The Dixons – Still Your Fool
Cow Island Music CIM010 [2008]
Please Don’t Stop Loving Me – Come And Get It – Still Your Fool – Lonesome Side Of Me – Broken Hearted, Lovesick And Blue – Talk Of The Town – Just Say You’ll Be Mine – Thanks A Lot – I’ve Got A New Heartache – Baby Please Don’t Go – Barely Hangin’ On
It’s a little bit surprising to find a Honky Tonk / Bakersfield band coming from Brooklyn. Still, The Dixons ((Paul Greenhaw on drums, Joey Covington on bass, Fiddle, Luke Cissell on fiddle and piano, Chris Hartway on lead guitar, Gerald Menke on pedal steel guitar, and Jeff Mowrer on lead vocals and acoustic guitar) prove that a good country record has nothing to do with geography. This quintet gathered all the elements you’re right to expect from such a record: tons of pedal steel, good vocals, twangy telecaster, guest fiddle, and solid songwriting with tales of loves gone by and broken hearts. Lead singer Jeffrey Mowrer wrote eight of the eleven tracks here, the remaining three being from the catalog of Ray Price (I’ve Got A New Heartache), Ernest Tubb (Thanks A Lot), and Eric Kinsey and his Tip Top Daddies (Just Say You’ll Be Mine).
While drawing influence from past masters such as Buck Owens, Ray Price, George Jones, and Harlan Howard, The Dixons are not simply a retro band. They infuse their music with a fresh and contemporary sound, much like The Derailers, The Wagoneers, and Dwight Yoakam did before them.
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Fred “Virgil” Turgis