Old Friends and Memories

Old Friends and Memories

ASIN: B000005YV2

Editorial Reviews
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There's an air of serious artistry and soulful focus in this veteran bluegrass guitarist and singer's latest recording with the New Shades of Grass. As is the rule in bluegrass, the instrumental mastery is everywhere apparent, but what distinguishes this effort, a comeback for Waldron, are the raw, touching vocals and the timelessness of the material, from writers like Tim Hardin, Dolly Parton, Carter Stanley, and the Louvin Brothers. Like Ralph Stanley, Waldron has a natural sense for what matters in a song and in a performance--the emotional resonance, the driving need to sing with all the history inside him. --Roy Francis Kasten

Tracks:

That's How Much I Love You
Tripped
The Other Woman
Too Busy Being In Love
Crying Time
The Man Who Lived Here
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Keeps Bringing Me Back
She's Every Woman
So Many Miracles
Waikiki Cowboy
I Love The Way You Love Me
Almost Mine
The River

Album Description

Released on her own label Taffeta Records, the 14 song collection was produced by Jon Vezner (Kathy Mattea's husband and a brilliant songwriter in his own right). As expected the collection includes Victoria's hit songs as a writer such as, " The River" and "She's Every Woman" written with Garth Brooks, and "I love The Way You Love Me," written with Chuck Cannon and recorded by John Michael Montgomery and boyzone. This CD also includes the song "Too Busy Being In Love" plus 10 other songs that are just as good and very well worth listening to.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding songwriter, lovely singer too.......2002-07-13

On this album (Victoria's third) you can hear four songs which went number one on the country charts for other singers, but all of them written by Victoria in collaboration with others. Like Matraca Berg, Victoria seems destined to be remembered just as a songwriter. Both have lovely voices and sing like angels, but when they were on major labels, their own records failed to make the upper chart positions required.

So, the famous songs here are The river (Garth Brooks), Too busy being in love (Doug Stone), She's every woman (Garth Brooks) and I love the way you love me (John Michael Montgomery, also a British pop hit for Boyzone). The Garth hits were jointly written by Victoria and Garth.

Yet these are not the only songs worth hearing. Waikiki cowboy also won a songwriter's award and it would not surprise me if it or one of the other songs here eventually joins the list of famous songs written by Victoria, who has also had other songs (not featured on this CD) recorded by several of country music's top names.

With royalties from her songwriting, Victoria does not need success as a singer, but she is every bit as good as many of those who are successful singers.

Loved every song and old memory.......1999-09-30

I have all of Victoria Shaw's previous releases and she is not only a great songwriter but a great entertainer as well. Her strong vocals make this a pleasure from beginning to end. Some you'll remember as being big hits for other artists. She is incredible and I am so glad she continues to make good music.

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Old Friends and Memories
Cliff Waldron
Manufacturer: Rebel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005YV2
Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

Places And Friends I Once Knew
Greenville Trestle High
I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
You'll Forget
In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Heaven Is Holding My Memories
Still Right Here In My Heart
The Legend
Reason To Believe
Anchored Safe In The Fold
Blue Bonnet Lane

Amazon.com

There's an air of serious artistry and soulful focus in this veteran bluegrass guitarist and singer's latest recording with the New Shades of Grass. As is the rule in bluegrass, the instrumental mastery is everywhere apparent, but what distinguishes this effort, a comeback for Waldron, are the raw, touching vocals and the timelessness of the material, from writers like Tim Hardin, Dolly Parton, Carter Stanley, and the Louvin Brothers. Like Ralph Stanley, Waldron has a natural sense for what matters in a song and in a performance--the emotional resonance, the driving need to sing with all the history inside him. --Roy Francis Kasten

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New Melodies, Old Memories
Joel Evans & Friends
Manufacturer: Cinemasters
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAEFGS
Release Date: 2005-11-01

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