I didn't know 'E' was on it - that decides it for me. I'll try again tomorrow.

Thanks, Rick.

Pretty much straight ahead country with steel on about every song.

I've been a big Vince guy for years, but I questioned his ability to be able to come up with 43 good songs in a couple year span to warrant an album like this-but I have to say, so far/so good.

I am listening to it as I sit here, CD 3 with Buddy and John, straight ahead Vince with a great harmony vocalist and steel.

For those of you who thought country was dead IT'S NOT. Vince is the real deal.

In the little book, unlike on a lot of albums where the players are listed in general, but that's as much as you get on the details-each player and singer is listed for that particular song, along with the lyrics.

If you're asking the question because you might want to download your favorites off the album from i-tunes or whatever, just go out and buy the thing-at $20 on sale at Target, it's the best music value I've come across in many years-and it's probably a lot cheaper that way than downloading songs.

The review in the Bangkok Post was glowing,
and had pics with the Del McCory band,
one of my favorites.
Should be a great listen, for a long time.

[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 23 October 2006 at 01:13 AM.]

However, they gave me a rain check, I took it to Wally World and they matched the $19.99 price and beat it by 2 cents, $19.97.

Here is how it breaks down overall, by numbers of tracks that contain steel. Theresa's bro is the most often used:

Steel:

Paul Franklin-10
Buddy Emmons-6
John Hughey-2

Dobro:

Jerry Douglas-2
Paul Franklin-1

All 10 of the songs on the Country & Western disc contain steel.

My favorite lyric, from "Take This Country Back," a duet with John Anderson:

"We got to take this country back
We need a few more matchin' Nudie suits
and silver dollar Cadillacs
When we all gather up in Heaven, how we
gonna face the man in black
We got to take this country back"

or earlier in the song:

"There's one too many dime store cowboys
muscled up in a cowboy hat
We got to take this country back"

You go Vince!

And as far as the steel being up front in the mix-it it may not be as up front as on a specialty steel guitar record, but it's there, and you can hear it with no problem at all.

From the liner notes:

"In one sense, Eric Clapton inspired Gill to follow his creative impulses. In 2004, Clapton called to invite him to participate in Clapton's Crossroards
Guitar Festival, a one-time gathering of master guitarists in Dallas. When he phoned, Clapton told Gill he was only inviting people whose work he admired. Gill follows a similar approach here, making musical artistry his yardstick. "I'm not ever trying to fill up my records with famous people," he says. I try to fill 'em up with the most talented people I can find on the face of the earth. I feel like every time you try to make something better than it could be, you're doing your job."

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[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 23 October 2006 at 04:35 PM.]

"In the little book, unlike on a lot of albums where the players are listed in general, but that's as much as you get on the details-each player and singer is listed for that particular song, along with the lyrics."

It's all there, if you buy the album.

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[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 23 October 2006 at 06:48 PM.]

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Because without having the the album, it wouldn't mean anything to you any way!

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[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 23 October 2006 at 09:23 PM.]

Now this album was such a bargain (I would think even in Canadian dollars! ) that you must have "gone into the red" by downloading it instead of buying the album at a retailer, unless the downloads themselves were heavily discounted.

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[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 24 October 2006 at 12:53 AM.]

Vince is one of my favorite pop/rock guitarists in the Larry Carlton vein. He totally rocks on this album.

Tom Britt also plays some amazing slide on this. Tom is one of my favorite slide players.

The steel playing is universally great on this release, as well.

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Disc One "Workin' On A Big Chill/The Rockin' Record"

3. Cowboy Up/Paul-dobro
4. Sweet Thing/Paul-steel
6. Nothin' for a Broken Heart/Paul-steel
9. The Rhythm of the Pouring Rain/Paul-steel

Disc 2 "The Reason Why/The Groovy Record"

1. What You Don't Say/Paul-steel
2. The Reason Why/John-steel
3. The Rock of Your Love/Paul-steel
10.Tell Me One More Time About Jesus/Paul-steel

Disc 3 "Some Things Never Get Old/The Country & Western record"

1. This New Heartache/Buddy-steel
2. The Only Love/Buddy-steel
3. Out of My Mind/Buddy-steel
4. The Sight of Me Without You/John-steel
5. I Can't Let Go/Buddy-steel
6. Don't Pretend With Me/Buddy-steel
7. Some Things Never Get Old/Paul-steel
8. Sweet Little Corrina/Paul-steel
9. If I Can Make Mississippi/Paul-steel
10.Take This Country Back/Buddy-steel

Disc 4 "Little Brother: The Acoustic Record"

3. A River Like You/Jerry-dobro
5. Molly Brown/Vince-resonator (I don't know if this refers to something like a round neck National-I have to listen to it again).
6. Girl/Jerry-dobro

I guess I was off by one on my original count in an earlier post-I had Paul on one song too many. Hey-there's probably more mistakes to be found-I was getting a little blurry-eyed going back and forth between the booklet and my keyboard.

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[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 24 October 2006 at 04:51 PM.]

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