IndexCountryReleases03

1. Single Down In San Antone
2. Call It Love
3. Second Hand Smoke
4. Round & Round
5. I'm A Train
6. The Road To Her Heart
7. I Can Hide The Hurt Behind A Painted Smile
8. Early Morning Rain
9. Almost Home
10. Her Broken Heart
11. Love Will Keep Us Alive
12. Mile High On The 4th Of July

1. Miss The Mississippi And You
2. Motherless Children
3. Sea of Heartbreak
(Featuring Bruce Springsteen)
4. Take These Chains From My Heart
5. I'm Movin' On
6. Heartaches By The Number
(Featuring Elvis Costello)
7. 500 Miles
8. Long Black Veil
(Featuring Jeff Tweedy)
9. She's Got You
10. Girl From The North Country
11. Silver Wings
(Featuring Rufus Wainwright)
12. Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow

1. Busted
2. Fools Thin Air
3. A Handful Of Dust
4. Half Over You
5. Prisoner's Tears
6. Working On A Building
7. Friends In Gloryland
8. (We Are All) Children Of Abraham
9. Big Chance
10. When The Last Curtain Falls
11. Blue Memories
12. You Burned The Bridge
13. Bramble And The Rose
14. Feelings Of Love
15. Diamond In My Crown

I have know Jimmy for many years and
have enjoyed his brand of Bluegrass.
So imagine my surprise when I started
playing his new CD and find it to be
one of the best straight ahead Country
records that I had heard in a long
while. This should be compulsory
listening for every wannabee Country
singer. Excellent stuff.

This could well have been titled "Songs
My Daddy Taught Me." It is an
exquisite collection of covers of classic
Country and Folk-Country songs. As
an added pleasure, Rosanne is aided
by The Boss, Elvis Costello, Wilco's
Jeff Tweedy and Rufus Wainwright.
The only song with which I have
proplems is Marijohn Wilkin/Danny
Dill's "Long Black Veil." The problem is
that this is just not a female song and
is certainly not a duet. That aside, it is
the thoroughly enjoyable CD. Although
it is not released until October, it is well
worth ordering now.

I have been a fan of Patty's since her
first album for MCA. Although she may
have moved on from those heady
days, she along with Kathy Mattea
remain the most important female
singers of the last 20 years. Just as
Kathy came back with a vengeance
with "Coal" so Patty has realeased a
CD that crosses the borders between
Country, Folk, Gospel and Old-Timey
music. Her re-reading of Harlan
Howard's "Busted" adds a relevance to
the song that hasn't been there before.
Much as Hazel Dickens and Alice
Gerrad pioneered so Patty Loveless
has followed and made relevant to the
new century. Although this isn't
released until September, order it now.

STEVE WARINER, C.G.P.

"MY TRIBUTE TO CHET ATKINS"

SELECTONE NO CAT #

PRODUCED BY STEVE WARINER

GEORGE STRAIT

"TWANG"

MCA B0013172-02

PRODUCED BY TONY BROWN FOR TBE AND
GEORGE STRAIT FOR GEORGE STRAIT
PRODUCTIONS

DAVID NAIL

"I'M ABOUT TO COME ALIVE"

MCA B0011003-02

PRODUCED BY FRANK LIDDELL AND MIKE
WRUCKE FOR CARNIVAL PRODUCTIONS

1. Leavin' Luttrell
2. John Henry
3. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
4. Leona
5. Blue Angel
6. Reeding Out Loud
7. Producer's Medley:
a. And I Love You So
b. Welcome To My World
c. The Three Bells
d. I Can't Stop Loving You
e. Java
f. Let It Be Me
g. End Of The World
h. End Of The World
i. When You're Hot You're Hot
8. Tuned In
9. 6120
10. Chet's Guitar
11. Silent Strings

1. Twang
2. Where Have I Been All My Life
3. I Gotta Get To You
4. Easy As You Go
5. Living For The Night
6. Same kind Of Crazy
7. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
8. Arkansas Dave
9. The Breath You Take
10. He's Got That Something Special
11. Hot Grease And Zydeco
12. Beautiful Day For Goodbye
13. El Rey

