Tucker, Tanya
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed, Rare 1974 Original. “Tanya Tucker's Third Album Accomplished Two Things. First, It Cemented Her Position In Country Music As A Young Singer Of Power, Taste, And Artistic Excellence. Secondly, Thanks To The Title Cut, She Brought David Allan Coe Out Of Obscurity And Into The Country Mainstream -- At Least As Far As He Would Ever Come Into It. "Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)" Was A Bit Beyond Tucker's Years In Terms Of Subject Matter. She Was Just 15 When She Cut It, And In The Grain Of Her Voice Listeners Hear An Erotic Yearning That Goes Far Beyond The Dictates Of An Innocent Love Song. Billy Sherrill, Who Produced The Single And The Album, Understood This Implicitly, And His Crossover Production Drew People In By Appealing To The Image Of The Young Singer Versus The Maturity Of The Song; Hence, The Prurient Interests Of The Country And Pop-Buying Public Insured The Single A Number One Position On The Billboard Charts. The Challenge Was To Come Up With An Album That Could Support Its Opening Track. And Sherrill Did It. From Harold Reid's Awesome "Bed Of Roses" To Ed Bruce's "The Man That Turned My Mama On" To Lobo's Paean To Infidelity, "How Can I Tell Him," To Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me Lord," Sherrill And Tucker Constructed An Album Of Smoldering Sensuality And Gloriously Wrought Performances. “ AMG - Thom Jurek