Sons of the Pioneers - Ultimate Collection (21 tracks) +Album Reviews swapacd.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from swapacd.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
| 08/24/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) If you re looking for basic down to earth versions of the Pioneers most popular songs this CD is for you. A delightful simplicity in the playing here breathes fresh life into songs we might have heard too many times. I m An Old Cowhand with Roy on lead vocal and fine fiddling by Hugh Farr, interestingly enough, has a One More Ride style yodel harmony at the end, and is that Lloyd Perryman or Pat Brady slappin that bass? Great Stuff! For a Pioneer nut like myself the spartan Tumbling Tumbleweeds on this CD is worth the price of admission, and the haunting eerie mood of Blue Prairie couldn t be improved upon. A Melody From The Sky and Blue Bonnet Girl are both tender and masterful, while the plaintive Empty Saddles never sounded better. Over The Santa Fe Trail is the anomaly here, it almost sounds like an experiment in weirdness, but the strange phrasing and off-key sound make it something of a conversation piece, I
Sons of the Pioneers - Columbia Historic Edition (10 tracks) +Album Reviews swapacd.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from swapacd.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.