Shout Factory
2006
Out Of The Ashes
About This Album
Out of the Ashes is Jessi Colter's first record in over 20 years. She took a few songs she had written to Don Was and asked him what he thought. His response was that he didn't know, but if she had ten of them, they'd record. Colter delivered the songs (six of which she wrote herself, four she wrote with others, and two covers), and Was delivered on his promise. He is certainly her collaborator here, crafting a band and sound that keeps close to her outlaw country roots and yet brings out her newfound independence as an artist and as a woman. Out of the Ashes is an album about grieving and loss, yet embraces a new life that honors the past but is not trapped by it. The opening cut, "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," is a moving cover of the Charlie Gabriel-Civilla Martin gospel tune that puts God at the helm of the entire proceeding, from the place of loneliness to the rediscovery of sexuality and love in the songs that follow. The centerpiece of the record is "Out of the Rain," an older song that she wrote with Tony Joe White. White sings here, as does son Shooter Jennings and her local church's gospel choir. The big surprise is an old tape with Waylon's backing vocal on it that was spliced in here.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,5 and 12)

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