be autobiographical. There’s lots of classic rock titles incorporated into the lyrics with great style. Crain takes the opportunity to burn up the fretboard on this one. “Amazing Wife” has an almost Celtic vibe providing the musical bed for a great love song for his wife. The album is just full of melodic, rocking tunes, from “Goodnight Jimmy” to “Traveling Light” to “Buzzards,” and another immediate favorite, “John Wayne Heart,” a great piece of story telling, with more of Billy’s amazing gui- tar work. Billy Crain is a man of many talents. All 12 of these songs were written by him ex- cept one, written by him and his wife. He also produced the entire affair. It’s another fine disc from a man who continues to promote love and peace and the Christian lifestyle, while playing lead guitar like a demon. Excel-
lent…. There’s a new album out by a band called Blackfoot called Southern Native. (Loud and Proud) Now, had this band been called anything other than Blackfoot, I may have given them a very nice review. The music is not bad. A bit hard for my tastes. But the point is Ricky Medlocke has assembled a group of young guys and is marketing them as Blackfoot. There’s only one problem – they aren’t Blackfoot. Blackfoot was Medlocke, Jakson Spires, Greg Walker and Charlie Har- grett. To me, it would be like assembling four young musicians from England and calling them The Beatles. I don’t get it, and I believe in my heart that they are watering down the legend and legacy of the real Blackfoot. There, I got that off of my chest. •
MY KIND OF COUNTRY
Southern music historian Michael Buffalo Smith presents a series of interviews with some of
country music's biggest stars, assembled from his archive of over 15 years of conversations. Tthe volume is filled to the rim with country music history, stories and photographs.
Includes one on one interviews with: Cowboy Jack Clement; Marshall Chapman; Marshall Chapman II;
Bobby Bare; Jerry Reed; Tony Joe White; Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band); Greg Martin (Kentucky
Headhunters) ; Richard Young (Kentucky Headhunters); David Allan Coe; Shooter Jennings; Montgomery Gentry ; Charlie Daniels; Don Winters; Donnie Winters (Winters Brothers Band) ; George Lindsey (Goober); Peanutt
Montgomery; David Ball; Barney Barnwell; Ricky Skaggs; George McCorkle (Marshall Tucker Band) ; Billy Eli; Paul
Thorn; Kinky Friedman; Kara Clark; Hank Williams III ; Unknown Hinson
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