THE LITTLE WILLIES For the Good Times

*IN-STORES TUESDAY JAN 10, 2012

THE LITTLE WILLIES
For the Good Times
www.thelittlewillies.net
Dist: EMI Music Canada

Over the past 10 years, The Little Willies—Lee Alexander (bass), Jim Campilongo (guitar), Norah Jones (piano, vocals), Richard Julian (guitar, vocals), and Dan Rieser (drums)—have periodically gathered to make music for fun, playing their favorite country songs. With their second album, For the Good Times, The Little Willies cut songs by Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Dolly Parton. The results demonstrate the joy they take, and commitment they make, to the project.
The selections include some surprising choices, like the trucker classic “Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves” and “Foul Owl on the Prowl,” from the soundtrack to In the Heat of the Night. Alongside the more obscure songs, though, For the Good Times also includes some of the best-known songs in the history of country music, like Parton’s “Jolene” and the title track, written by Kristofferson and made famous by such singers as Ray Price and Al Green. “