Here's the Billboard review of the Nashville Acoustic Sessions:
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RAUL MALO, PAT FLYNN, ROB ICKES, DAVE POMEROY
Album Title: The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
Producer(s): John Wooler
Genre: COUNTRY
Label/Catalog Number: CMH Records 8709
Release Date: March 30
Source: Billboard Magazine
Originally Reviewed: April 10, 2004
When Mavericks singer Raul Malo teams with classy pickers Pat Flynn (guitar), Rob Ickes (dobro) and Dave Pomeroy (bass) to interpret some songwriting titans, the results are at times quite extraordinary. That's certainly the case on a swaying, mesmerizing "Blue Bayou," an insistent take on Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" and a goosebump-inducing treatment of Hank Williams' "Weary Blues From Waitin'." Indeed, the quartet's choice of material is impeccable, from the Louvin Brothers' wry "The Great Atomic Power" and Bob Dylan's appreciative "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" to a tender, powerful rendition of Gram Parson's "Hot Burrito #1." The pickin' is top-shelf on the latter and Jimmie Rodgers' "Waiting for a Train," then equally fine on "Moon River," a testament to musicianship and taste. Malo is truly a vocalist for the ages, and this project is a quiet glory.—RW
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