Radney Foster - Del Rio, Tx 1959 (1992)

Tracklist

01. Just Call Me Lonesome
02. Don't Say Goodbye
03. Easier Said Than Done
04. A Fine Line
05. Went For A Ride
06. Nobody Wins
07. Louisiana Blue
08. Closing Time
09. Hammer And Nails
10. Old Silver

Radney Foster's first album since dissolving the much-missed Foster & Lloyd duo is a tribute to the songwriter's coming of age in small-town Texas and all the musical baggage that stowed aboard for the ride. On many of the tracks, Foster seems a little too conscious of wanting to deliver a pure country effort. The songs are solid, but there's a slight archival feel to the result. I admit that personal biases may be at work here, having been a Foster & Lloyd fan, but it's the more contemporary hybrids that strike me as the disc's best moments. The gutsy "A Fine Line," the infectious "Nobody Wins" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter on background vocals, ) and the gospelly country-rocker "Hammer and Nails" are worth the price of admission alone.

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