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Post by bboat11 on Jan 26, 2014 6:00:44 GMT -5
Add me to the group that loves "Wild at Heart." I was surprised their follow-up singles all got stuck in the 30s because with how well their debut did, I thought they were going to be pretty big. It's nice that they eventually got back on track with "Kissed You (Good Night)" though, but it remains to be seen if they can keep scoring hits (which I hope they do). What's the different between a power ballad and a regular ballad? I think a good example would be someone like Carrie Underwood: "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "So Small" are power ballads, while "Temporary Home" and "Mama's Song" are regular ballads. I hope that makes it easy for you to understand the difference -- it has to do mostly with the build-up to a bigger chorus with belted vocals defining a song as being a "power" ballad. Yeah, those are great examples! For my two cents, if you are thinking power ballads, think Martina. You will never go wrong there! Haha! ;) Of course, she has regular ballads, like "Valentine" or "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town", but she is best remembered for her power ballads like "Where Would You Be". Also Reba has some great contrast; something like "Rumor Has It" or "Forever Love" is quite built-up and belty, hence power-ballads, while "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" and "She Thinks His Name Was John" are more subdued and are therefore regular ballads. Is it just me, or do the women seem to have more power ballads than the men?
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 26, 2014 14:26:55 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:Artist: John Michael Montgomery Single: "Letters From Home" Writers: Tony Lane, David Lee Album: Letters From HomeLabel: Warner Brothers Video Director: Darrin Dickerson Year Released: February 2. 2004 Radio And Records Peak: #2 Billboard Peak: #2 John Michael Montgomery was one of the biggest hit makers in country music during the 90's. He was born January 20, 1965 in Danville, Kentucky. He signed to Atlantic Records in 1992 and released his debut single "Life's A Dance". The song would peak at #4. His second was his first #1 in "I Love The Way You Love Me" in 1993. After the final single from his debut "Beer And Bones" only hit #21, he would go the next three years before missing the top 5. He scored hits such as "I Can Love You Like That" (#1), "No Man's Land" (#3), "Rope The Moon" (#4), "Be My Baby Tonight" (#1), and two of his hugest singles, "I Swear" (#1), and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" (#1). "Ain't Got Nothin' On Us" would break the streak in 1996, peaking at #15. John's career would slow down some as the rest of the 90's went on. In fact he didn't land another chart topper till "The Little Girl" in 2000. That was after the first two singles of his career failed to miss the top 40 with "Nothin Catches Jesus By Surprise" (#50), and "You Are" (#48). John would only have one top 40 between "The Little Girl" and "Letters From Home" with "Til Nothing Comes Between Us" (#19). After the single "Cool" failed to chart off the Letters From Home album, he released the title track in early 2004. The song would peak at #2 in mid 2004 and become one of his best known hits. David Lee who co-wrote the song said he got the idea waiting for a flight at an airport and seeing soldier being deployed and hugging goodbye to his girlfriend. The video was shot at The Army Aviation Support Facility and featured actual National Guard soldiers. The lead was played by folk/rock singer/songwriter Freddy Mullins. "Letters From Home" would finish #5 on Billboards 2004 year end chart. Johns brother is of course Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry. In all he has sent 36 singles to country radio with 20 top 10's and 7 #1 singles. He has recorded 10 studio albums with 3 compilations and a Christmas album. John's last charting single was the late 2008/early 2009 "Forever" (#28). I remember hearing this on my usual bus ride home from school nearly every day. At the time I didn't fully appreciate the song, but it has certainly become a absolute favorite of mine. My cousin is currently serving and I think most everyone knows someone who is in the military. This was also a huge favorite of my Dad who served on a sub in the Navy. I love this video and think it did justice to the song. My other favorites of John were "Life's A Dance", "No Man's Land", "Sold", "How Was I To Know", and yes I liked "The Little Girl". I know that's not a favorite of many here but I do enjoy that song .
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Post by Markus Meyer on Jan 26, 2014 14:32:35 GMT -5
"Letters From Home" is amazing.
I actually like most of JMM's catalog, but "Life's A Dance" is without a doubt my favorite of his.
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Post by Andy on Jan 26, 2014 16:03:58 GMT -5
"Letters From Home" is amazing. I actually like most of JMM's catalog, but "Life's A Dance" is without a doubt my favorite of his. Agreed. And who doesn't know all the words to "Sold"?
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 26, 2014 22:52:39 GMT -5
^ "Glurge" is a term for sappy, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" type stories (see Snopes: www.snopes.com/glurge/girl.asp ). The late 90s-early 2000s were riddled with it, even on the musical front. Even before I found that "The Little Girl" is based on a totally unverifiable, contrived "feel good" story that circulated via e-mail, I found "The Little Girl" to be unrealistic, manipulative, and cliché-riddled. Such e-mail circulated stories are often hackneyed and contrived as all get out, with details that don't add up when you analyze them. And I will give "The Little Girl" credit, as its story is more direct and its details at least hold under scrutiny. But finding out that it was based on such an e-mail story just makes it feel all the more calculated and detached from reality. I just can't buy it because I know where it came from, and it's still manipulative and sugary.
