What to do in Oklahoma on Feb. 28
Starlight Mints
Today’s featured event:
Hear Norman-based indie pop-rock band the Starlight Mints with Crocodile at 9 tonight at The Opolis, 113 N Crawford, Norman.
For more information, go to www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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Friday Featured Track
The song that has been on my brain the most this week:
- “The Love I Used to Give,” Horseshoe Road, from their 2008 album “Reel-to-Reel.”
I spent most of this afternoon hanging out with fiddler Kyle Dillingham, guitarist Brad Benge and bassist Brent Saulsbury of Oklahoma City-based acoustic band Horseshoe Road. They were kind enough to put on a special performance today in the Paseo Arts District for me, Oklahoman photographer Paul Hellstern, videographer Kyle Roberts and a few other lucky people who wandered into the Adelante! Studio and Gallery.
Dillingham’s mother, Diane, is a painter who has created 14 artworks to accompany the 14 songs on “Reel-to-Reel.” The paintings will be shown at an exhibit titled “14 Songs, 14 Paintings: Reel-t0-Reel - See It, Hear It, Feel It” opening next week at Adelante!
Paul, Kyle and I will be bringing you lots of information on the show next week. But until then, I know this lovely, folksy brokenheart ballad - and the vividly colored abstract painting Diane Dillingham painted to go with it - will be in my head.
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Video: Tinted Windows preview
Last week, I reported on a new supergroup called Tinted Windows, which includes Tulsa’s own Taylor Hanson of Hanson, along with Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos and Fountains Of Wayne bassist/songwriter Adam Schlesinger.
This week, my fine colleague George Lang and the always informative Oklahoma Rock Newsblog dug up a video preview of a pair of great, ultra-catchy pop songs from the supergroup, set to release its first album on April 21. The group is featured on what looks like a fake recreation of a low-budget, cable-access music show from the ’80s.
I know we’ve all been burned before by supergroups, but from the looks of this video, Tinted Windows might actually make music worthy of the title “supergroup.”
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Toby Keith will be among the performers paying tribute to George Strait
George Strait (Associated Press photos)
Oklahoman Toby Keith, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban will be among the performers on “George Strait – ACM Artist of the Decade,” according to a news release. The new, all-star concert special will be broadcast on CBS later this year. The show, produced for television by dick clark productions, will pay tribute to “The King of Country,” George Strait, and his 25-year career.
Only four other acts have received the Artist of the Decade accolade, including Marty Robbins in 1969, Loretta Lynn in 1979, Alabama in 1988 and Oklahoman Garth Brooks in 1998. This marks the first time the honor will be presented as a separate television special.
The tribute special will be taped at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 6, the night following the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which will be broadcast 7 to 10 p.m. April 5 on CBS.
“George Strait – ACM Artist of the Decade” is produced for television by dick clark productions. Orly Adelson and R.A. Clark are the executive producers; Barry Adelman the producer and Bob Bardo the executive in charge of production. Glenn Weiss is directing the special.
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Another Oklahoma native in comedy contest
In the search for the Country’s Funniest College Student that travels to 32 schools, RooftopComedy’s 2nd Annual National College Comedy Competition has named another Oklahoma native to a college comedy team.
Leslie Eldridge, 24, of Norman, has been named to the University of Chicago’s eight-member Comedy Team after a head-to-head standup contest on Monday.
Leslie Eldridge, who is seeking a master’s degree in public policy, and the rest of the team will compete in the Regional Rival round against Columbia College Chicago, with the winners advancing to several Online Voting Rounds, at which point the public can vote for them at www.RooftopComedy.com/college. The four funniest teams (one from each region of the U.S.) will face off in the semifinals and finals at the Aspen RooftopComedy Festival on June 12-13, determining the Country’s Funniest College Students.
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National Cowboy Museum announces Western Heritage Awards
Ed Harris in “Appaloosa”
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum announced today the winners of its 48th annual Western Heritage Awards. The awards honor and encourage the legacy of those whose works in literature, music, film and television reflect the significant stories of the American West.
