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About the Songs The twelve songs on Rosin Up Your Bow were selected for their overall balance as a collection, for the individual stories that each told, and for their ability to showcase country music simplicity at its finest. The songs contributed to an album that is appropriately-produced, rather than over-produced; when the singer has something to say, he is heard, and when it's time for the instruments to stretch out, they have room to roam. Refreshing songs of optimism are here; The Girl Next Door, Time Is A Healer, and the signature song, Cupid Rosin Up Your Bow For Me. The heartbreakers are here, too: Weeping With The Willow Tree, Blues At Midnight and others, telling perennial stories of lost love and unrequited love. Accompanied by honky-tonk blues piano, the bittersweet, nostalgic story of The Lonely Piano unfolds, and is accentuated in a beautiful instrumental coda. There is a timeless work-lament in Steel Mill Blues, the narrative of an orphan's plight in I'm Sorry I Left You Alone, and the 'everyman' sentiment, City Blues - - the search for a better life, whether it's to be found in the country, the city, or simply within our own hearts. |
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