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Post by Todd on Jan 27, 2014 12:27:39 GMT -5
A discussion in the Jon Pardi thread got me thinking about Tracy Byrd songs. He had several favorites of mine ("Watermelon Crawl," "The First Step," "Love Lessons," "When Mama Ain't Happy," "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo," and "Drinkin' Bone"). This is my favorite song of his; it has always seemed to me to be his signature song, even though he had two bigger hits chart-wise. Artist: Tracy Byrd Single: "The Keeper of the Stars" Writers: Dickey Lee, Danny "Bear" Mayo, Karen Staley Album: No Ordinary Man Label: MCA Records Video Director: Michael Merriman Year Released: 1995 Billboard Peak: #2 Tracy Byrd had 24 Top 40 hits between 1993 and 2004. 13 of those made the Top 10, with two of them ("Holdin' Heaven" and "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo") going all the way to #1. His self-titled debut album was released in 1993 and was eventually certified Gold. The first two singles missed the Top 40: "That's the Thing About a Memory," #71 (I don't remember that song) and "Someone to Give My Love To," #42 (I do remember that one). His next hit was his first #1, "Holdin' Heaven." The final single from the first album, "Why Don't That Telephone Ring," stopped at #39. His second album, "No Ordinary Man" (released in 1994) was no ordinary album. It was by far the biggest of his career, peaking at #3 on the country album chart and #20 on the Billboard 200 and reaching Double Platinum certification (none of his other albums reached Platinum). All four singles from the album reached the Top 5: "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" and "Watermelon Crawl" (both #4), "The First Step" (#5), and "The Keeper of the Stars" (#2). None of his other albums had more than two Top 10 songs. His last Top 10 hit was "Drinkin' Bone" (#7 in 2003), his last Top 40 was "Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman" (#34 in 2004), and his last charted single was "Cheapest Motel" (#55 in 2006). I remember taking a trip to Idaho with my mom and at the time I was obsessed with the song "Holdin' Heaven." I think I had just recently gotten his self titled debut album and I wore that album out on that trip. There was some amazing songs on that release…"That's the Thing About a Memory," "An Out of Control Raging Fire," "Hat Trick," and "Edge of A Memory" are all still favorites of mine to this day. Ironically his top selling album No Ordinary Man is one of my least favorites. I never liked "Watermelon Crawl" or "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous." I also never really liked "The Keeper of the Stars" for some reason. Overplayed? Yes, that's likely part of it. I still hear it on the radio from time to time, however I've never really been able to get through the first minute or so. I certainly understand people's connection to the song though. His next release Love Lessons is probably my favorite of his, even though he didn't really have much top 10 chart success with it. I also really enjoyed the Ten Rounds album and was disappointed radio didn't latch on. "Just Let Me Be In Love" is just great…and his remake of "Wildfire" is amazing. I also still put on "How Much Does the World Weigh" now and then. edit: forgot to mention I got the chance to meet Tracy when he was out promoting his The Truth About Men album. He did a free USO concert in Fort Hood, TX, and beforehand was singing autographs at the PX (shopping center). I was lucky enough to get him to sign some of his album covers that I had and got to see his concert that night. he's a nice guy and puts on a great show! I totally agree with what you wrote about Tracy's first album. It's great top to bottom. My least favorite song on the album, "Talk To Me Texas," is still quite good. It's a shame "That's the Thing About a Memory" didn't chart higher. That's my favorite Tracy song ever, but I imagine most people have never heard it, or seen the video. What are your favorite tracks on Love Lessons? Mine are "Love Lessons", "You Lied To Me" & "Have a Good One."
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 27, 2014 13:00:45 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Tammy Cochran Single: "Life Happened" Writers: Kerry Kurt Phillips, Patrick Jason Matthews Album: Life Happened Label: Epic Nashville Video Director: Peter Zavadil Year Released: 2002 Billboard Peak: #20
Tammy Cochran is a 41 year old country music artist from Austinberg, Ohio. After meeting Shane Decker (A songwriter for Warner Bros.), he offered to help her sing on demo tapes. One label that caught their attention was Epic Records, who signed Tammy soon afterwards. Her debut single was "If You Can" in 2000 and just missed the top 40 (#41). After her second single only peaked at #51 ("So What"), her third single would be the biggest of her career in "Angels In Waiting" (#9). The final single "I Cry" got to #18. All four songs were from her debut self-titled album. "Life Happened" was the lead for her next album of the same name. The song would peak at #20 in 2002. Her final charting single was "Love Won't Let Me" (#31). After "What Kind Of Woman Would I Be" failed to crack the top 60, she was dropped from Epic Nashville's roster in 2003. Since then she has made two independent records. The first was Where I Am in 2007 off Shanachie Records. The other was 30 Something And Single in 2009 off IBI Records. She has just one lone top 10 to her credit with 4 total trips to the top 40.
The video for "Life Happened" was directed by Peter Zavadil. Some other videos he has directed has been "Cheatin", "Ol Red", "I'm Gonna Miss Her", "Suds In The Bucket", "Baby Girl", "Two Pink Lines", "Firecracker" among many others. His latest two directed videos are "Give Me Back My Hometown" by Eric Church, and "Young Love" by Kip Moore.
