I was driving around Nashville at x-thirty in one morning and heard a song on WMOT. It cracked open a lyrical portal and poured a world in my head so new that I still can't really explain it. So I called the station to learn the artist and song was Mr. J.O.’s ‘Helen’s Song’. So I bought 2. I bought 1 for me and 1 to share because the problem with music is that there isn’t enough of it around and most of it is not readily available. Not everyone shares my luxury of being able to drive and listen. Radio has just enough music for us to draw lines between others, but not enough to bring us together. So. I hope CD Baybay has something up its sleeve. I do know that Mr. J.O. surely does. But the haunting surprize of the CD was the old standard, the TN Waltz. It lays all soft and satiny in the back of my mind, calling this CD back into that horizontal slot in my dash.

This is a terrific CD. I highly recommend!

This is an amazing album. I never knew the bass was such a versatile instrument, but Jamie Ousley plays it to such original flair that the familiar pieces on this album are a delightful surprise. The new compositions are challenging yet also simple in their pleasing movement for the listener. \"Helen\'s Song\" and \"Make It Spicy\" are stand-out delights, although it is difficult to pick favorites from this fine debut album. Bravo!