Although based in Nashville, Tennessee, the capital of country music, Lambchop cannot easily be classified into a genre and certainly not into that of traditional country music. The collective around frontman Kurt Wagner has a fluid membership, at times including as many 18 musicians, and is frequently associated with alternative country. Lambchop’s music combines wryly ironic lyrics that are complex in form and content with harmonious tunes and soulful background vocals. It is indebted to folk and country as much as to the smooth soul of Barry White, Curtis Mayfield or Marvin Gaye and can be seen as a fine exemplification of Kris Kristofferson’s famous line: “country music is the white man’s soul”.
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Lambchop

One of the things that happens
when we make a record is
that usually one member of the band
ends up stepping forward into the spotlight.
They end up being featured
by the fact that the things
that they add to the songs
make an indelible impression on the music.
It can happen subtly or in some cases
it can be a dominant effect.
William Tyler managed to do both.
Through the course of both of these records
he has managed to put his mark within the music.
As with his predecessors,
Tony Crow on is a woman and Paul Neihaus on Nixon,
William has unwittingly contributed both his youthful dynamics
and energy to these particular selections of material.
We have also marveled at his sense of melody and playfulness
when it comes to his interpreting the songs.
Notably, this instrumental does not appear in the film score.