"Life Happened" was another song that brings back memories for me. The song only peaked at #20, but my local station played hit a good amount because I have many memories of hearing it on the radio. It's a classic story song; something that we don't hear as much of, if at all on the radio anymore. She is widely considered a one hit wonder with two semi-hits to her credit, but "Life Happened" is one of those songs that instantly makes me say whoa, I haven't heard that in forever.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Jan 27, 2014 13:58:13 GMT -5
Artist: Confederate Railroad Title: "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind" Album: Notorious Label: Atlantic Video Director: Martin Kahan Released: 1994 Peak: #9 Billboard Writers: Dave Gibson/Bernie Nelson
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Post by tim on Jan 27, 2014 23:51:29 GMT -5
Artist: Confederate Railroad Title: "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind" Album: Notorious Label: Atlantic Video Director: Martin Kahan Released: 1994 Peak: #9 Billboard Writers: Dave Gibson/Bernie Nelson If I were to recommend an album or a group from the 90's to someone who isn't sure what the sound was like, I'd put Confederate Railroad's debut album somewhere in the top 10. I was first introduced to Confederate Railroad when they were on tour with Sawyer Brown and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (what a lineup!). I remember them opening with "Long Gone" and I was hooked. Their debut album was phenomenal ("When You Leave That Way (You Can Never Go Back)" is one of the best songs from a country music group in the 90's period). "Long Gone," "She Took It Like A Man," and "She Never Cried" are just all great songs. I also can remember watching them debut "Elvis and Andy" during the ACM's. After "Trashy Women" they were the talk of the town and everyone was anxiously awaiting to hear what they had in store next. Their sophomore album Notorious wasn't great, but it had the great song/video above. Just another classic. Their third release, When and Where, just couldn't find any success at radio. I loved the title track and also found the other songs, such as "All I Wanted," "Oh No," and "Bill's Laundromat Bar & Grill," to be all light-hearted fun songs to listen to. Lastly, the song "See Ya" was just another standout track from a then underrated group. Confederate Railroad always reminded me of Pirates of the Mississippi in a way, again both great bands with a gritty sound. Todd, one of the main reasons Love Lessons tops my list as my favorite album is for his outstanding work on "Heaven In My Women's Eyes," which had it gotten into say George Strait's hands would have been a huge, huge hit. I think Tracy was able to take it into the top 15 at least. That by far is one of finest songs released from the mid 90's by any artist. Of course the title track, "Love Lessons," follows a close second as another great, great song. I also enjoyed "Walking to Jerusalem" and "4 to 1 in Atlanta," both of which missed the top 10.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 28, 2014 0:04:15 GMT -5
Artist: Confederate Railroad Title: "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind" Album: Notorious Label: Atlantic Video Director: Martin Kahan Released: 1994 Peak: #9 Billboard Writers: Dave Gibson/Bernie Nelson If I were to recommend an album or a group from the 90's to someone who isn't sure what the sound was like, I'd put Confederate Railroad's debut album somewhere in the top 10. I was first introduced to Confederate Railroad when they were on tour with Sawyer Brown and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (what a lineup!). I remember them opening with "Long Gone" and I was hooked. Their debut album was phenomenal ("When You Leave That Way (You Can Never Go Back)" is one of the best songs from a country music group in the 90's period). "Long Gone," "She Took It Like A Man," and "She Never Cried" are just all great songs. I also can remember watching them debut "Elvis and Andy" during the ACM's. After "Trashy Women" they were the talk of the town and everyone was anxiously awaiting to hear what they had in store next. Their sophomore album Notorious wasn't great, but it had the great song/video above. Just another classic. Their third release, When and Where, just couldn't find any success at radio. I loved the title track and also found the other songs, such as "All I Wanted," "Oh No," and "Bill's Laundromat Bar & Grill," to be all light-hearted fun songs to listen to. Lastly, the song "See Ya" was just another standout track from a then underrated group. Confederate Railroad always reminded me of Pirates of the Mississippi in a way, again both great bands with a gritty sound. Todd, one of the main reasons Love Lessons tops my list as my favorite album is for his outstanding work on "Heaven In My Women's Eyes," which had it gotten into say George Strait's hands would have been a huge, huge hit. I think Toby was able to take it into the top 15 at least. That by far is one of finest songs released from the mid 90's by any artist. Of course the title track, "Love Lessons," follows a close second as another great, great song. I also enjoyed "Walking to Jerusalem" and "4 to 1 in Atlanta," both of which missed the top 10. I only have 'Notorious' and I've never really paid their other releases any attention because it didn't really catch my attention. But if you say their debut is much better I'm more than willing to dig up some 90's gold!
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Post by tim on Jan 28, 2014 0:09:57 GMT -5
^Yes, give their debut album a shot! Notorious was quite a disappointing sophomore effort, actually.
