Ghosts of Tombstone Mountains of the Heart On Track
author: CarolCooper
I got three CDs after listening to samples. This is really my favorite kind of music. I enjoy the traditional Western stories. I think the vocals actually evoke images of stories and songs around campfires during round-up. Thank you.
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Excellent instrumentation,very good songs but male lead vocals a bit light weigh
author: John Poole
As I live in the UK and my practical experience of "cowboys" is a week on a Montana dude ranch, you will appreciate that I am not best qualified to judge authenticity. Having said that, my overall impression of this album is that it is excellent instrumentally - especially the autoharp (although I would guess that stringed instruments of any kind were too fragile to be carried on cattle drives ),the songs were very good ,with Seven Spanish Angels being better than the Willie Nelson/Ray Charles hit version.I particularly liked "Harvey Girl" despite having never previously heard of the Harvey restaurant chain,and "The Wire and The Rail" where I was intrigued to hear references to "drovers" rather than "cowboys" as,probably displaying my ignorance,had thought a "drover" was an Australian cowboy. The one weakness was that I thought the album was slightly let down by what I would term "college boy" vocals which lacked the grittiness of ,say, Ian Tyson or Ken Overcast ....although I have found the same to be true in respect of many Bluegrass albums....maybe the Californian accent is generally not suited to these forms of country music.I do however very much like Paula's vocals and,in conclusion,I think it has found a permanent place in my collection and ,helped by seeing them live (which I haven't) should sell very well at the groups appearances.
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