Clock Without Hands

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Performer: Nanci Griffith
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: This is a Hyper CD which contains regular audio tracks and provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser. Personnel: Nanci Griffith (vocals, acoustic guitar); Michael Johnson (vocals, classical guitar); Chas Williams (acoustic, electric & slide guitars, dobro); Ray Kennedy (acoustic guitar, Moog synthesizer); John Stewart (acoustic guitar); Pete Kennedy (electric, 12-string, mando & baritone guitars); Clive Gregson, Doug Lancio (electric guitar); Lee Satterfield (classical guitar, background vocals); David Davidson, David Angel (violin); Monisa Angell (viola); Ron De La Varga (cello, bass); John Catchings (cello); Jim Williamson (baritone saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn); James Hooker (keyboards); Pat McInerney (drums, percussion); Le Ann Etheridge, Maura Kennedy, Jennifer Kimball (background vocals). Producers: Ray Kennedy, Nanci Griffith, Peter Collins. Engineers: Ray Kennedy, John Hurley, John Holbrook. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Nanci Griffith (vocals, acoustic guitar); Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson (vocals, classical guitar); Chas Williams (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, dobro); John Stewart (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Clive Gregson, Doug Lancio (electric guitar); Pete Kennedy (electric 12-string guitar, baritone guitar); Lee Satterfield (classical guitar, background vocals); David Angel, David Davidson (violin); Monisa Angell (viola); John Catchings (cello); The String Machine (strings); Jim Williamson (baritone saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn); James Hooker (keyboards); Pat McInerney (drums, percussion); Jennifer Kimball, Maura Kennedy, Le Ann Etheridge (background vocals). Audio Mixer: John Hurley. Liner Note Authors: Bob Muller; Nanci Griffith. Recording information: Ocean Way Nashville, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN; Room & Board. Authors: Eddie Adams; Kerry Kennedy. Photographers: Eddie Adams; Senor McGuire. Unknown Contributor Role: Blue Moon Orchestra. Arranger: John Mock. CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS is a reflective set, highlighting Nanci Griffith's preoccupations with Vietnam, land mine clearance, and the death of her mother. She continues her habit of writing deceptively simple songs not with an eye to the charts (unusual enough in a major 21st century artist), but in the old-fashioned songwriter's way of telling a story and making a point. A good example is "Truly Something Fine," where Griffith is joined by Linda Ronstadt in a simple, bittersweet love song with a chorus that could have been written anytime in the past hundred years. James Hooker's "Cotton," dripping with Southern atmosphere, is a Stephen Foster/Randy Newman-esque piece about hooking up with an old lover. Griffith's at her best, however, on highly personal ballads such as "Last Song for My Mother," conveying more emotional weight in two minutes and forty seconds than some artists manage over a whole album.

Entertainment Weekly (9/7/01, pp.164-5) - "...With her softly twanging, lovely, and wise voice...the real treasure here is her deeply felt tunes...Griffith is the real deal..." - Rating: B+ Q (9/01, p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Country music's hummability meets folk's conscience amid a landscape of emotional full stops..." CMJ (8/4/01, p.25) - "...Smooth, vibrant melodies and tender reflective lyrics..." No Depression (9-10/01, pp.139-40) - "...Intimacy is the key, gradually turned and lathed, that unlocks Griffith's greater artistry..." Mojo (Publisher) (9/01, p.112) - "...An excellent addition to the Griffith canon..."

Nanci Griffith has been a shining light in the American roots music community since the 1980s. Considered the female equivalent of maverick singer-songwriters such as Lyle Lovett and Dwight Yoakam, Griffith made several stellar albums that blended country, folk, and twangy rockabilly (she's an avowed Buddy Holly & the Crickets fan) into a sound distinctly her own. The Texas native recorded two albums of cover songs that made clear her influences extended well beyond the Lone Star state, and in 2007 she released RUBY'S TORCH, an album of pop standards and ballads that further extended her grasp on vintage American music.

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