And…I just realized I forgot to mention "Jesus and Mama." That's right behind "When You Leave That Way" in classics.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 28, 2014 0:23:13 GMT -5
^Yes, give their debut album a shot! Notorious was quite a disappointing sophomore effort, actually. And…I just realized I forgot to mention "Jesus and Mama." That's right behind "When You Leave That Way" in classics. To be fair I would've eventually got around to buying them as I'm running out of 90's albums to buy lol I've got pretty much everything released by every major artist of the 90's save for Lonestar, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Doug Stone, & Randy Travis along with a few holes in other discographies (Ronna Reeves, Linda Davis & Lari White come instantly to mind.) In fact does anybody have some lesser known albums from the 90's they'd recommend? I know Marty Brown is somebody I've yet to get any of their albums and I'm really interested in tracking copies down, Dawn Sears fits in that category too. So any recommendations? :)
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Post by tim on Jan 28, 2014 0:29:45 GMT -5
^Yes, give their debut album a shot! Notorious was quite a disappointing sophomore effort, actually. And…I just realized I forgot to mention "Jesus and Mama." That's right behind "When You Leave That Way" in classics. To be fair I would've eventually got around to buying them as I'm running out of 90's albums to buy lol I've got pretty much everything released by every major artist of the 90's save for Lonestar, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Doug Stone, & Randy Travis along with a few holes in other discographies (Ronna Reeves, Linda Davis & Lari White come instantly to mind.) In fact does anybody have some lesser known albums from the 90's they'd recommend? I know Marty Brown is somebody I've yet to get any of their albums and I'm really interested in tracking copies down, Dawn Sears fits in that category too. So any recommendations? :) Shawn Camp comes to mind as one of my favorites…Ricky Van Shelton is pure gold, Doug Stone is awesome…Hal Ketchum, Lee Roy Parnell, The Mavericks, Mark Collie, McBride & The Ride and Billy Dean as well.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 28, 2014 0:37:33 GMT -5
To be fair I would've eventually got around to buying them as I'm running out of 90's albums to buy lol I've got pretty much everything released by every major artist of the 90's save for Lonestar, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Doug Stone, & Randy Travis along with a few holes in other discographies (Ronna Reeves, Linda Davis & Lari White come instantly to mind.) In fact does anybody have some lesser known albums from the 90's they'd recommend? I know Marty Brown is somebody I've yet to get any of their albums and I'm really interested in tracking copies down, Dawn Sears fits in that category too. So any recommendations? :) Shawn Camp comes to mind as one of my favorites…Ricky Van Shelton is pure gold, Doug Stone is awesome…Hal Ketchum, Lee Roy Parnell, The Mavericks, Mark Collie, McBride & The Ride and Billy Dean as well. I'm glad you brought up Billy Dean. One of the most underrated country artists of the 90's. His voice was outstanding and he should have been absolutely huge to this day.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 28, 2014 0:39:59 GMT -5
Got all The Mavericks except for their pre-MCA album. Missing Mark Collie's first two albums but that's only cause I can't find them. Also can't find his two post 90's albums. Got all of Billy's albums (He's really underrated and seems to be mostly forgotten unfortunatley :( ).
Did is Shawn Camp's debut the same album that Warner Bros. released a few years ago called '1994'? If so then I have it, if not then I have to go find it lol His 'Fireball' Album was really great!
Also Ricky! That's another one I really need to do soon, I have 'Don't Overlook Salvation' & 'III' but I can never find his other albums at decent prices, I really hope to complete his discography one day. I always kinda hated DOS because it killed his momentum and he was never able to recover from that. :/
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Post by tim on Jan 28, 2014 0:49:14 GMT -5
Got all The Mavericks except for their pre-MCA album. Missing Mark Collie's first two albums but that's only cause I can't find them. Also can't find his two post 90's albums. Got all of Billy's albums (He's really underrated and seems to be mostly forgotten unfortunatley :( ). Did is Shawn Camp's debut the same album that Warner Bros. released a few years ago called '1994'? If so then I have it, if not then I have to go find it lol His 'Fireball' Album was really great! Also Ricky! That's another one I really need to do soon, I have 'Don't Overlook Salvation' & 'III' but I can never find his other albums at decent prices, I really hope to complete his discography one day. I always kinda hated DOS because it killed his momentum and he was never able to recover from that. :/ Shawn Camp's debut album was released in 1993 actually…I think the album you're referring to was released in 2010 haha. He said it was year's in the making. You've got to get you some RVS! He's one of the finest voices around back then. He's completely disappeared and I think he may have had some personal issues (i.e. alcohol abuse) that finally led him to leaving the business. Still, I hope to find him the Hall of Fame someday.