The Western Heritage Awards will be presented at a black-tie banquet April 18 at the museum. Each winner in attendance receives the Wrangler, an impressive bronze sculpture of a cowboy on horseback. Awards presented in 2009 are for works completed in 2008. Qualified professionals outside the museum staff judge all categories.
Film & Television Categories
Four categories comprise the film and television awards. They include theatrical motion picture, television feature film, documentary and factual narrative. This year, awards will be presented in only two categories – motion picture and documentary.
The 2008 best theatrical motion picture winner is “Appaloosa,” starring Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons and Renée Zellweger. The movie is based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker and centers around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his deputy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen). The two friends are hired to defend a lawless 1880s town from a renegade rancher, Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons), who has already taken horses and supplies and killed the deputy and the marshal. Their efforts are disrupted and friendship tested by the arrival of a woman (Renee Zellweger). Director Ed Harris co-wrote the script with Robert Knott, and the two produced the movie.
Lighthouse Productions produced “The Challenge of Champions: The Story of Lane Frost and Red Rock,” the winner of the documentary category. Award-winning filmmaker David Wittkower captured the story of two champions and a segment of their celebrated careers. The 90-minute film follows the duel between World Champion Bull Rider Lane Frost and Red Rock, a bull that had been unridden in more than 300 tries.
Clyde and Elsie Frost, Lane’s parents, and John Growney, stock contractor and owner of Red Rock, narrate the story. The film features interviews with people closest to the seven-match series including friends and rodeo cohorts Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert; sportscaster George Michael; journalist Kendra Santos; and photographer Sue Rosoff. Sadly, Frost, already an iconic rodeo champion in 1988, died following a bull ride at Cheyenne Frontier Days just a year after the Red Rock duel at the age of 25.
Music Categories
The Western Heritage Awards competition includes three music categories: new artist, original composition and traditional Western album.
Gary S. Pratt is the winner in the new artist category with his album “The Other Side.” This award is given to someone in the first five years of their career, who has never received a Wrangler in an individual category and is striving to continue to produce music of the Western genre. In an interview for summer 2008 Persimmon Hill magazine, Pratt said he cares most about keeping alive the cowboy tradition and Western heritage that for so long has defined his life and the lives of other Oklahomans. His time on the ranch gives him and his songs an authenticity that has become rare.
“A Cowboy’s Special Christmas” by Red Steagall and produced by Dan Roberts, Roy Robinson and Bobby Wood is the Western Heritage Award winner for original composition. Off the album “A Cow Camp Christmas,” Steagall’s first commercial Christmas album features seven songs and three poems. In 1991, he was named the Official Cowboy Poet of Texas by the Texas state legislature. He is known for his poetry as well as his Texas Swing dance music and songs; Steagall has earned many distinctions in his career.
This is Steagall’s sixth win in the Outstanding Original Western Composition category. Last year he won for “The Ballad of Dawson Le Gate.” In addition, Steagall won Western Heritage Awards for two albums: his first in 2000 for “Love of the West” as the composer/recording artist and in 2003 for “Wagon Track.” Steagall was inducted in the museum’s Hall of Great Westerners in 2003.
In the category for traditional Western album, the top honors go to “Gone to Colorado,” recorded and composed by Juni Fisher and produced by Fisher and Rich O’Brien. Fisher continues to make her mark in the world of Western music as a writer of rich story songs and this collection is no different. Fisher set out to uncover a family secret about her great-grandfather and then used his story to create a wonderful storytelling album. O’Brien adds his guitar and mandolin playing skills as well as his talents as a producer. With this award, O’Brien has won 13 Wranglers for producing Western music.
Literary Categories
There are seven categories in the literary competition. They include Western novel, nonfiction book, art book, photography book, juvenile book, magazine article and poetry book.
