{"product_id":"get-myself-together","title":"Get Myself Together","description":"Personnel: Danny Barnes (vocals, tenor, baritone, bass voice, tuba); Danny Barnes (various instruments); Garey Shelton (vocals, electric bass, bass guitar, background vocals); Brittany Haas (violin).\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Garey Shelton Productions, Seattle, WA.\u003cbr\u003eBanjo-pickin' prodigy Danny Barnes has crafted another fine album in Get Myself Together -- one that explores the human condition as it crafts an inventive song cycle. Look no further than \"Get Me Out of Jail\" for a sadly amusing tale of a day in the life an alcoholic and prescription drug addict, or the superb, whiskey bar-addled depiction of love gone wrong in \"Big Girl Blues.\" Barnes' lyrics are as wry as ever, as evidenced by \"Wasted Mind,\" which observes, \"Smell like turpentine\/You'll be doin' time,\" (just one in a number of accurate albeit unflattering descriptions of life in America). They guy still has a knack for covers, be it the expressive, blues-picked tribute to friend and sometime collaborator Bill Frisell (\"Big Shoe\") or a dazzling acoustic ballad homage to Willie Johnson. While the idea behind a bluegrass bastardization of the Rolling Stones' classic \"Sympathy for the Devil\" seems misguided, Barnes not only pulls it off but triumphs in the process. Toss in a fiddle-and-banjo duel \"Rat's Ass\" and you've got a bona fide down-home classic, not to mention a frontrunner for the Americana album of 2005. ~ John D. Luerssen","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856902918431,"sku":"694205050221","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/ea7fdf1cdda886053ce2157bd5a4e7ea.jpg?v=1777938575","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/get-myself-together","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}