1. Mississippi
2. I'm About To Come Alive
3. Red Light
4. Again
5. Clouds
6. Summer Job Days
7. Strangers On A Train
8. Looking For A Good Time
9. This Time Around
10. Turning Home
11. Missouri

According to John Sebastian, there are
1352 guitar pickers in Nashville.
However, he could have added that
there are but a handful of Certified
Guitar Players and Steve Wariner is
one. I have liked Steve both as a
performer and as a person for many
years and therefore it is appropriate
that she should produce the perfect
CD. In recording a tribute to Mr. Chet,
he has also produced a tribute to his
own immense skills as well as tipping
his hat to Jerry Reed and Django
Reinhardt. "Silent Strings" speaks
volumes. This my CD of the month and
may even end up as my CD of the
year. Fabulous Steve.

When you have the luxury of already
being in the Country Music Hall of
Fame and you are one of the biggest
crowd pleasers in popular music, then
you can afford to experiment. "Twang"
is definitely an experiment. Firstly we
see George the songwriter, which
rarely happened before, we see son
Bubba contributing songs and we hear
George singing in Spanish. The
experiment has not exactly worked.
Partly because the songs are not all as
good as could be and because there
are less stand out potential hits as one
would hope. The best song is definitely
"The Breath You Take." No doubt the
CD will top the charts but it could have
been better.

I heard David a few years ago when he
was on Mercury and that was live and
in an acoustic setting. He was very
good. I am sure that he still is but all I
could hear on this effort was him being
hit on the head with a rock production.
Please get him out from under the
noise and either remix or get rid of his
producers and start again. I want to
hear this talented guy.

SARAH DARLING

"EVERY MONDAY MORNING"

BLACK RIVER CD BVRG25

PRODUCED BY JIMMY NICHOLS

LARRY GATLIN AND THE GATLIN BROTHERS

"PILGRIMAGE"

CURB RECORDS NO CAT #

PRODUCED BY JOHN CARTER CASH

COLT FORD

"RIDE THROUGH THE COUNTRY"

AVERAGE JOE NO CAT #

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: SHANNON "FAT
SHAN" HOUCHINS

1. Whenever It Rains
2. I Never Do What I Should
3. Can't Call Love
4. Stop The Bleeding
5. Don't Love Me
6. Blue Guitar
7. Wrapped In Moonlight
8. Jack Of Hearts
9. All You've Got
10. Till The Truth Walks In
11. Knowing What I Know About Heaven
12. It Don't Matter Now (Missing You)
13. I'll Wait For You

1. The Pilgrim: I Never Had A Big Brother
2. Sweet Becky Walker
3. Penny Annie
4. The Pilgrim: My Own Personal Pilgrimage
5. Black Gold
6. Come Back To Texas
7. Handsome Young Gringo
8. The Pilgrim: Country Music Will Never Be The
Same
9. Johnny Cash Is Dead (And His House Burned
Down)
10. I've Done Enough Dyin' Today
11. He Bought Her Back
12. The Pilgrim: Now It's Our Turn
13. Say, Nashville Whadda Ya Say
14. Americans, That's Who
15. Fill Me
16. The Pilgrim: He Was There
17. If I Ever See Utah Again
18. The Pilgrim: Little Tin Cup
19. <Hidden Track> A Man Can't Live With A Broken
Heart

1. Ride Through The Country
(Featuring John Michael Montgomery)
2. Mr. Goodtime
3. No Trash In My Trailer
4. Cold Beer
(Featuring Jamey Johnson)
5. Never Thought
(Featuring Lindsey Hager)
6. Saddle Up
(Featuring Attitude)
7. Waffle House
(Featuring Sunny Ledford)
8. Twisted
9. Tailgate
10. Dirty Road Anthem
(Featuring Brantley Gilbert)
11. Good God O'Mighty
12. Like Me
13. Gangsta Of Love
(Featuring Bonecrusher)
14. I Can't Sing

I had the pleasure of hearing Sarah
when she played the opening
reception for Black River Music Group
and I was very impressed. Although
this is a pleasant CD, that magic that
marked her on stage performance has
not been captured here. Sarah should
be marketed as a pop performer rather
than a Country one. In fact, she
sounds not unlike a younger Sade.
Sarah has a lot of talent both as a
singer and writer and that is bound to
surface.