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Post by countryfan15 on Jan 28, 2014 0:56:47 GMT -5
^Yes, give their debut album a shot! Notorious was quite a disappointing sophomore effort, actually. And…I just realized I forgot to mention "Jesus and Mama." That's right behind "When You Leave That Way" in classics. To be fair I would've eventually got around to buying them as I'm running out of 90's albums to buy lol I've got pretty much everything released by every major artist of the 90's save for Lonestar, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Doug Stone, & Randy Travis along with a few holes in other discographies (Ronna Reeves, Linda Davis & Lari White come instantly to mind.) In fact does anybody have some lesser known albums from the 90's they'd recommend? I know Marty Brown is somebody I've yet to get any of their albums and I'm really interested in tracking copies down, Dawn Sears fits in that category too. So any recommendations? :) Among the ones mentioned i would highly recommend any album from Wade Hayes( They are pretty well flawless, his debut album being perfect). Daron Norwood,Brett James, Ken Mellons,James Bonamy, Wesley Dennis, David Kersh, Perfect Stranger, John And Audrey Wiggins, Larry Stewart(Lead singer of Restless Heart), Daryle Singletary, Ty England, David Ball, Boy Howdy and Joe Nichols album from 1996. Lol i know that's a bunch but i'm a 90's fanatic and tragically alot of these artists and albums were overlooked.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 28, 2014 1:22:09 GMT -5
To be fair I would've eventually got around to buying them as I'm running out of 90's albums to buy lol I've got pretty much everything released by every major artist of the 90's save for Lonestar, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Doug Stone, & Randy Travis along with a few holes in other discographies (Ronna Reeves, Linda Davis & Lari White come instantly to mind.) In fact does anybody have some lesser known albums from the 90's they'd recommend? I know Marty Brown is somebody I've yet to get any of their albums and I'm really interested in tracking copies down, Dawn Sears fits in that category too. So any recommendations? :) Among the ones mentioned i would highly recommend any album from Wade Hayes( They are pretty well flawless, his debut album being perfect). Daron Norwood,Brett James, Ken Mellons,James Bonamy, Wesley Dennis, David Kersh, Perfect Stranger, John And Audrey Wiggins, Larry Stewart(Lead singer of Restless Heart), Daryle Singletary, Ty England, David Ball, Boy Howdy and Joe Nichols album from 1996. Lol i know that's a bunch but i'm a 90's fanatic and tragically alot of these artists and albums were overlooked. Oh I know what you mean, there's a lot of tragically overlooked albums from the 90's. I miss how labels would put out the album pretty much no matter what the singles did, I wish they still did that cause then there'd be a lot more albums to get lol (more music never hurts!). Out of the artists you mentioned I have both of Daron Norwood's albums. I have Brett James' 1995 album and I think that's all he ever got out right? Ken Mellons I have one album and need to get his others. James Bonamy's albums are both fantastic and I never understood where he disappeared to. "Naked To The Pain" is still one of my favorite songs. Wesley Dennis only had one album right? If so I have it. David Kersh's albums I have, but they were both a little weak to me. Some good tracks but nothing great really. The best one is probably "Another You" the one written by Brad Paisley. (Is that Brad's only outside cut?). I have Perfect Stranger's debut but never got their follow up. John & Audrey were great, I have both but one of them is badly damaged and I'm on the hunt for a new copy. For Larry I only have 'Down The Road', I really want his 3rd album cause I love the title track. His 2nd I never heard anything from it but I'd probably like it based on his first album. Daryle & Ty are both artists I tend to completley forget about when I go on ebay or amazon to buy old cds and I'm going to have to fix that as the singles I know from both of them are really great. Love David Ball, I'm just missing his RCA album and 'Play'. At least from his 90's output that is I know there's the album that has a green cover and 'Freewheeler' that I'm missing post 90's. Still from the albums I have I know I love him. Never cared for Boy Howdy, I gave their album a listen and it did nothing for me. I have Joe's debut it's really good, I wonder why he basically disowns it now?
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 28, 2014 1:47:23 GMT -5
He did two singles in 2002-03 ("After All" and "Chasin' Amy"), but neither got on an album and both are hard to find. I have both those and his debut. "Chasin' Amy" is a really good song.
Yes. I remember hearing "Who's Counting" a lot on After Midnite.
No, he also wrote David Ball's "Watching My Baby Not Come Back" and Tracy Byrd's "I Still Love the Nightlife". He also wrote a song on TBP's latest album.
Which was six years in the making. Good luck finding "Coming Up Short Again", which was never on an album. There was also that weird third album they did with none of the original members. I think it's weird that I can't find any mainstream reviews of either of their Curb albums. They really came and went that fast.
Another 90s act that everyone's forgotten is Davis Daniel. I remember "Fighting Fire with Fire".
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Post by countryfan15 on Jan 28, 2014 1:53:53 GMT -5
^ Yes Brett only had that one album but i thought it was pretty good and he is a skilled songwriter as well.
Wesley Dennis had that one album and an unreleased album from 1998 called "Country to the core" which i have had no luck finding. And he relased a new album "Country Enough" in 2012 and it's excellent but not from that era.
All of Ken's albums even "Best Of" and "Sweet" are great but his first two were the strongest imo.
Perfect Stranger's follow-up was pretty decent but had some filler cuts that seemed to be thrown in there to take up space.
As for Larry i have "Heart Like A Hurricane" and it has his cut of Ty Herndon's "She Wants To Be Wanted Again" on it, Never really listened to the third album i may need to check it out myself.
You can't go wrong with Daryle or Ty on any album except Ty's "Alive And Well" album seemed to "i'm redneck and a country boy" for my taste, but that's just me.
David Ball's "Play" album is my absolute favorite behind "Thinkin Problem". The Rca album is good too, it has a more Texas Swing feel to it.
The only Boy Howdy i enjoyed was the "She'd Give Anything" EP, The other two were just "There" for me as well.
