Introduction To Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys, An (Gotta Travel On) - Bill Monroe/Bluegrass Boys (The)

Advantages: Value of money, something different!
Disadvantages: Not for everyone!

...-do) ***THE PRESENT*** It nearly *was* a present – I bought it and then had to take the thing back again as I need the cash for more pressing things. Like food. Used to be a bit financially challenged y’see, I even got bought the Alvin Hall book. But I digress, I’m stable now but my lovely girlfriend nearly got it back for me out of the goodness of her heart. She rocks. ANYWAY, I went back to HMV recently – still £10.99, best deal I can find actually, and now it is mine once more. Despite a slight glitch with my CD player it’s now fully functional and ready to delight my ears. Will it delight yours? Read on! ***HANOI ROCKS – BRIEF HISTORY*** We got a lot of tracks ahead, boys and girls, so short & sweet on band info. Check the links below if you’re curious about the guys. They were/are: Vocals/occasional saxophone – Michael Monroe “the most... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: GREAT XMAS ALBUM
Disadvantages: NONE

...about THE TRACTORS. Hailing from Oklahoma, the group got their first break in 1994 with Baby Likes To Rock It. They were nominated for many awards, and won the Video of the Year award from the CMA. Whats The Music Like The music is a mixture of bluegrass and country. What I'd associate it with, is if a group of good ol boys got together for Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner and everyone asked them to play some music. The sound is honestly down home, and very easy to listen to. Whats even easier, is the way you get into the Christmas spirit when you put it in to play. :) Well, Tell Me About The Songs On It Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town is the same song we grew up with. The only thing different is instead of the soft smooth tones of Bing Crosby, we got the country twang. Jingle My Bells is a fast moving song that associates Christmas... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: A Classic Country Album
Disadvantages: You really need a sense of humor to appreciate the joke

...the pain that is being "legendary and Broke" and how being an old underground die hard doesn't pay the kids dental bills. During which he has a go at Henry Rollins, Courtney Love, Don Henley, the Grunge Scene and manages to prophesize the reformation of his old band Dead Kennedys. Similar lyrical themes are explored in the ballad "Nostalgia For an Age That Never Existed". Mojo's songs on the album include the Cajun influenced "Hamlet Chicken Plant Disaster", which is a tale of exploding chicken plants and union suppression in the US of A. "Lets Go Burn Olde Nashville Down" is a bluegrass rant about the desperate situation country music was in and is still in to a lesser degree the from the opening lines "Country Music Is Killing Itself, trying To be What It AinT" to the closing lines of "Country Music Don't Need Flutes or samplers neither... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful