"AN INDEPENDENT VIEW"
by: Linda Fryer,BMI,CLA ©5/2001

First song up, and I'm hooked. Now how do ya like that?! To tell ya the truth, I wasn't really in the mood to write, this morning. Sometimes you are, sometimes you aren't. But, if I'm inspired, I write. And guess what folks..I'm inspired!

Pure, clean vocals.the kind we USED to hear.and lots of steel guitar, together with acoustics and fiddles, it's just great!! I liked every song I heard, but was especially moved by the first track, "One Memory At A Time" (David Frizzell). This song had everything a country fan could ask for--lost love, memories by the dozen, tears, and a melody that's one of the
best I've heard, for slooooow dancin'.

David has a new duet partner on this CD, and I know you're gonna love her as much as I do. Her name's Peggy Rains, and her voice compliments David's very nicely. She's an Oklahoma girl, and they seem real comfortable together. That comes through with every song they sing together. Let's hope they'll do more together! And David's also started his own label, Nashville America Records, which debuts this album. I wish him lots of luck
with his new venture! If he continues with the style and quality that I heard on this CD, he's bound to do well.

Let's take a quick peek at some of the songs on this new CD before I go any further, so I can tell y'all WHY you should buy this one! I already told ya about the first one, but how about this--"Baby Don't Love Here Anymore" (David Frizzell) ? Now, what kinda title is that? A GREAT one, that's what! It says it all, right there. And it's a tearjerker, too. Dang, I
love those tearjerkers! And right after that one, we have "When Can We Do This Again" (Frizzell/David AC Kohut). He pairs up again, with Peggy Rains on this one, and it's perfect! ".There's. your perfume on my sleeve." a line from the song, and I think its one of my favorite lines of all time! Heck, I think this may be my VERY favorite track on the whole album! I don't know, though, I just keep changin' my mind, the more I listen to it! 'Cause right after that one, we have the rockin' "You've Just Been Robbed By Jesse James" (Frizzell/Kohut). This is the first single released to radio, and you can't help but love this one.and LAUGH, too! But then.you get hit again, with another wonderful ballad, "A Love That Might Have Been" (Staci Peters/T. Castleton) one of two that weren't actually written by Frizzell, but is just as beautiful, and carries David's mark of pure, traditional country. Dang, he just won't let us catch our breath! And that's ok with me, 'cause an album that's so filled with pure country music, isn't ever a chore to listen to. Who needs to breathe, anyway?

David, who also produced this CD, just HAD to end this fine album with a song that no REAL country music fan will EVER forget, "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home" (Dewayne Blackwell). Now, I don't have to tell you about this one, do I? Frizzell has one numerous awards for this one, and its just as much fun to listen to now, as it was in 1982, when it found its way to # 1 on the charts! I ask ya, what could be MORE country?? (by the way, did you know that Blackwell also wrote Garth Brooks big hit, "Friends In Low Places"?)

Folks, I'm beggin' ya.please go visit David's website, www.davidfrizzell.com, as well as his new record label's site, www.nashvilleamericarecords.com . And stop by Peggy Rains' website, www.peggyrains.com. Hopefully you'll decide to buy this super CD, and as long as your at it, why don't you call your favorite country radio station, and ask them to play some David Frizzell! If they don't pick up on this one, I swear, there's just no hope for them anymore. But then, that's only MY opinion and, this is...