Not sure why Joe disowned his debut, maybe just because it didn't take off like he planned but i enjoyed it overall.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 28, 2014 1:54:35 GMT -5
He did two singles in 2002-03 ("After All" and "Chasin' Amy"), but neither got on an album and both are hard to find. I have both those and his debut. "Chasin' Amy" is a really good song. Yes. I remember hearing "Who's Counting" a lot on After Midnite. No, he also wrote David Ball's "Watching My Baby Not Come Back" and Tracy Byrd's "I Still Love the Nightlife". He also wrote a song on TBP's latest album. Which was six years in the making. Good luck finding "Coming Up Short Again", which was never on an album. There was also that weird third album they did with none of the original members. I think it's weird that I can't find any mainstream reviews of either of their Curb albums. They really came and went that fast. Another 90s act that everyone's forgotten is Davis Daniel. I remember "Fighting Fire with Fire". I have the two singles from Brett that were released after the album, I just meant he never independently released anything else right? And yeah Perfect Stranger were really weird in that regard. One big hit and then boom! it was over. And I remember Davis, I have 4 singles from him in my library. "Fighting Fire With Fire", "Still Got A Crush On You", "For Crying Out Loud", & "Tyler". But I've never seen his albums anywhere. I'd probably buy them if I could find them but they remain elusive. Does anybody remember Frazier River? I Loved their debut album. Or Waylan Patton?
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Jan 28, 2014 1:56:59 GMT -5
This song was mentioned recently, and it's one of my favorite country songs, so.....
Artist: Confederate Railroad Single: "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back" Writers: Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae Album: Confederate Railroad Label: Atlantic Nashville Video Director: Martin Kahan Year Released: 1993 Billboard Peak: #14
This was the 4th of 6 singles from Confederate Railroad's self-titled debut album. It was preceded by "She Took It Like a Man" (#37), "Jesus and Mama" (#4), and "Queen of Memphis" (#2; the highest charting song of their career) and followed by "Trashy Women" (#10) and "She Never Cried" (#27). Their subsequent albums did not maintain the same level of success. Their second album, Notorious, yielded "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" (#9; their final Top 10) and "Elvis and Andy" (#20). They only had two more Top 40 songs after that: "When and Where" (#24 in 1995) and "That's What Brothers Do" (#39 in 2001). Their version of "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back" was the third and biggest charted version of the song. It previously charted for Sam Neely (#77 in 1983) and "Whisperin' Bill" Anderson (#75 in 1985).
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 28, 2014 2:44:36 GMT -5
I have the two singles from Brett that were released after the album, I just meant he never independently released anything else right? Right. That was it for Brett. I've found no evidence of Wesley Dennis cutting an album called Country to the Core. Where did you hear of this? And yeah Perfect Stranger were really weird in that regard. One big hit and then boom! it was over. I see what you did there. Speaking of Robert Ellis Orrall, he had some rock albums in the 80s. He had a stray pop hit with Carlene Carter on "I Couldn't Say No", which is a pretty good 80's soft rock song. I seemed to hear "Boom! It Was Over" a lot in '93. "She Loves Me Like She Means It" from the Orrall & Wright album was great too, but Curtis Wright just isn't as good a vocalist as Orrall. And I remember Davis, I have 4 singles from him in my library. "Fighting Fire With Fire", "Still Got A Crush On You", "For Crying Out Loud", & "Tyler". But I've never seen his albums anywhere. I'd probably buy them if I could find them but they remain elusive. I must've found the second one somewhere, because I have "Tyler". I really should organize my CD collection. Does anybody remember Frazier River? I Loved their debut album. I found it at Bay City Mall a few years back and bought it. "Tangled Up in Texas" and "She Got What She Deserves" are both great. Shame they were on Decca, which couldn't seem to break anyone through. They even faltered with Mark Chesnutt, and he didn't get back on track until he moved back to MCA. Jon Randall was forgotten, too. I got "She Don't Believe in Fairy Tales" from a CD single in a bargain bin, and "What You Don't Know" from a CD sampler put out by Maxwell House called The Taste of Country. That disc also had Ray Vega's "Remember When", a great song that also failed to produce a full album. However, the Maxwell House sampler seems near impossible to find, too...
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Post by Andy on Jan 28, 2014 9:14:58 GMT -5
The last eight hours of this thread have been awesome. I'm an avid collector and a ton of names have been mentioned that I'm not very familiar with and have added to my list of artists to check out. Ty England, Daron Norwood, Brett James, Wesley Dennis, John & Audrey, James Bonamy, Bob Howdy, Frazier River, Waylan Patton, Davis Daniel, Jon Randall, among others. When it comes to '90s mainstream artists, I mastered almost all of the big and semi-big names long ago, so it'll be nice to dig up some forgotten gems. I only have 'Notorious' and I've never really paid their other releases any attention because it didn't really catch my attention. But if you say their debut is much better I'm more than willing to dig up some 90's gold! Like tim, I highly recommend their debut album. Their sophomore effort was less memorable, but I still quite like it, though YMMV. I haven't heard their third album yet, but allmusic gives it 4.5 stars, FWIW. I'm not familiar with Ty England regrettably, but I enthusiastically recommend Daryle Singletary. He has an awesome set of pipes and while his mainstream albums suffered from some weak material, they have many amazing gems ("Ain't It The Truth" from the album of the same name is my favorite). His two covers albums That's Why I Sing This Way and Straight From The Heart are thoroughly excellent. The former earned a place on The 9513's Albums of the Decade, and deservedly so, and the latter is just as good. His cover of Johnny Paycheck's "Old Violin" is simply phenomenal, and he delivers excellent readings of Lefty's "Long Black Veil", John Wesley Ryles' "Kay" (one of the great forgotten songs), Randy Travis's "Promises" (which improves on the already great original, IMO), among many others. You're thinking of 2004's "Freewheeler" - excellent album that I can't recommend enough.
