Kingfish Wrote:
7. The Farmers Impressed
The vocals remind me of Robert Earl Keen with more natural ability. This song would fit nicely on A Bigger Piece of the Sky. I think this song might suffer from the company it keeps on this mix. It kind of fades to the background a little, and may have been better served on the back end of the mix. C+
The Farmers were the short-lived reunion of the Beat Farmers minus the deceased Country Dick. The reunion ended with Buddy Blue's death not long after the album was released.
Kingfish Wrote:
8. Pat Todd & the Rank Outsiders Where Is She Now?
Yeah, I never thought this summer romance was going to last. I'm carrying on a conversation with someone but I'm hearing this in the back ground and the beer is making feel a little nostalgic for those loves of summer past. B-
I listen to this entire song just for that part where Pat yells "AND YOU KNOW I WANT MY SHARE". Just slays me.
Kingfish Wrote:
9. Tommy Womack Alpha Male And The Canine Mystery Blood
Hello Jerry Jeff and Ray Wylie! This is pure Texas Country, and part of the Floores Country Store playlist. I have a theory on Rads that he has a country heart dying to get out, but his essentialist views on life have him trapped. But we're bbqing now. Speaking of bbq, did anyone check the sausages? A+
My country heart only goes so far as a bit of twang. Once we get into the area of the two-step I'm outta there. Not sure about "essentialist views on life" though - you may have me mistaken for someone else.
Kingfish Wrote:
11. Thunder Express Feed My Dreams
This song doesn't do it for me and I really can't say why. It may because you had me on the verge of dancing with the previous song. The sausage needed the burnt flesh scraped off anyways. C-
I'd agree with you, except I had some discs in random play and this song kept making me run to the stereo to see what it was. Eventually I had to accept that I liked it.
Kingfish Wrote:
17. The Damwell Betters Your C*** Is Killing Me
I was listening to his album the other day. I didn't care for it much, but this song is stellar. Squirrel meet nut. It's getting dark, and the assholes that I really don't like anyway are leaving. Only the true friends remain, and the real drinking is beginning. B+
I'm up and down on this album. There's at least 4 other songs that are really good, but a few misses too. Right now it's an easy entry in a top 10 of what I've heard this year, though.
Kingfish Wrote:
19. Dirk Hamilton Walk On Lake George
There's something familiar about this, and it's likable but it goes on maybe a little too long without really keeping my interest. C
I had a couple days where this song just kind of
spoke to me. Not sure why, really. And I'm not sure it belongs on this mix either.
Kingfish Wrote:
Really great mix and I give it an A-, which is the highest grade possible for a mix not made by me. Overall most of the songs did an excellent job of channeling rock'n'roll but keeping the grooves laid back.
Awesome review, Kingfish! Damn, remember the olden, golden days when everybody did such things? Maaan, what has
happened to our species?
Thanks!