The Western novel winner is “Jackalope Dreams” written by Mary Clearman Blew and published by the University of Nebraska Press. According to the publisher “the story of a newly orphaned, spinsterish Corey is a sometimes comical, sometimes poignant tale of coming-of-age a little late.” She is trying to resurrect her dream of becoming an artist after her father, a legendary rodeo cowboy, puts a bullet in his head.
Blew, a professor of creative writing at the University of Idaho, is an award-winning author of an essay collection and three books of short stories. This is her first novel.
Author Marsha V. Gallagher takes the Wrangler for her nonfiction book “The North American Journals of Prince Maximilian of Wied, Vol. 1,” which chronicles his North American expedition in the Upper Missouri during 1832-34. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, this book represents the first time Maximilian’s journals have been presented in English. This oversized volume, the first of a three-volume series, reproduces his 110 drawings and watercolors as well as his notes, asides and appendices. Volume 1 of this essential resource for the 19th century American West covers Maximilian’s voyage to North America and his first encounters with Indians when he reached the West.
“In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein” lands the Western Heritage Award in the art book category. Written by Peter H. Hassrick and Elizabeth J. Cunningham and published by the OU, this book showcases Blumenschein’s life and art. It reproduces masterworks from a new exhibit as well as historical photographs, drawing information from archival sources and the artist’s papers. The authors examine Blumenschein’s 64-year career as an illustrator then painter and show how his musical training influenced his painting.
“American Farmer, The Heart of Our Country,” published by Welcome Books, is the winner in the photography book category. Photographer Paul Mobley and author Katrina Fried have produced a heartfelt book about the foundation of America farmers. The book encompasses more than 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs and 45 interviews with stewards of the land, from strawberry farmers to ranchers. What the authors found while they traveled from sea to sea were folks immersed in hard work, family traditions and integrity. Their thoughts, history, memories and hardships are told through poignant portraits and stirring words.
Melodie A. Cuate’s “Journey to Gonzales” is the winner in the juvenile book category. The book, published by Texas Tech University Press, is Cuate’s third book in her “Mr. Barrington’s Mysterious Trunk” series, which explores Texas history. The author’s enthusiasm for this period shines through and has earned her this consecutive Wrangler.
The series focuses on Hannah, her friend Jackie and older brother Nick, who are transported by a magical trunk from their strange, new history teacher and deposited somewhere deep in Texas history. A Texas teacher herself, Cuate said she developed the novels believing there was a better way for children to learn. It inspired her to create the continuing tales of the three children.
Author Dan Flores takes top honors in the magazine article category with “Bringing Home All the Pretty Horses,” published in Montana, The Magazine of Western History. The article focuses on the horse trade and its effect on early the American West from 1775 to 1825. The A.B. Hammond Chair at the University of Montana, Missoula, where he specializes in the environmental and cultural history of the American West, Flores provides details of the seemingly underground trade of wild horses. The fascination with wild horses in what would be the emergence of America’s West captured the attention of then Vice President Thomas Jefferson, artists George Catlin and John James Audubon among others. From the beginning of wild horse trading through its height, Flores chronicles this concealed economy.
The poetry book winner is “Poems from Dry Creek” by John Dofflemyer. This book, published by Starhaven, focuses on the Western experience. Dofflemyer’s poetry uses precise and vivid imagery, both stark and candid. The book is a diverse collection with a mix of political, personal, historical and modern day poems. He writes of the life, work and land that cowboys love. He began writing poetry in high school and was influenced by Gary Snyder and Robert Creeley and the late 1960s folk music. This is Dofflemyer’s 10th collection of poetry and contains 54 new and selected works which spring from his ranching roots.
The Western Heritage Awards are open to the public and reservations can be secured by calling (405) 478-2250, Ext. 219. Ticket prices for the Jingle-Jangle Mingle are $25. The Western Heritage Awards banquet ticket are $130 for members and $150 for nonmembers.
Major sponsors of the event are Bank of Oklahoma, Wrangler, and Dogwood Foundation along with supporting sponsors Republic National Distributing Company and the Ad Astra Foundation. Additional support provided from Museum Partners Devon Energy Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Corporation and the E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation.
