![]() ![]() The songwriters represented on Tempted are an amazingly diverse bunch Stuart wrote with same of today's finest, and yesterday's best are represented as well. This is basically the same group that worked with Earle on his records, and they sure know how to make smart country records with a solid helping of rock `n roll thrown in. When you check the credits to see the supporting all-star cast that includes John Jarvis, Harry Stinson and Mark O'Connor and with the fine production touches of Richard Bennett and Tony Brown, you realize why. Listening to Tempted, one is reminded of the first records made by Steve Earle-there's lot's of ringing guitars, some exquisite pedal steel and fiddle work and a walloping back beat. Stuart is part of the group of artists that are updating the traditional sounds of country, keeping hillbilly alive and evolving, yet remaining true to the spirit of Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb. ![]() Hot on the heels of the super successful Hillbilly Rock, Marty Stuart serves up Tempted, a hot set of rockin' country tunes sprinkled with a couple of ballads that are heartfelt yet not wimpy. Perfect songs, impeccable backing, and the most confident vocals you've ever heard. Nonetheless, in just over half an hour, Stuart has managed a more complete statement than anything else likely to come out of Nashville - or most other places, for that matter - inġ991. If Tempted rates any gripes, it's that the disc doesn't go on long enough. No song here is less than memorable, and the best are better than that. ![]()
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