Lauper Enlists Country Elite For Swinging Duets Including Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Alison Krauss, And Willie Nelson - Music Icon Makes Her Sire Records Debut With Her Signature
Takes On Country Classics From The ‘40s, ‘50s, And ‘60s
LOS ANGELES – Cyndi Lauper’s celebrated musical journey
takes an unexpected southern turn on DETOUR, her 11th studio album, which finds
the Grammy®, Emmy® and Tony®-winning singer-songwriter putting her signature
spin on a dozen classic country songs.
DETOUR showcases Lauper’s unmistakable voice on country
classics from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s and features guest appearances from
county music stars Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Willie
Nelson. Lauper recorded the album in Nashville alongside a band comprised of
the city’s top session players.
The album is Lauper’s
first for Sire Records and executive produced by legendary Sire founder,
Seymour Stein. DETOUR will be available May 6 on CD, LP, and digitally.
Lauper says recording
a country album is something she’s dreamed about for many years. Growing up,
she recalls listening to singers like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Wanda
Jackson in her Aunt Gracie’s kitchen. “When I was a really young kid, country
music was pop music, so this is what we grew up listening to. These songs are
part of some of my earliest memories so it has been an absolute thrill to
revisit them.”
Lauper sounds right
at home from the start, beginning with the album opener, “Funnel Of Love,” a
track Wanda Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly, recorded in 1960. Another
highlight is the rollicking take on “Heartaches By The Number,” a country
standard previously covered by everyone from George Jones to Waylon Jennings to
Dwight Yoakum. DETOUR also features stunning covers of two classic Pasty Cline
songs, “Walkin’ After Midnight” and her #1 smash, “I Fall To Pieces.” Lauper
says, “I spent a lot of time in my room singing with Patsy. I had to sing a
Patsy Cline song – or two – because her voice was like one of my girlfriends.
That’s how close I felt to her.”
For the album, Lauper
duets with several special guests, including country music royalty: Emmylou
Harris (on the title track), Willie Nelson (“Night Life,” a song he wrote over
50 years ago), Vince Gill (Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty’s “You’re The Reason
Our Kids Are Ugly”) and Alison Krauss (Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas.”
Jewel also makes an appearance on DETOUR, showcasing her prodigious yodeling
skills on “I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart,” which was the first country
song by a woman to sell one million copies.
DETOUR
Track Listing
1. “Funnel Of
Love”
2. “Detour” -
Featuring Emmylou Harris
3. “Misty Blue”
4. “Walkin’
After Midnight”
5. “Heartaches
By The Number”
6. “The End Of
The World”
7. “Night Life”
- Featuring Willie Nelson
8. “Begging To
You”
9. “You’re The
Reason Our Kids Are Ugly” - Featuring Vince Gill
10. “I Fall To
Pieces”
11. “I Want To Be A
Cowboy’s Sweetheart” - Featuring Jewel
12. “Hard Candy
Christmas” - Featuring Alison Krauss
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