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Post by countryfan15 on Jan 28, 2014 9:33:10 GMT -5
I have the two singles from Brett that were released after the album, I just meant he never independently released anything else right? Right. That was it for Brett. I've found no evidence of Wesley Dennis cutting an album called Country to the Core. Where did you hear of this? And yeah Perfect Stranger were really weird in that regard. One big hit and then boom! it was over. I see what you did there. Speaking of Robert Ellis Orrall, he had some rock albums in the 80s. He had a stray pop hit with Carlene Carter on "I Couldn't Say No", which is a pretty good 80's soft rock song. I seemed to hear "Boom! It Was Over" a lot in '93. "She Loves Me Like She Means It" from the Orrall & Wright album was great too, but Curtis Wright just isn't as good a vocalist as Orrall. And I remember Davis, I have 4 singles from him in my library. "Fighting Fire With Fire", "Still Got A Crush On You", "For Crying Out Loud", & "Tyler". But I've never seen his albums anywhere. I'd probably buy them if I could find them but they remain elusive. I must've found the second one somewhere, because I have "Tyler". I really should organize my CD collection. Does anybody remember Frazier River? I Loved their debut album. I found it at Bay City Mall a few years back and bought it. "Tangled Up in Texas" and "She Got What She Deserves" are both great. Shame they were on Decca, which couldn't seem to break anyone through. They even faltered with Mark Chesnutt, and he didn't get back on track until he moved back to MCA. Jon Randall was forgotten, too. I got "She Don't Believe in Fairy Tales" from a CD single in a bargain bin, and "What You Don't Know" from a CD sampler put out by Maxwell House called The Taste of Country. That disc also had Ray Vega's "Remember When", a great song that also failed to produce a full album. However, the Maxwell House sampler seems near impossible to find, too... Ten Pound Hammer, i have the link to the release year and tracklist here. cdtrrracks.com/Wesley%20Dennis/Country%20to%20the%20Core/My guess is the album either went unreleased or is very hard to find. I actually have a few of these song "Dear Hunting", "Pieces Of You" and "How Do I Talk To An Angel". They used to be up on Youtube as well but i have had no luck in finding the album yet.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 28, 2014 14:31:22 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Steve Azar Single: "You Don't Know A Thing" Writers: Steve Azar, Radney Foster Album: Indianola Label: Midas Records Video Director: Peter Zavadil Year Released: May, 2006 Mediabase Peak: #46 Billboard Peak: #49
Many remember Steve Azar as a one hit wonder with his #2 peaking single "I Don't Have To Be Me (Til Monday)" in 2002. But the 49 year old singer/songwriter from Greenville, Mississippi has been making great country music since 1996. Steve's first record deal came in 1996 on River North Records. His debut single was "Someday" and peaked at #51. The second single "I Never Stopped Loving You" peaked at #50, and the third single "Nights Like This" failed to chart. All three were off his Heartbreak Town album. After "Nights Like This" failed to chart, River North closed it's doors and Steve went on hiatus til 2001 , though he continued to be a songwriter. He was able to land a record deal with Mercury Nashville in 2001 and he released his first major label single "I Don't Have To Be" in October of 2001. The song barely missed #1, but was Billboards #7 single of 2002. Steve said he was having one of his worst songwriting sessions that night. He said while he was tired he felt he needed to at least come up with something before the night was over. It was at this time Steve ate some tootsie rolls he had and for some reason the hook line came to him. After that the rest of the song came along easy. Steve's next single was "Waitin' On Joe" (#28). The song was also the title track for his second album. The video featured an opening speech from Morgan Freeman. The last single from the record was "One Good Reason Why", which failed to chart.
Steve had a scare in 2004, as he needed surgery to correct a lesion on his right vocal chords. After going on vocal rest for the rest of 2004, he came back with "Doin It Right" in 2005. The song peaked at #45 on Radio And Records. This would unfortunately be the only single in Steve's career to not be included on an album. After the Christmas song "Catfish Christmas" charted in late 2005, he left Mercury. Steve would sign with Midas records, and release his only single for the label "You Don't Know A Thing" in 2006. The song reached #46 in September of 2006. The video features Pro Golfer John Daly. Steve would start his own label Dang Records in 2008. His singles from 2008 to 2011 were "I Won't Let You Lead Me Down" (failed to chart), "You're My Life" (#52), "Moo La Moo" (#39), "Sunshine" (#27), and "Hard Road" (failed to chart). The ladder three were off his Slide On Over Here album.
