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Marty brown,here's to all the honky tonks

William Walker Powers | 11/09/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"my husband and i love real country and noone is better than marty brown at it.his first album "high and dry" was good, but his newest "here's to all the honky tonks" is excellent.he has improved over the years."

Unmined Gold

William Walker Powers | 07/05/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you like country music, but are a little weary of the current one-hit wonders parading around the top-20 country stations, give a listen to Marty Brown.I own three of his CDs, and they are somewhat hard to find up here in Minnesota, but I like this one, "Here's to the Honky Tonks," the best.Marty might best be described as a "throwback." His voice is probably completely uncommercial, but nonetheless, it is a GREAT voice. Being from Tennessee, he has that regional accent and can make a one syllable word into a four syllable one, but it has a quality that I really enjoy: not nasally, whiney or real twangy, but strong, mellow and honest.He apparently plays a guitar for real (and harmonica), and his band is really great: spare arrangements, with the guitars and drums very up-front. He also writes most of his own songs, which I greatly admire in an artist. Sometimes his lyrics are a bit awkward in spots, but they mostly ring true. Not slick, but that's good, given some of the songs that pass for "Country" these days.Many of the tunes on this CD are really fine and great sing-alongs. "Behind Bars," should be a classic; as is "You can't Wrap Your Arms Around a Memory." Other good ones on this CD are "Love Comes Easy," and "Too Lonely Too Long" And if I had a country band that played the clubs and bars, "There's No Song LIke a Slow Song," would be on my play-list for sure: one of the greatest slow-dance/chick songs, ever.Would love to hear this guy live some time."