I have to own up. During the days
when Larry and his brothers were in
their heyday, I never used to rush to
listen to their albums, the same way
that I would for say Willie, Waylon or
Johnny. Yes, the strange thing is that
when I did get around to listening, I
used to curse myself for not having
listened sooner. This CD is no
different. I put off listening until I knew I
had to and lo and behold, another
surprise. The trio have lost none of
their harmonies and Larry is in as fine
a voice as ever. This is a great way for
a new generation to get to know of
their fine work.

In Colt's own words "I Can't Sing." and
that really sums it up. He is really a
rapper with a cowboy hat. Now don't
get me wrong, I don't dislike rap and in
fact there are some tracks that have
some charm. "No Trash In My Trailer"
is funny in a blue collar sort of way and
at times the CD runs between
Confederate Railroad and Big & Rich.
What Colt's future holds only time will
tell. Whether there is room for rap or
hip-hop within Country music is open to
conjecture. The only person so far to
get away with it is Neal McCoy and that
was on just one song. Colt may find
real success by getting rid of the garb
and returning to mainstream Hip-Hop.

ART PRIEBE

"WHEN YOU SMILE"

NO LABEL NO CAT #

PRODUCED, RECORDED, MIXED AND
MASTERED BY JIM SALES

TANYA TUCKER

"MY TURN"

SAGUARO ROAD 24553-D

PRODUCED AND ARRANGED BY PETE
ANDERSON

CHRIS YOUNG

"THE MAN I WANT TO BE"

RCA 88697-22818-2

PRODUCED BY JAMES STROUD

1. When You Smile
2. The Saddest Song
3. Without A Heart
4. I Ain't Through Drinkin' Yet
5. Tears On My Violin
6. Snow Woman
7. Where The Road Divides
8. Blood Red Lights
9. If She Cried
10. Where The Free Wind Blows
11. Trusting In My Lord
12. A Beautiful Woman
13. Mississippi Line
14. The Eyes Of My Heart
15. Down At The Orchid Lounge

1. Wine Me Up
2. Lovesick Blues
3. Love's Gonna Live Here
(With Jim Lauderdale)
4. Crazy Arms
5. After The Fire Is Gone
(Featuring The Grascals)
6. Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone
(Featuring Flaco Jimenez)
7. I Love You A Thousand Ways
8. Big, Big Love
(Featuring Jo-El Sonier)
9. Walk Through This World With Me
10. Oh, Lonesome Me
11. You Don't Know Me
(Featuring Rhonda Vincent)
12. Ramblin' Fever

1. That Makes Me
2. Voices
3. The Dashboard
4. Gettin' You Home
5. It Takes A Man
6. The Shoebox
7. Rose In Paradise
(Duet With Willie Nelson)
8. Twenty-One Candles
9. The man I Want To Be
10. Rainy Night In Georgia

I had the pleasure of working with Art
on the photographs for this CD.
However, nothing could have prepared
me for the quality of the finished
recording. Art has a voice that is very
reminiscent of Don Williams. He wrote
all the songs on the CD and I am here
to tell you that they are quality songs.
He has also recruited some heavy
hitters for his musicians that include
Viktor Krauss, Stuart Duncan and
Aubrey Hanie. This is a first rate CD
and one that should be in everyone's
collection.

It's been way too long since the last
Tanya Tucker studio CD but she has
come back like gang busters with "My
Turn." Produced by Pete Anderson, it
has that same quality that marked a lot
of the early Dwight Yoakam. That is
traditional Country with that certain
edginess. There is not a bad cut and
my only carp is that the drumming at
times goes a bit awry. The stand out
track for me is Wynn Stewart's "Big, Big
Love." Superb.

I would not want to be an exec at RCA
and having to select the singles from
this excellent sophomore CD from
Chris. Produced beautifully (as one
would expect by James Stroud), it
actually gets better with each hearing.
My personal favorite is without doubt
the very classy cover of Tony Joe
White's "Rainy Night In Georgia," but
frankly there is not a bad cut on the
CD. Chris has what it takes to be a
stayer.