The National Cowboy Museum, America’s Premier Western Heritage MuseumTM, is supported through memberships and private and corporate donations. The Museum offers annual memberships that include year-round admission for six people, subscription to the award-winning, quarterly publication Persimmon Hill and discounts for events and at The Museum Store. Nationally accredited, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is located in Oklahoma City’s Adventure District at the junction of I-44 and I-35. For more information about the Museum or for a calendar of events, visit www.nationalcowboymuseum.org or call (405) 478-2250.
Baxter Black coming to Oklahoma City’s National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Baxter Black
The world’s top-selling cowboy poet, Baxter Black, will return to perform at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City on March 20.
He will bring his unique humor of everyday cowboy life to the Museum’s Sam Noble Special Events Center for one-night-only performance. Famous for his cowboy hat and mustache, Black has entertained since 1982 and has become a nationally recognized cowboy poet, appearing before millions on shows ranging from the “Tonight Show” and National Public Radio to performances at the National Finals Rodeo. Black has written more than a dozen books and has more than 17 audio and video productions under that cowboy hat. He performs about 80 shows a year and is a commentator on more than 50 NPR stations. In addition to his singing he is also a columnist in more than 100 newspapers.
Black most recently appeared at the National Cowboy Museum in 2006. New this year is the option for guests to purchase a buffet dinner at the museum restaurant, Dining on Persimmon Hill, with preferred seating for the concert. Dinner is available by reservation only and begins at 5 p.m. Museum members can purchase the combination meal and show for $50; nonmembers are $55.
The performance begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $25 for museum members and $30 for nonmembers.
Reservations are requested and can be made online at www.nationalcowboymuseum.org or by calling (405) 478-2250, Ext. 219.
Associate Sponsors for the Baxter Black performance are Rawhide, a luxury Western store in Norman and Rusty Gables Guest Lodge and Gallery in Oklahoma City. Museum Partners are Devon Energy Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Corporation and the E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation.
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Sugarland to play the Zoo Amphitheatre
Sugarland performs at the Grammy Awards earlier this month. (Associated Press photo)
Country duo Sugarland will play on Sept. 11 at Oklahoma City’s Zoo Amphitheatre. Jeinnifer Nettles and Kristian Bush will resume their tour in support of their platinum-selling third album, “Love on the Inside.” According to a news release, they will resume with a 2009 leg of their highly successful “Love on the Inside” tour.
The nationwide tour will kick off on April 10 in their hometown of Atlanta, Ga. The tour will feature Mercury Nashville recording artist Billy Currington, singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson and RCA recording artist Jake Owen.
From the looks of the list of tour dates below, Currington and Nathanson will open the Oklahoma City show.
TOUR DATES
April 10 – Atlanta, GA The Arena at Gwinnet Center
April 16- Grand Forks, ND The Ralph Engelstadt Arena *
April 17 – Minneapolis, MN Target Center *
April 18 – Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center *
April 21 – Lethbridge, AB Enmax Center *
April 22 – Red Deer, AB The Centrium *
April 23 – Regina, SASK Brandt Center *
April 30 – Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center * ^
May 1 – New Orleans, LA Jazz Fest
May 15 – Orange Beach, AL The Amphitheatre at The Wharf * +
May 16 – Huntsville, AL Redstone Army Base * +
May 21 – Charleston, SC Family Circle Tennis Stadium * ^
May 22- Johnson City, TN Freedom Hall *
May 28 – Omaha, NE Qwest Center * +
May 29 – Kansas City, MO Sprint Center * +
June 4 – London, Ontario John Labatts Center ^
June 5 – Toronto, Ontario Molsen Amphitheatre ^
June 25 – Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre * ^
June 26 – Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center * ^
July 8 – Green Bay, WI Resch Center *
July 9 – Ft. Loramie, OH Hickory Hills Lakes
July 24 – Primm, NV Star of the Desert Arena
August 13 – Charleston, WV Civic Center Stadium * +
August 14 – Gilford, NH Meadowbrook +
September 9 – Hidalgo, TX Dodge Arena-STARS Benefit * +
September 10 – Corpus Christie, TX American Bank Center-STARS Benefit * +
September 11 – Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre * +
