Album Notes: Dale Watson & His Lone Stars: Dale Watson (vocals, guitar); Redd Volkaert (acoustic & electric guitar); Preston Rumbaugh (acoustic bass); Dennis Vanderhoof (drums). Additional personnel: Lloyd Maines (acoustic & steel guitars, Lloydbro); Marty Muse, Herb Steiner (steel guitar); Gene Elders (fiddle); Floyd Domino (piano); Dave Sanger (drums). Recorded at Pedernales Recording Studio, Spicewood, Texas. One could be forgiven for seeing Watson as the second coming of Merle Haggard. Not only does he look like a young Merle, but he employs both Haggard's virtuoso guitarist Red Volkaert and a sound based largely on the Hag's classic '60s recordings (the riff that opens "That's Pride" is practically a Haggard copyright). Watson may not hail from Bakersfield, but he's the prime '90s exponent of the country style associated with that California town. His supple baritone wraps itself convincingly around hardcore honky-tonk tunes with arrangements where every note counts. Crossover, for artists like Watson, is a dirty word. Watson has a gift for the ironic tales of hard times and hard drinking that are essential to honky-tonk. The title tune finds him despondent over having to spin such a sorrowful yarn, while "Pity Party" is a gently self-mocking open invitation, where he asks all comers to gather around and witness his emotional downfall. A '90s singer who can declare "I love real country music, I love Texas, and I love my mama" as Watson does, with no hint of irony, is capable of carrying the honky-tonk tradition on into the 21st century.
Advantages: You're happy when they're over Disadvantages: Doing them is crap
...As I seem to be getting myself a name as the ?angry one? on Ciao (thanks, Marandina!), this category seemed right up my street.
But could I think of a whole ten things that Ihate doing?
You bet I could, and here they are, in no particular order as Ihate each and every one with a PASSION.
1. Getting up in the morning
I am not a morning person at all. Never have been. No matter how much sleep I?ve had, I am not ready to get up at the crack of dawn (by which I mean any time at all before 9 a.m., or preferably 10). I love my sleep, and I love the feeling of waking naturally and slowly when I?ve slept enough. The sound of an alarm bell at some ungodly hour is a horrible, traumatic shock. I am silent, morose, zombie-like, disorientated, irritable and miserable as sin in the mornings.
And then I have to go to work, which...
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...Hello, I think I'm working through the list of all the Top Tens featured in CIAO, I love writing them, and hope everyone reading them does to.
So, about the Top Ten. Well, we will kick of with number Ten and work our way down to number one. Ok,...
As ever, they are in no real order, don’t think I list them, I just stick them in as I think of them. Numbered, of course.
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Well, number Ten on my list is....
Washing Up. Ihate it, It is beneficial for our hygiene process though but I still HATE it.
I don’t really know why Ihate it so much, it just feels like such a chore, and now of course, we should all have Dish Washers but I cant afford one, never mind.
ps By the way I don’t really have anything against people who wash up, after all, I wash up myself, I just don’t like it...
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Advantages: These are the songs that get me through the days... Disadvantages: none...
...*** iNTRODUCTIOn ***
Where I would be without thesesongsI don't know. They are the songs that help me get through the days, the songs that make me smile when i need cheering up, the songs that can make me cry when i'm down and the songs that stop me from tipping over the edge. They take me away to my imaginary world for just a few minutes where i can escape from the entire world. They are songs that will always be there when nobody else is and songs that will be with me forever...This is the music that makes an impact...Here they are...my top 10 songs...
*** tHE SONGs ***
1- RUNNING THROUGH THAT GARDEN (FLEETWOOD MAC)
This song is a Fleetwood Mac song that features on their 2003 album Say You Will but it is written entirely by Stevie Nicks. The music is inspiring, being incredibly uplifting but moving at the same time. It...
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