs like "You Don’t Know Me", "Dream a Little Dream", "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Smile" are simply exquisite, and you’ll hear these songs as if for the first time. A highlight is her rendition of "Old Paint". Old Paint is an album to be treasured and savoured by country fans everywhere."[5]

Track listing

Standard Edition (ORMGJA04)

  1. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (Paul Anka)
  2. "Blue Bayou" (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) - 4:11
  3. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, Gus Kahn) - 3:29
  4. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams) - 3:08
  5. "Crazy" (Willie Nelson)- 4:51
  6. "Here, There & Everywhere" (Lennon–McCartney) - 3:07
  7. "You Don't Know Me" (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) - 3:54
  8. "He Thinks I Still Care" (Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy) - 3:22
  9. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) - 3:28
  10. "Old Paint" (Traditional, Linda Ronstadt) - 2:36
  11. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons) - 4:08

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gina Jeffreys Old Paint. Big Golden Guitar. 25 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Gina Jeffreys Old Paint. CD Online. 25 January 2017.
  3. Web site: Old Paint by Gina Jeffreys. Sanity. 25 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Gina Jeffreys' new album celebrates marriage. The Herald. 14 September 2010. 25 January 2017.
  5. Web site: ARCHIVE : Capital News April 2010 (Vol 35 No.4) ** FEATURE ALBUM ** OLD PAINT ** GINA JEFFREYS ** . Susan Jarvis. www.countrymusic.com.au. 25 January 2017.