Steve is also known for getting superb cameo's for his videos. Morgan Freeman for "Waitin' On Joe", "John Daly for "You Don't Know A Thing", and "Gary Valentine of King And Queens for "Moo La Moo". I loved Steve's albums and is a fantastic songwriter. It's a shame he couldn't get another major label deal after Mercury. My all time favorite of his is "Waitin' On Joe". But I also loved "Doin' It Right" (Very, very underrated song), and "You Don't Know A Thing". The lyrics for this song are great. Some of the truest and most meaningful lyrics in a song I have ever heard. "You Don't Know What Really Matters, Until You Risk It All" is my favorite line in the song.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Jan 28, 2014 14:37:23 GMT -5
Steve Azar should have been bigger.
Love the one you posted, and IDHTBM(TM) is one of my all time faves.
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Post by Todd on Jan 28, 2014 14:56:31 GMT -5
The last eight hours of this thread have been awesome. I agree! Anybody mention Pearl River? They had a good song called "Fool To Fall" back around '92. John Berry had an early album before he hit it big on Liberty records. I can't remember the name of it, but I know I have a re-released copy on Patriot records. It has a rockin' song on it called "That Woman." Sounds good LOUD!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 28, 2014 19:31:25 GMT -5
I have to say I love Steve Azar, I have all his albums and I don't think there's a weak track on any of them. My favorite single is easily "You're My Life", but really all of his singles were great! I really love "Dreams Of A Dancer" from his first album, it's really catchy to me.
There's tons of artists that came and went in the 90's which is why talking about them all for 8 hours and we've still only scratched the surface. :)
I remember Pearl River, they're on my list of albums to buy along with Palomino Road & Burnin' Daylight.
I just went through my library of albums and picked out some really obscure artists; Does anybody remember these names?
Allison Paige, Amie Comeaux, Archer Park, B.B. Watson, Baker & Myers, Blake & Brian, Bobbie Cryner, Brother Phelps, Bryan Austin, Butch Baker, Cee Cee Chapman, Chad Austin, Chris Cummings, Claudia Church, Cleve Francis, Crystal Bernard, Dale Daniel, Daniele Alexander, Danni Leigh, Dean Miller, Deryl Dodd, Dude Mowrey, Eddie London, Elbert West, Emilio, Frazier River, Greg Holland, Helen Darling, James House, Jameson Clark, Jason Rigenberg, Jeff Wood, Jennifer Day, Jenny Simpson, Jerry Kilgore, JJ White, Joanie Keller, Joanna Janet, Julian Austin, Karen Staley, Keith Perry, Keith Harling, Keith Stegall, Kevin Sharp, Kim Hill, Kippi Brannon, Kris Tyler, Leslie Satcher, Lisa Stewart, The Lynns, Marcus Hummon, The Marcy Bros., Mark Nesler, Marsha Thornton, Marshall Dyllon, Matthews, Wright & King, Melodie Crittenden, Michael Martin Murphy, Michael White, Mike Walker, Mila Mason, Monty Holmes, Noah Gordon, Noel Haggard, Orrall & Wright, Pake McEntire, Paul Brandt, Paul Jefferson, Paul Overstreet, Paulette Carlson, Raybon Brothers, Redmon & Vale, Regina Regina, The Remingtons, Rick Ferrell, Ricky Lynn Gregg, Rob Crosby, Robert Ellis Orrall, Roger Ballard, The Roger Springer Band, Ronna Reeves, Roxie Dean, Ruby Lovett, Shane Minor, Shane Stockton, Sharon Anderson, Smokin' Armadillos, Sons Of The Desert, Sonya Isaacs, South 65, Stephanie Bentley, Stephanie Davis, Steven Wayne Horton, Susan Ashton, Tamara Walker, Tammy Graham, Tara Lyn Hart, Thrasher Shiver, Tim Ryan, Tony Toliver, Turner Nichols, Twister Alley, Victoria Shaw, Wayland Patton, Wesley Dennis, Wild Rose, Woody Lee, Zaca Creek, 3 Of Hearts, 4 Runner & 10 City Run.
Those are all the artists I've rarely ever heard mentioned on here that I own at least one album from.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 28, 2014 19:54:44 GMT -5
^ Most of these are not that well known by me but there are a few.
-Monty Holmes I remember. He had a song called "Why'd You Start Lookin' So Good" in 1998. I believe he mad one or two albums, but I'm not quite sure. He also wrote some George Strait songs right?
-Orrall And Wright I know only because they wrote "Get Outta My Way" by Carolina Rain. So I went back to their album and I liked what I heard. Unfortunately that was back in 2006 and I don't remember most of the tracks, but I know it was good.
-Kevin Sharp I thought had some great music. Even his Make A Wish album was good in the mid 2000's. "I Think I'll Stay" I'm surprised didn't at least chart. That song is the definition of catchy.
-Victoria Shaw is such a awesome songwriter. She co-wrote "Two Pink Lines" by Eric Church and "Outside My Window" by Sarah Buxton. That alone would make me a fan. But her artist work was fantastic as well. Her In Full View album was great and I still remember her songs "(A Day In The Life Of A) Single Mother", and "Cry Wolf".
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