The Minstrel Avenue Record - Country Artists

TMAR Country Artist: Growin' Wild

Album Tracks:

1. Daybreak
2. Country Feeling
3. Where the River Runs Wild
4. Stallion in your Field
5. Judith
6. Rodeo Roundup
7. Lovin' You More Each Day
8. Helping Out
9. Slim Pickin's
10. The Last Supper

DEW
Daybreak
Label: Lancing Music, New York, NY
Release Number: LM-225
Format: CD
Style: Country
Price: CD - $10.00

UNLIKELY COUNTRY! DEW (which is derived from the initials of the band members) is not your typical country band. In fact, none of its members are actually country musicians. DEW is a country band comprised of members of rock'n'roll bands who wanted to do something a little different.

If you suspect that the result of this formula might be a cross between rock and country, think again. The fruits of DEW's efforts are original grass roots, down-to-earth, nitty gritty country tunes performed flawlessly. When this band decided they were doing country music, they did PURE country, and the result is Daybreak. A "must have" for country purists!

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TMAR Country Artist: Kevin & The Kickers

Album Tracks:

1. Living In Nature
2. Range on the Home
3. Cattle Calls
4. Feeling Something Special
5. Riding
6. Grass Between My Toes
7. Loving Life
8. My Destiny
9. The Rangers Last Ride
10. Sunset

Growin' Wild: Living in Nature in a Natural Way

GROWIN' WILD
Livin' in Nature in a Natural Way
Label: Patch Productions, Omaha, NE
Release Number: PP025
Format: CD
Style: Country
Price: CD - $10.00

COWBOY SONGS! Growin' Wild's album Living in Nature in a Natural Way, is a collection of cowboy campfire songs that is immaculately produced. Complete with the continuous sounds of a crackling fire, coyotes, crickets, and horses in the background, one would be convinced that is was actually recorded by a group of traveling horsemen just before bedding down for the night.

All selections feature simple instrumentation which includes only vocals, acoustic guitars, harmonica, and an occasional hand clap. The songs themselves are a mixture of classic old-time cowboy songs with some of Growin' Wild's originals. This album is truly a great collection!

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Album Tracks:

1. Ricky D's
2. Roll the Dice
3. The Silence Says It All
4. Southwestern Christmas
5. Goldie Locks

6. What It Means To Be a Dad

7. I'm Coming for You
8. Nag Me to an Early Grave
9. Our Boots Are Steel Toed
10. Stock Car Racin'

KEVIN & THE KICKERS
The Silence Says It All
Label: TMPB Recordings, Cloudcroft, NM
Release Number: DA1001
Format: CD
Style: Country
Price: CD - $8.00

COUNTRY ROCK! America's finest country-rock is proudly on display in The Silence Says It All, a compilation of 10 toe-tapping contemporary country tracks by Kevin & the Kickers, a promising new country band which, under their previous name (Bill & Kev) held the #1 song in El Paso, TX in 1996 with their hit single Goldie Locks.

Led by country singer/songwriter Kevin Havron on lead vocals, the band has accumulated several prestigious industry credits, including 3 AIRA nominations and gigs opening for national acts such as Johnny Paycheck and Eddie Raven. Each cut is an embodiment of Havron's solid songwriting and Southwestern influences. Superb!

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TMAR Country Artist: Sir Eel

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