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tim coonse  08/10/2001          
Are You Ready For The Big Show
REVIEW: ARE YOU READY FOR THE BIG SHOW? Radney Foster’s new live album ought to be titled “Get In, Sit Down, Shut up and Hold on”. Your arms are up in the air, your hands are doing that “booty push” thingie and you’re singin’ worse than Michael Bolton with a kidney stone. That’s when you remember that you’re not at the concert, you’re in the car, and the other drivers think you’re having a grand mal seizure. As Shoeshine Charlie delivers "Are you ready...?", I got that little chill in my back, the same that you feel at the first pop of the July 4th fireworks. The band glides in smooth, like a Snap-On creeper in a Slick-50 spill, then ... wait a minute, that's a fatass B-3 with a full-tilt Leslie spooling up, and you realize that, on this evening, Mr. Foster intends to shake your tree a little. I'm enjoying the groove to his new song, "Tonight", when I think, holy s@#&, Radney's singin' about my 2nd ex-wife Linda, a gum-snappin', dirty-legged, pinched-mouthed waitress on the Waffle House graveyard shift. It was only nine days, nuptials-to-annulment. Linda sure got around some, though. My personal favorite turns out to be “I’m Used to It”. Once more, Radney guides me through my own personal morass of relationships cast asunder, unintended consequences and chasms of misery that I dug with my own two hands. . But a pleasant surprise is Ashley Arrison’s killer background vocals. I’m going out on a limb here, but I think she is Radney’s duetin’ soulmate. The band that Radney has assembled for this album is like a force multiplier; it ratchets his performance up by a whole order of magnitude. Mike McAdam has unseated my former first chair of the scalded-ass guitar, Pete Anderson. He makes poor Pete sound like Shirley Temple on a uke. While the whole band cooks on “Foldin’ Money”, Mike delivers chops reminiscent of a 16-horsepower Stihl saw with a new chain. This sets up a nice dichotomy with mandolin phenom Chris Thiele (you might as well change your name to Mandolin Phenom Chris …), who lays in spinet-like riffs between McAdam’s afterburners. And Matt Thompson’s backbeat on a set of excess inventory Martin Yan wokpots is positively primal The ribbon on this Christmas package is “Texas in 1880”. While not part of the live set, “Texas …” hooks up like a small-block Chevy WFO on a full bottle of nitrous. The whole album is full of welcome feints and twists on old Radney standards, and the new stuff delivers on my favorite Radney genre – foot-stompin’ honky-tonk with lyrics meant for the MENSA Lonely Hearts Sub-Committee. The result is a fierce, but earnest day’s work for Muckleroy – and more fun than rodeo sex.
Big O  08/08/2001          
I Got The Guns
Awsome, Awsome, Awsome. Now I just want to see him again in concert.
Scooter Brown  08/08/2001          
Uncertain Texas
These guys are wonderful. Travis is the best guitarist I have ever seen/heard. I first saw Travis play at Willie's Picnic in Luckenbach on stage playing WITH Willie. I've purchased around 4 of his CDs because anytime I let friends listen to it they won't give it back. They put the country back into country music. Travis and Jamie have written some great music. These guys kick ass
justus anderson  08/07/2001          
Finding Shade
these guys kick ass. enough said.
Texan Chick  08/06/2001          
Libbiville
Album Review
WOW!!!! What a great CD...this is a must have for anyone who calls Texas home...and for everyone else for that matter. Check out "Ha Ha Ha", "Back Home in Texas" and "Straight to My Heart."
Kyle  08/06/2001          
Truckstop Diaries
This is an incredible CD! Jason and The Stragglers have outdone themselves with CD that is solid start to finish. "Gear and Dust" and "Shot Full of Holes" remind me of classic Haggard type old school country songs! Every track is excellent!!!!!
V  08/05/2001          
Truckstop Diaries
Outstanding CD. I'm sure Boland and the boys will be out kicking ass again soon. Get well soon.
Brent Schneider  08/05/2001          
Live & Loud at the Wormy Dog
Cross Canadian Ragweed is so money!!! They put on the best show I've ever seen, and they have an awesome following. I just hope that when they make it big they won't stop playing at bars in Stillwater.
Robbie  07/27/2001          
Because She Loves Me
What can I say,a great solid CD.You will defiantely keep this one in cd player.Great song writing by Brandon!Its good to see another singer/songwriter with so much potential.Watch for this band, they put on a great show.
Derek  07/26/2001          
Broke Down
Album Review
This is one of the best albums of the year. Tracks like Broke Down,Bring It On, and Lydia make this worth buying. Horseshoe Lounge is played frequently on KIKK(95.7). The best track by far is the folklore"ish" "Breakfast in Hell". Puts on good show also.


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