Red Barn Baby

Red Barn Baby

ASIN: B00005IA7A

Editorial Reviews
Trevor Cajiao , Now Dig This Magazine, England
Coming on like a female Big Sandy, this CD from America's Hillbilly Sweetheart is impressive in all respects.

Product Description
Cari Lee has been called "America's Hillbilly Sweetheart". Comprised of some of the finest musicians in the Golden West, Cari Lee and The Saddle-ites have won the hearts of even the most finicky of music connoisseurs with Cari Lee's varied vocal styles ranging from sweet vocal harmonies on the up tempo song "Kiss Me Tonight", to her power packed vocal punches on the rockin' "How Do You Like That", right on over to the heart wrenching torch song "Don't Ever Leave Me"! "Hadacol Rhythm" and "Stop That Tom Cattin" both swing with such authentic western style that they'd make Bob Wills blush. The title track, "Red Barn Baby" along with "Till I Met You" demonstrate how to really bop hillbilly style. Add to the list a few songs like "Stop Whistlin' Wolf" and "You're Gonna Be Sorry Some of These Days" and you've got Rose Maddox, herself, smiling down from the hillbilly heavens above! This CD is loaded with music that will tickle your ears and tap your feet.

Red Barn Baby

Tracks:

Till I Met You
Red Barn Baby
Stop Whistlin' Wolf
Kiss Me Tonight
How Do You Like That
Don't Ever Leave Me
Stop That Tom Cattin'
Only You
You're Gonna Be Sorry Some Of These Days
Hadacol Rhythm
Outbound Train
Green Tree Boogie

Album Description

Cari Lee has been called "America's Hillbilly Sweetheart". Comprised of some of the finest musicians in the Golden West, Cari Lee and The Saddle-ites have won the hearts of even the most finicky of music connoisseurs with Cari Lee's varied vocal styles ranging from sweet vocal harmonies on the up tempo song "Kiss Me Tonight", to her power packed vocal punches on the rockin' "How Do You Like That", right on over to the heart wrenching torch song "Don't Ever Leave Me"! "Hadacol Rhythm" and "Stop That Tom Cattin" both swing with such authentic western style that they'd make Bob Wills blush. The title track, "Red Barn Baby" along with "Till I Met You" demonstrate how to really bop hillbilly style. Add to the list a few songs like "Stop Whistlin' Wolf" and "You're Gonna Be Sorry Some of These Days" and you've got Rose Maddox, herself, smiling down from the hillbilly heavens above! This CD is loaded with music that will tickle your ears and tap your feet.

Customer Reviews:

Stong showing...........2002-11-09

This is a really good record. The band sounds good and it's a nice mix of origianls and covers. The covers are relatively obscure stuff and they keep them true to form. My only criticism is that the songs are a bit fast. Their version of Patsy Clines "Dont Ever Leave Me Again" is the only slow song on the whole record. Everything bounces right along and at times blends together. The vocals are very unique, confident and bold. No cliche imitations of Wanda Jackson and Janis Martin. The band is tight and they too stay away from more of the cliche stuff. Too bad they dont tour more.

High quality upbeat fifties style music.......2002-11-07

Apparently known as America's hillbilly sweetheart, Cari Lee is sometimes compared to the late great Rose Maddox and it's easy to see why. Cari likes to rock in much the way that Rose did, especially in her early recordings. Even Don't ever leave me, a cover of a Patsy Cline song, rocks - if somewhat more slowly than the rest of the album.

Apart from Don't ever leave me, this album is filled with uptempo songs - a blend of fifties rockabilly and western swing. The fifties feel of the music is emphasised by the inclusion of a Billy Haley cover (Green tree boogie), the method of recording - live to two track - and the small number of musicians (six) used on the recordings. The opening track, Til I met you, sets the tempo of this excellent album.

Cari has a strong voice well suited to the high-energy music contained on this CD and I can imagine that she would be a very exciting live performer.

This is not the kind of music that will sell in huge quantities these days, but if you like upbeat rocking hillbilly music, this is as good as you're likely to find on the current music scene. Definitely one for Rose Maddox fans to investigate.

One Hot Hillbilly Dame.......2002-08-22

There's a good mix of rockabilly and uptempo western swing on this CD and Cari Lee's voice is like no other. It's bold and beautiful with a signature vibrato. She doesn't use any of the tired vocal "gimmicks" that so many of the other women in this style of music seem to use. You won't hear any annoying growling, whining or hiccuping on any portion of this CD. What you will hear are killer steel guitar melodies on songs like "Hadacol Boogie" and "Stop That Tomcattin" and real stomping double bass and drum breaks on the opening track "Till I met You" and "Green Tree Boogie". "Don't Ever Leave Me Again" (The Patsy Cline song) is beautifully done. It takes quite a band to try to reproduce anything that Patsy Cline did and Cari Lee really shines on this one. I think Patsy Cline would be proud! Take my word for it, Red Barn Baby is definitely worth adding to your CD collection!

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Red Barn Baby
Cari Lee & Saddle-Ites
Manufacturer: El Toro
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005JH5E
Release Date: 2001-06-05

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