Search - Skip Gorman :: Lonesome Prairie Love

Skip Gorman
Lonesome Prairie Love
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Colorado Trail - Skip Gorman, Traditional
2. I'd Like to Be in Texas - Skip Gorman, Copeland, Carl
3. Tough and Wild - Skip Gorman, Lee, Powder River J
4. Brazos River Song - Skip Gorman,
5. Rye Whisky/Grigsby's - Skip Gorman,
6. Snag-Toothed Sal - Skip Gorman, Traditional
7. My Cross-Eyed Gal - Skip Gorman, Autry, Gene
8. Maid of Argenta - Skip Gorman, Driftwood, Jimmy
9. The Lonely Cowboy - Skip Gorman, Traditional
10. My Old Waddy Pal - Skip Gorman, Gorman, Skip
11. Sally Goodin' - Skip Gorman, Traditional
12. The Night Guard - Skip Gorman, Traditional
13. Mexicali Rose - Skip Gorman, Stone, Helen
14. Border Affair - Skip Gorman, Clark, Badger
15. Pretty Pauline - Skip Gorman, LaRue, Walt
16. 'Longside the Santa Fe Trail - Skip Gorman, Traditional
17. Kissing on the Sly - Skip Gorman, Traditional
18. Pinedale/Black Hill [Waltzes] - Skip Gorman, Traditional

CD Details

All Artists: Skip Gorman
Title: Lonesome Prairie Love
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rounder Select
Original Release Date: 3/19/1996
Release Date: 3/19/1996
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
Styles: Bluegrass, Cowboy, Contemporary Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 011661035928

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Skip Gorman's disposition and mission may be a bit too modest for grand proclamations. Still, based on Lonesome Prairie Love and its near-equal predecessor, A Greener Prairie, he may be the Great White-Hat Hope of cowboy music. This 18-tune strong collection manages to assuage the traditionalist and progressive impulses of Western music fans without straining in either direction. New Englander Gorman displays exemplary taste in his song selections, rounding up such sentimental standards as "The Night Guard," "The Lonely Cowboy," and "Mexicali Rose." A gifted instrumentalist and likable vocalist, the former fiddle champ brings something new to what, in less sensitive hands, could come across as hoary standbys. In fact, this set may be the perfect gateway for anyone interested in delving into a great (albeit underappreciated) American genre. Check it out and the likes of Sons of the Pioneers and Tex Ritter will feel much more accessible. --Steven Stolder

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CD Reviews

You can almost smell the mesquite...

Eddie Finn | 08/05/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you've ever wondered how cowboy songs sounded in the old days, when it was just a bunch of cowpokes sitting around the campfire after a days work, then give this CD a listen. Skip Gorman has the heart and soul of the cowboy, and it comes through crystal clear in this recording. The songs range from the achingly beautiful ("Colorado Trail", "Brazos River Song") to the side-splittingly funny ("My Cross-Eyed Gal", a Gene Autry tune) to sprightly fiddle tunes ("Sally Goodin"). All are expertly performed, with excellent production values. The booklet which accompanies the CD is quite well done also - song lyrics, sources, liner notes, and so forth. Should appeal to those who enjoy authentic tunes of the American West, or those who would like to grow up to be cowboys."

Passionate, understated, and sheerly pleasureful

Jerome Clark | Canby, Minnesota | 10/20/1998

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Skip Gorman is one of a new generation of cowboy-oriented folk singers -- Ian Tyson, Don Edwards, and Michael Martin Murphey are the best-known of the lot -- who have revived the art of Western song. Here multi-instrumentalist Gorman showcases the familiar ("Colorado Trail," "Border Affair," the late Gene Autry's "Mexicali Rose") and the not-so-familiar ("Maid of Argenta," "The Lonely Cowboy," "My Old Waddy Pal") and sets them to spare, lonesome-prairie arrangements. ("Brazos River Song" appears, incidentally, as "Texas River Song" on Lyle Lovett's current CD, Step Inside This House.) Gorman's singing is at once passionate and understated. The overall effect is sheer pleasure, the sort of record you'll listen to so often it'll begin to feel like an old friend."