Search - Gene Mitchell :: Caribbean Cowboy

Caribbean Cowboy is a combination of island, jazzy blues, country and adult contemporary selections. Gene Mitchell was writing and pitching songs to Jimmy Buffett and for a planned album for Joey Lee Hamilton. With both tropical and country songs well written and produced to radio quality, Gene's friend Norman Saleet encouraged Gene to release a CD himself as a singer/songwriter. The result was the combination of songs to make the title Caribbean Cowboy. Track 1, Rum And Coca-Cola (not to be confused with the Andrew Sister's song in the 1940's), is an original upbeat tune and is a crowd favorite. Full of the tropics, sailing and beaches, this song has become Gene's theme song as it is the first song from the first CD and introduced him to his continuosly growing audience. "Rum and Coca-Cola, java and granola, one is for the night time, one is for the day, one gets me going, one carries me away!" With lyrics like that, Rum and Coca-Cola is the perfect party song. Track 2, Caribbean Cowboy, is a well written and produced song that combines the old west cowboy hop-a-long music with upbeat Caribbean music for the chorus. "I've got no horse, I've got a boat....I'm a Caribbean Cowboy, I'll never change, I'm riding the wind instead of the range..." leads the listener on a delightful adventure. Kids love this song and Caribbean Cowboy will soon be a children's book. Track 3, Jellyfish, is a bluesy reagge song about a girl's boyfriend who is "like a jellyfish, you can see right through him." Track 4, ah..Moonlit Bay, is a wonderfully romantic song played and sang as smooth as they get. Track 5, A Mile Hig On You, upbeat pop country-rock song about flying away and leaving your love behind and then "coming back from Denver, a mile high on you." Track 6, Heart In Tow, uses a nautical theme to describe falling in love and having your heart towed in a different direction than previously planned. A wonderful love song. Track 7, Different Stories, perhaps the greatest ballad to date written by Gene Mitchell. Peaceful story line tells the tale of a true to life couple who met in the Virgin Isles and sailed away to a new home in Florida. The actual couple still reside in Florida and the sailboat they were married on and sailed the Caribbean is on the cover of Caribbean Cowboy. Track 8, Time Stands Still, is a dynamic love song with strong lyrics. Track 9, Hometown Girls, is a straight forward country tune complete with mandolin and fiddle. Tells the story of a roaming advernturer who leaves the big city behind to come back home to his hometown girl. Track 10, Cinnamon Bay, is upbeat, tropical and tells the tale of adventures and romance on the smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, St. John. Cinnamon Bay leaves the listener with wanting to return to Track 1, Rum and Coca-Cola and start the Caribbean Cowboy adventure over again.