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Put Johnny Cash, John Mellencamp, Steve Earl in to a mixer, add a touch of southern rock to spice it up and turn it on and you end up with this artist and his well crafted songs from the Heartland.
Genre:
Country: Country Rock
Release Date:
2000
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Hard Times In The Heartland
© Copyright-Ron Hayden
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Record Label: Ron Hayden
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Ron Hayden has been a singer songwriter/guitarist who has been playing and singing his own music for over 20 years.
He blends the traditional country sounds for his early childhood with the heartlnd rock sounds of his young adult life to present a musical style that is all his own.
Ron Call's it 'HEARTLAND MUSIC'.
A sound for the future that Keeps a hold of it's past.
Sometimes Midwest Rock,sometimes traditional Country,sometimes modern country,sometimes all 3 at the same time.
Ron once stated "I LET THE SONG AND THE SUBJECT MATTER TAKE ME WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. THEN THE SONG COMES MORE FREELY AND SOUNDS MORE NATURAL"
And that is exactly what happens on his debut CD. He takes you from a family farm auction in the title track to a rock and roll bar for "THE LAST TIME (TIL THE NEXT TIME)".
He takes you from a down home country bar in anywhere USA for "YOUR KIND OF LOVE" to the alternative style of "WHAT ABOUT TOMRROW. He even takes you back to the old west and the days of Billy the KId in "WANTED MAN". It also features the award winning song "PINE CREEK ROAD"
Ron has played many of these songs for years around Chicago and after years of encouragement from friends in the music business he finally has released this CD of some of his songs for all who just plain like good music of any kind to enjoy. The CD has been played on THE NO NON SMOKING ZONE radio program at www.440music.com as their featured CD.
There is something here for everyone.
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The Cd has a good strong feel to it. Well produced with solid performances.
author: Mark Zeus
Ron has a good sense of form and melody I particularly liked the title track, wanted man, music in my strings, looking for love, and what about tomrrow. The songs on the CD are a good representation of his style description. I look foward to the next one.
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A new voice from the Heartland is being established.
author: Chicago Songwriters Collective
In the spirit of John Mellencamp & Steve Earle,the songs from Ron Hayden's DEBUT CD "Hard Times in the Heartland" are upbeat & uplifting, catchy yet socially conscious.
They express the joys & sorrows of American life from a small town/rural perspective.
Accompanied by strong guitar work, a tight rhythm section, and an occasional pedal steel or violin, Hayden expresses himself in a simple, yet profound, manner.
Strong cuts include the Springsteen tinged "I'll Be Fine", "Music In My Strings", and the title cut.
-Chicago Songwriter's Collective
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author: Maricela Garibay
The CD sounds great. Great mix an feel to it. The fiddle on Pine Creek Road was amazing. Pine Creek Road sounds like someting Toby Keith might sing.
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