| KEIKO WALKER THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING | |
 |  Keiko sings the Country Classics! These Boots Are Made For Walking ♫ The End Of The World ♫ You Win Again Jackson (Duet with Kenji Nagatomi) Beneath Still Waters Divorce Rose Garden ♫ Once A Day Heartaches By The Number Apartment #9 The Sweetest Gift (with SHIME) Produced by Keiko Walker Mastered by Noriak Hayashi Recorded and Engineered by Kiichiro Akui Assistant Engineer: Kohei Tomonaga Album Design by Keiko Walker Photography: Etsuo Kawamura BUY ALBUM |
| Released October 2010. ¥2,750 LDM-0103. Leamington Dove Music | BUY |
1. These Boots Are Made For Walking
Words & Music by Lee Hazelwood
Keiko Walker: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Charlie McCoy: Harp
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Electric Guitar & Organ
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
2. The End of the World
Words and Music by Sylvia Dee, Arthur Kent
Keiko Walker: Vocals & Chorus
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Piano & Strings
Yasuharu Muranaka: Pedal Steel Guitar
Haruka: Fiddles
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
3. You Win Again
Words & Music by Hank Williams
Keiko Walker: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Electric Guitar & Piano
Yasuharu Muranaka: Pedal Steel Guitar
Kazuaki Furuhashi: Acoustic Guitar
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
4. Jackson Duet with Kenji Nagatomi
Words & Music by Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd Wheeler
Keiko Walker: Vocals
Kenji Nagatomi: Duet Vocal
Charlie McCoy: Harp
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Electric Guitar & Keyboards
Kazuaki Furuhashi: Acoustic Guitar
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
5. Beneath Still Waters
Words & Music by Dallas Frazier
Keiko Walker: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Charlie McCoy: Harp
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Electric Guitar & Piano
Yasuharu Muranaka: Pedal Steel Guitar
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
6. Divorce
Words & Music by Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
Keiko Walker: Vocals, Chorus
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Electric Guitar & Piano
Kazuaki Furuhashi: Acoustic Guitar
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
7. Rose Garden
Words & Music by Joe South
Keiko Walker: Vocals, Chorus
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Electric Guitar Baritone Guitar, Keyboards & Piano
Yasuharu Muranaka: Pedal Steel Guitar
Haruka: Fiddles
Kazuaki Furuhashi: Acoustic Guitar
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
8. Once A Day
Words & Music by Bill Anderson
Keiko Walker: Vocals, Chorus
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Electric Guitar & Piano
Yasuharu Muranaka: Pedal Steel Guitar
Haruka: Fiddles
Kazuaki Furuhashi: Acoustic Guitar
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
9. Heartaches By the Number
Words & Music by Harlan Howard
Keiko Walker: Vocals
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Electric Guitar & Piano
Yasuharu Muranaka: Pedal Steel Guitar
Haruka: Fiddles
Kazuaki Furuhashi: Acoustic Guitar
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
10. Apartment No. 9
Words & Music by Bobby Austin, Johnny Paycheck
Keiko Walker: Vocals & Chorus
Charlie McCoy: Harp
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Piano
Kazuaki Furuhashi: Acoustic Guitar
Noriaki Hayashi: Bass
Yoshi Shimada: Drums
11. The Sweetest Gift Duet with SHIME
Words & Music by Bo Fraser
Keiko Walker: Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
SHIME: Duet Vocals
Tamasaburo Yamaguchi: Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer
「ケイコ・ウォーカー、満を持してのカントリー・アルバム発表」
2012年10月、待望のフル・カントリー・アルバム“These Boots are Made for Walking”が届けられた。前作”BOTH SIDES NOW”はイギリス人の血が流れる自身の「出生のルーツを振り返る意味合いを持つアルバムであったが、“These Boots are Made for Walking”は「音楽ルーツ」を振り返った物と言える。
幼少時より親しみ、また思い入れいっぱいのフェイヴァリット・ソングをリラックスした歌声と演奏で聴かせてくれる。気心の知れた仲間たちが彼女をサポート。またかねてより交流のあるハーモニカ・プレイヤー、チャーリー・マッコイも参加。カントリーの本場ナッシュヴィルの重鎮がこのアルバムに馴染んでいるのは、彼女の音楽が世界に通用するレベルであることの証でもあろう。
’Jackson’では長年の彼女の理解者であり支援者である永富研二と、’Sweetest Gift’ではBroken AshesでのパートナーSHIMEとのデュオを聴かせてくれる。“These Boots are Made for Walking”はオールド・カントリー・ファンには懐かしく、また近年のオーガニック・ミュージックのファンにも親しみやすい内容だ。
ジャンル、世代を超えて、多くの音楽ファンを納得させるだろう。
文：白井英一郎（2012年）
