10062014 - Harry Dean Stanton "Partly Fiction"

I haven't seen the documentary "Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction", but I want to. Every role I have seen Stanton in, from "Cool Hand Luke" (Where he also sings) via "Wild at Heart" to "The Straight Story" and beyond, is pure enjoyment, and hearing the octogenarian sing standards like "Blue Bayou", "Everybody's Talkin'" and "She Thinks I Still Care" is as heartwarming as it is total utter coolness! This is apparently the soundtrack to the aforementioned documentary, and includes bits and pieces of monologue between songs that are as spartan and stripped down as a willow in winter, yet as robust as a forest of oaks. Releasing your debut album at the age of 87 is impressive in itself, but releasing one as good as this is simply amazing! As is doing a version of "Danny Boy" that would have had Johnny Cash himself covered in goosebumps!