REVIEW Mike Gross
Europe's king of Texas dance hall music has traveled to San Antonio, Texas and again recorded another wonderful CD. This one, of mostly Texas dance hall music and country sounds, is a sure winner. The CD is comprised of 15 tunes with the incredible steel guitar of the big E, the great Buddy Emmons featured right up front on all of them. The album opens up with a super Texas dance hall sound, penned by Hermann, called Honky Tonk Hearts and then goes on to another Texas dance hall sound, Gram Parsons' Kiss the Children. Then there are two penned by the legendary Willie Nelson's To Make a Long Story Short and I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye. Also included is Little Jimmy Dickens’ Cajun styled composition Little Jack Daniel and Shel Silverstein’s country styled Nashville is Rough on the Living, a duet with the great Johnny Bush.
Another duet with Johnny is Johnny’s own Texas dance hall gem, Death Row. Other songs penned by Hermann are the Texas dance hall oriented Home of the Damned, a real pretty duet with Sandra Caroll, titled, Magic in a Song and a swinging Fiddlin’ Man. Hermann also penned the country Too Old for Nothing, and a tribute song to Lefty Frizzell sung along with George Chambers, She Loves Lefty. Other Texas dance hall sounds are Runnin’ Back to You ( Original by the New Riders Of The Purple Sage) and another duet with Sandra, Puttin’ Tears to a Tune. Another duet with Sandra is the swinging blues sound of Catherine Britt`s Nashville Blues. Besides Hermann's vocals and guitar and Buddy's steel licks you can enjoy Dave Biller playing lead guitar, the great Bobby Flores playing fiddle and Randy Reinhard playing piano.
The drums are played by Jim Loessberg while the bass player heard is Jake Hooker. Also heard is Rolf Sieker playing banjo, George Chambers- acoustic guitar and Bill Green- guitar. Sandra also does backup vocals. This album can be obtained from Desert Kid Records, Drosselweg 15, 26871 Aschendorf, Germany or hermann.l.meyer@freenet.de The cost of the CD is 18,00 Euro in Europe, and $20 for the US, shipping and handling is included
Mike Gross, WVOF-FM, Fairfield, CT and www.swinginwest.com
REVIEW Mike Gross Europe's king of Texas dance hall music has traveled to San Antonio, Texas and again recorded another wonderful CD. This one, of mostly Texas dance hall music and country...
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Europe's king of Texas dance hall music has traveled to San Antonio, Texas and again recorded another wonderful CD. This one, of mostly Texas dance hall music and country sounds, is a sure winner. The CD is comprised of 15 tunes with the incredible steel guitar of the big E, the great Buddy Emmons featured right up front on all of them. The album opens up with a super Texas dance hall sound, penned by Hermann, called Honky Tonk Hearts and then goes on to another Texas dance hall sound, Gram Parsons' Kiss the Children. Then there are two penned by the legendary Willie Nelson's To Make a Long Story Short and I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye. Also included is Little Jimmy Dickens’ Cajun styled composition Little Jack Daniel and Shel Silverstein’s country styled Nashville is Rough on the Living, a duet with the great Johnny Bush.
Another duet with Johnny is Johnny’s own Texas dance hall gem, Death Row. Other songs penned by Hermann are the Texas dance hall oriented Home of the Damned, a real pretty duet with Sandra Caroll, titled, Magic in a Song and a swinging Fiddlin’ Man. Hermann also penned the country Too Old for Nothing, and a tribute song to Lefty Frizzell sung along with George Chambers, She Loves Lefty. Other Texas dance hall sounds are Runnin’ Back to You ( Original by the New Riders Of The Purple Sage) and another duet with Sandra, Puttin’ Tears to a Tune. Another duet with Sandra is the swinging blues sound of Catherine Britt`s Nashville Blues. Besides Hermann's vocals and guitar and Buddy's steel licks you can enjoy Dave Biller playing lead guitar, the great Bobby Flores playing fiddle and Randy Reinhard playing piano.
The drums are played by Jim Loessberg while the bass player heard is Jake Hooker. Also heard is Rolf Sieker playing banjo, George Chambers- acoustic guitar and Bill Green- guitar. Sandra also does backup vocals. This album can be obtained from Desert Kid Records, Drosselweg 15, 26871 Aschendorf, Germany or hermann.l.meyer@freenet.de The cost of the CD is 18,00 Euro in Europe, and $20 for the US, shipping and handling is included
Mike Gross, WVOF-FM, Fairfield, CT and www.swinginwest.com