September 17 – Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum * +
September 18 – Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center * +
September 24 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center + #
September 25 – Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum + #
October 1 – Bloomsburgh, PA Bloomsburg Fair +
October 2 – West Springfield, MA Eastern States Expo +
*opener Billy Currington; +opener Matt Nathanson; #opener Jake Owen; ^opener Eric Hutchinson
Sugarland exploded onto the music scene in 2004 with multi-platinum selling album “Twice The Speed Of Life,” which gave birth to mega hits “Baby Girl” and “Something More.” Their second album, “Enjoy the Ride,” has sold more than two million copies and spawned No. 1 hits with “Want To,” “Settlin’” and “Stay.” Their third studio album, “Love On The Inside,” was released July ‘08 and has sold more than a million copies to date. Both singles released thus far off of the album “All I Want To Do” and “Already Gone” reached the No. 1 spot on the charts. They have received trophies from the American Music Awards for “Breakthrough Favorite New Artist,” the Academy of Country Music for “New Duo/Group of the Year,” Single Record of the Year” (”Stay”), and “Song of the Year” (”Stay”), Country Music Television for “Collaborative Video of the Year” and “Duo Video of the Year,” and the Country Music Association for “Vocal Duo of the Year” and “Duo Video of the Year” (”Stay”). Sugarland recently won a Grammy for “Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals” for “Stay” while Jennifer picked up her second Grammy for “Best Country Song” also for “Stay.” Nettles won her first Grammy in ‘07 for her collaboration with Bon Jovi for their No. 1 hit “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.”
Billy Currington debuted in ‘03 with the powerful Top 10 hit “Walk A Little Straighter,” followed by the Top 5 smash “I Got A Feelin’.” He went on to duet with Shania Twain on “Party for Two” and quickly earned notoriety, a devoted fan base and platinum sales status. Sophomore album “Doin’ Somethin’ Right” debuted at No. 2 on the country charts and further delivered with the hits. “Good Directions” and “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right” snagged him his first and second No. 1 singles. Currington’s third album “Little Bit Of Everything” garnered critical acclaim and debuted at No. 2 on the country charts. Currington recently acquired his third No. 1 with “Don’t,” the first single off of his new album; the second single, “People Are Crazy” goes to radio on March 2.
Matt Nathanson’s current single “Come On Get Higher” from his latest album, “Some Mad Hope,” is an RIAA Certified Gold single, having sold 743,000 track downloads and continuing to sell 20,000 more a week. The song was named iTunes No. 2 Pop Song of 2008 and currently has 14 million plays on MySpace, and 1.5 million views on YouTube.com. In addition to being a VH1 You Oughta Know artist, Matt recently performed the song on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and will perform it again on “The Ellen Degeneres Show” on March 2. “Come On Get Higher” is a favorite of Sugarland’s, so much so they included a cover of the track on their album “Love On The Inside (Deluxe Fan Edition).”
Eric Hutchinson originally released his debut album, “Sounds Like This,” on his own label – Let’s Break Records – and he’s been breaking records ever since. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and peaked at No. 5 on iTunes’ album chart, becoming the highest-charting album by an unsigned act in iTunes history. He then signed to Warner Bros. Records, which promptly reissued the album. First single “Rock & Roll” climbed to No. 1 on the AAA chart. Hutchinson was selected as a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist and has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Bonnie Hunt Show” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”
Since releasing his debut album, “Startin’ With Me,” RCA Nashville recording artist Jake Owen has celebrated four consecutive hit singles including Top 15 debut single, “Yee Haw,” the Top 10 “Startin’ With Me,” the Top 15 “Something About A Woman,” and his most recent Top 10 “Don’t Think I Can’t Love You.” In the past year Jake received nominations for his first Country Music Association (CMA) Award and GrammyAward for the song “Life in a Northern Town” (with Sugarland and Little Big Town). Jake is also currently nominated for “Best Vocal Collaboration” and “Top New Male Vocalist” at the 44th Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM). His sophomore album, “Easy Does It,” hit stores on Feb. 24, 2009.
