Mid-Night Rider
2010-05-17 02:52:54 UTC
He toured with Hank Williams
This review is from: Cattin' Around (Audio CD) Charlie Adams is one of
those great artists who some how slipped through the cracks and never
quite made it to the fame that he deserved! But thanks to Bear Family,
Charlie Adams is back in circulation with tunes like the title track
"Cattin' Around", which really bounces. Other uptempo western swing
numbers like "T.T. Boogie", "Baby Let Me Kindle Your Flame" and "I'm an
Army Man" are balanced with down right honky tonk tunes that hit the
mark that modern day country music can't even get close to. Songs like
"I'm A Railroad Daddy" and "I'm Gonna Put My Foot Down" are the kind of
songs that parallel Hank Williams Sr. in style. Mournful ballads and
weepers round out the album's content with songs like "My Blue Monday"
and "I'll Remember Your Love In My Prayers". Two of the songs on this
album could probably have been left off but they do speak of the era.
I'm sure that had Charlie Adams known what we know now, he probably
would never have recorded "Hey Liberace". This novelty tune is even
funnier knowing Librace's sexual preferences, the lyrics are forgivable
knowing the era that they were written and the song itself is a great
arrangement. Pistol Packin' Mama is done very well too, but it's just a
song that's been done to death - again a reflection of the times. Over
all - if your looking for how country music should really sound, this is
the disc for you! This is a disc that you'll have a hard time taking out
of your player!
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This review is from: Cattin' Around (Audio CD) Charlie Adams is one of
those great artists who some how slipped through the cracks and never
quite made it to the fame that he deserved! But thanks to Bear Family,
Charlie Adams is back in circulation with tunes like the title track
"Cattin' Around", which really bounces. Other uptempo western swing
numbers like "T.T. Boogie", "Baby Let Me Kindle Your Flame" and "I'm an
Army Man" are balanced with down right honky tonk tunes that hit the
mark that modern day country music can't even get close to. Songs like
"I'm A Railroad Daddy" and "I'm Gonna Put My Foot Down" are the kind of
songs that parallel Hank Williams Sr. in style. Mournful ballads and
weepers round out the album's content with songs like "My Blue Monday"
and "I'll Remember Your Love In My Prayers". Two of the songs on this
album could probably have been left off but they do speak of the era.
I'm sure that had Charlie Adams known what we know now, he probably
would never have recorded "Hey Liberace". This novelty tune is even
funnier knowing Librace's sexual preferences, the lyrics are forgivable
knowing the era that they were written and the song itself is a great
arrangement. Pistol Packin' Mama is done very well too, but it's just a
song that's been done to death - again a reflection of the times. Over
all - if your looking for how country music should really sound, this is
the disc for you! This is a disc that you'll have a hard time taking out
of your player!
news:alt.music.novelty