Bill
Barwick fans have been after him for years to do an album with just his
voice and his acoustic guitar. He obliged with this new one, and it's
a winner. Bill's voice is rich and deep. It's been described by his engineer
as a "sub-woofer voice" and it's put to good use of this album
of 15 songs, all but a couple of which are Western.
He
opens with Mike Fleming's award-winning Sometimes this old cowboy gets
the blues and several other contemporary tunes are included as well,
like You just can't see him from the road, God must
be a Cowboy and Baxter Black's Colorado Cowboy.
But he also went back a few years to find a couple recorded by Tex Ritter,
Wanderin' Star and Wayward Wind , and even
further back for Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Blue Shadows
on the Trail and Cool Water.
This
is Bill's fourth album, and I like it better than the others, perhaps
because it contains more Western song that it's predecessors. Bill's voice
is a treasure (it's been featured in numerous commercials). I love to
listen to him sing. My bet is that you will too. $10.00 tape, $15.00 CD
ppd, from Bill Barwick, P.O. Box 100852, Denver CO 80250-0852.