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Reviews: 7th and Beale ~ Crossroads and Highways
Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2008 @ 20:28:21 PDT
Topic: Reviews
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Artist: 7th and Beale
CD: Crossroads and Highways
Home: Bullhead City, Arizona
Style: Traditional Country
Quote: "A great choice for a more traditional country sound that’s not so easy to find these days."
By Rachel Sedacca
The brand new debut release from 7th & Beale titled Crossroads and Highways takes me back to days long ago. Back to the days when couples danced close to the sweet sounds of Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. For this album, you’ll want your dancing shoes, your rocking chair and your sweetheart too as the songs written by Stanfield Major and Gilbert Sanchez will take you to many different venues with this collection of original music.
The fifth track, "His Loving Comes So Easy," is a great example of a timeless love song. Katherine Stewart shines in the vocal spotlight complemented by the Dobro work of Gilbert Sanchez to bring us a very traditional, country sound.
"Ashes in the Rain" takes us to the bluesy side, and Sanchez delivers it with a cool and melancholy demeanor, which comes through in this song drawing parallels between a love lost and the great Chicago fire.
Then he'd shake his head in wonder
unable to explain
how a city that seemed so strong
could dwindle down to ashes in the rain ...
The ballad "Bill Walker" tells the story of a hired gun with the task of revenge at hand. The time passes quickly, and at last the gunman finds that the job turns his pistol back on the man who hired him. It's a classic tale of double-cross and wild western justice.
They pick up the tempo with "If Your Boat’s No Good" and advise just like Momma always did "better be smart and be prepared, only go out in clean underwear." This tune has a fun, toe tappin’ rockabilly sound that’d be my choice for one to get the whole place singin’ along.
Crossroads and Highways is a great choice for a more traditional country sound that’s not so easy to find these days. As their debut project, 7th & Beale can be proud of all the hard work, and I expect they will undoubtedly find their niche in this wide world of music.
Artist Website: http://www.7thandbeale.com
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