SUGARLAND

"LIVE ON THE INSIDE"

MERCURY B0012191-00

PRODUCED BY KRISTIAN BUSH AND
JENNIFER NETTLES

JOHN ARTHUR MARTINEZ

"PURGATORY ROAD"

APACHE RANCH RECORDS ARR-1748

PRODUCED BY LOU CURATOLO

TOM WURTH

"IF THE ROAD RUNS OUT"

ECHELON NO CAT #

NO PRODUCER LISTED

CD:
1. Love [Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY]
2. Circle [The Centrum, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada]
3. Better Man [Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX]
4. Sex On Fire [Target Center, Minneapolis, MN]
5. All I Want To Do [Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY]
6. Irreplaceable [Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA]
7. Nightswimming/Joey [Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY]
8. The One I Love [Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY]
9. Love Shack [Target Center, Minneapolis, MN]
10. Stay [Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY]

DVD FROM LEXINGTON:
1. Love
2. Settlin'
3. Baby Girl
4. Want To
5. Nightswimming (Intro)
6. Joey
7. Already Gone
8. Steve Earle
9. Genevieve
10. All I Want To Do
11. Everyday America
12. Stay
13. Down In Mississippi (Up To No Good)
14. The One I Love
15. Something More
16. It Happens [Audio Only]

1. Utopia
2. Purgatory Road
3. You Can't Outdrink The Truth
4. Thunder & Lightning
5. Que No Puede Ver
6. Closer To My Dreams
7. The Ride
8. On The Run
9. Cobalt Blue
10. What Good Is I Love You
11. When You Whisper In My Ear

1. Good Ground
2. Bread On The Table
3. Is This Lonely
4. Make Time For Lovin' You
5. Your Hometown
6. Leaving Lonely Behind
7. Everytime I Close My Eyes
8. If The Road Runs Out
9. Almost Died Today
10. It Ain't What You're Thinkin'

The first time that Sugarland came
across my vision was at the CMA Music
Festival back when they were a trio.
They impressed me as a very good live
act. Then came the CDs and my
interest in them waned as they
released one formulaic album after
another. Sure radio loved them
because radio likes formulaic music.
Now we have a live CD and there is
that energy that has been missing for
me. However, since their early years,
they have morphed into Fleetwood
Mac. Now that is OK for me because I
like Mac; always have since I worked
with them back in the 70s. What is
Country music's loss is most certainly
Rock/Pop music's gain. Sugarland are
looking more and more towards Rock
for material especially, the Kings of
Leon. This means that you have a very
solid CD rather than Nashville's often
piss poor attempt of emulating Rock
and Pop. My one beef is with the
photographs which have to be the
worst concert shots it has been my
misfortune to see. I have students who
can do better with their eyes closed!!
So burn the booklet and listen and
watch the music.

This is pure magic!! jAm is in that
wonderful tradition of Freddy Fender,
Johnny Rodriguez and Rick Trevino
who sings in both English and Spanish
and he does so to great effect on this
CD. The songs are a cut above the
material that comes out of Nashville
proving yet again that the best Country
music comes from Austin, Texas. This
is a first rate CD.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom
a few years back and he impressed me
greatly. This new CD continues his
road to success. The songs are
excellent and the production doesn't hit
you over the head. My favorite cuts are
"Everytime I Close My Eyes" and "It
Ain't What You're Thinkin'. This is first
rate and is head and shoulders above
the major label product. In act every
producer should listen to the CD to see
what contemporary Country should be
about.

CODY McCARVER

"CODY McCARVER"

E! MUSIC KOC-CD-4763

PRODUCED BY CSABA PETOCZ

1. Through God's Eyes
2. Red Flag
3. Chosen One
4. Sunset Boulevard
5. Look What You've Done
6. Country Badass
7. It Should've Been Me
8. White Trash With Money
9. Tonight's The Night
10. Hard To Be Honest
11. The Cure

This is a most excellent album. Lots of
influence abound from his Confederate
Railroad stylings with songs like "White
Trash With Money" written by CR band
mate, Danny Shirley to a cool version
of Rod Stewart's "Tonight's The Night"
and on to n interesting version of the
tehme from "The Sopranos," entitled
"Chosen One." There is not one bad
cut here and could be the stepping
stone for Cody as he works on his solo
career.