Search - Orval Prophet :: The Travelin' Kind

What songs are on this CD?

M Wickramasinghe | Mississauga, Ontario Canada | 06/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am a huge country music fan at 16 years old and Orval Prophet is truly one of my favorites! I am a totally blind boy and I have always been a huge fan of Orval. I live in Canada and that is how I became a huge fan of his! I am delighted that I found a CD of his, but what I want to know is what songs are on this CD? If anyone of you know, please inform me so that I can buy it."

Canada's OTHER great country singer...

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 12/11/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is great stuff. In my book, you just gotta root for someone with a name as goofy as this guy, on principle alone. One of Canada's hopeful hillbilly stars, Prophet rode onto moderate fame in the wake of Hank Snow's 1951 US breakthrough, even going down South to record a bunch of sides with a crew of hot-shot Nashville pickers in the Decca studios. He shared Snow's soft-edged Canuck grumble, but it's combined with a mousy warble that was a fairly comedic reflection of Mac Wiseman's more accomplished tenor. (What is it about Canadians and their voices? Did Neil Young hear Prophet's records when he was a lad??) Anyway, despite his vocal shortcomings, Prophet had a lot on the ball, mostly the strength of his sentimental, old-fashioned material. If you like Hank Snow, this fellow is well worth checking out as well... Also included on here are a handful of rock-era teenpop-ish tunes recorded under the pseudonym "Johnny Six" ... Cool record."