(Just kidding.) This is a winsome and loving snapshot of life, according to Don Peters. I find myself humming these tunes at odd times throughout the day. My favourite? French River - intriguing observations of spiritual difference. Lonesome Catboy is a hoot. Each selection on this cd is a gem on its own merit. Highly recommended.

The statement at the top of this page sums it up nicely ("Roots-flavored originals, many of them humorous.) and in the same dry understated sense of humor that pops up throughout this disc. Believe me when I say the funny tunes are killer. "Virgil's Blue Kazoo", "It's all about me", "Wal-Mart of the Damned", "Lonesome Catboy", and the side splitting "White People" are good enough for eternal Dr. Demento play. But these aren't even the best songs on the CD. For that you have to try to make it through "Endless Lullaby" without crying, or "Are you Angry, Yet?" without raising a fist in solidarity. Touching songs, political statements, bust a gut numbers, you got it all. I love this CD.

The much anticipated new disc by these sonorous sages of the Sonoran sagebrush is a frolicsome, whimsical, musical and thoughtful collection of 17 tracks of honest, sweet and frequently very funny songs. There is a lot of fine playing to be heard within, but of particular note are the album's winsome lyrics, penned by resident imp Don Peters, who appears to have the Southwestern market cornered in the commodities of droll and delightful. Mr. Peters waxes nostalgic, sarcastic and thematically elastic as he caroms from tune to tune, touching on subjects as disparate (and practically identical) as Eternal Damnation in Hell and Wal-Mart. Mr. Peters is ably supported by a fine cast, including the exquisitely personable vocals of Barbara Zippel and the high, lonesome fiddle of Iowa's own Joy Ward (who at one point provides a marvelous straight-person counterpoint to a hilariously wretched and repetitive kazoo part). The disc's elegant and understated packaging features a lovely cover shot by standout Canadian photographer Katherine Mann. Cat fu. Narcissim send-ups. Satire spoken fluently. Five stars. Billy-Bob sez chekkit out.