-BAM
Red Dirt musicians pay tribute to Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Americana music icon is honored in CD set
Robert Earl Keen’s influence celebrated
Often called “the father of Americana music,” Texas songwriter Robert Earl Keen is celebrated on the live album “Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen.”
The two-CD set, released last month, features popular Texas/Red Dirt talents such as Reckless Kelly, Cody Canada, Jason Boland, Randy Rogers, Bonnie Bishop, Wade Bowen and more performing a range of Keen’s classic songs.
“It was really cool to see just how many people have been influenced by him and just kind of a reminder of how many great songs he’s written,” singer-songwriter Willy Braun of Austin, Texas-based band Reckless Kelly said in a recent phone interview.
“Most of the people came up with really original, cool arrangements and different approaches to the tunes. It ended up being a really, really cool record.”
The album was recorded at the 2008 MusicFest Americana festival in Steamboat, Colo. As part of the festival’s annual “Tribute to a Legend,” organizers partnered with The Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University to put on and record the tribute show.
Braun calls himself a huge Keen fan – and considers the influential singer-songwriter a good friend. Playing a rollicking rendition of Keen’s “Think It Over One Time” at the show was fun but intimidating, he said.
“Just sitting there with him in the front row was kind of nerve-racking. … You know, we’ve played in front of him a bunch of times but never really done one of his songs in front of him,” Braun said.
Singer-songwriter Jason Boland, who hails from Harrah but now lives in Austin, crooned Keen’s sad song “Mariano.”
“It’s a great cross-section of the styles of songs we all love and are inspired by,” Boland said of the album in an e-mail. “Robert Earl Keen is a one-of-a-kind American treasure.”
Another Oklahoman-turned-Texan who appears on the album: Cody Canada of Cross Canadian Ragweed. Canada, formerly of Yukon, performed solo on “Shades of Gray” and played guitar with Keen and his band on the rocking closer “The Road Goes on Forever.”
“Robert Earl has been as big of an influence on my writing as Pete Townshend and Stevie Ray (Vaughn) have been on my guitar playing. I have tried to be as good of a songwriter and person as he is. He told me once that you don’t have to play a song that night if you don’t want to; that changed my attitude. I am proud to call him my friend, my teacher and my preacher,” Canada said in an e-mail.
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CD review: “Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen”
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Country
Various artists “Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen (Thirty Tigers)
Top performers on the Red Dirt music scene pay fitting and entertaining homage to influential Texas songwriter Robert Earl Keen on the two-disc tribute “Undone.”
Recorded live in 2008 at the MusicFest Americana festival in Steamboat, Colo., the album features Jason Boland, Cody Canada, Randy Rogers and more performing a variety of Keen’s songs. The album runs the gamut from tender ballads to heartbreaking yarns to raucous drinking songs.
Reckless Kelly gets the tribute off to a rocking start with “Think It Over One Time,” former Oklahoman Canada compellingly spins the cautionary tale “Shades of Gray,” and Boland, another former Okie, effectively relates the sad story of “Mariano.” Dub Miller works an engaging real-life yarn about Lyle Lovett and the famed Dixie Chicken bar into “Front Porch Song.”
Keen’s richly detailed songwriting shines on Max Stalling’s cover of “No Kinda Dancer,” Wade Bowen’s “Flynnville Train” and Darren Kozelsky’s “Corpus Christie Bay.”
The album at times seems a bit too reverential and not quite rowdy enough. It gets a welcome boost of energy when Keen and his band take the stage at the end. Their five-track set includes the new song “Goodbye Cleveland” and a rollicking 12-minute version of the party anthem “The Road Goes on Forever,” featuring Canada on guitar.
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