About the CD
	The Rosin Up Your Bow album was recorded like the early days before the drum kit was added, back when the entire rhythmic feel was generated by the compelling combination of an acoustic upright bass and an acoustic guitar. In keeping with the thought that sometimes 'less is more,' the signature song Cupid Rosin Up Your Bow For Me features just one lead instrument; naturally, it's the wending, winding fiddle.   The steel guitar sound of the album pre-dates the advent of the pedal steel guitar, as the traditional lap steel is heard on Leaving Blues and Steel Mill Blues, and as the glide of the Hawaiian steel drives the progression of Baby Are You Telling Me The Truth smoothly forward.   The electric guitar is featured, too...with lively Telecaster picking on City Blues and Blues At Midnight, the playing has the perfection of a studio setting with all the dynamics of a live performance...the phrasing is quick when it sounds good that way, and alternately, it's relaxed and spacious when it should be.	Click here to visit our companion websites:    Sound of the Blues    Chicago Country Blues
	The open-string guitar playing is also engaging, as it emanates through the dramatic chords of Time Is A Healer. The beautiful, earthy sound of the mandolin finds its home as it sounds out triplet note-chords in Weeping With The Willow Tree and I'm Sorry I Left You Alone.   The twelve songs on Rosin Up Your Bow were selected from many compositions 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.