Tempo
For Two
Texas Jamboree TexJam 0062 Hey
Little Momma - My Own Two Eyes -
North To Dallas - I Ain`t Got Time For
Love - More Than I Cay Say - Locked Out
Of Love AgainI Had One Too Many - She
Tells Me With Her Eyes - Shadows Of The
Old Bayou - Yesterday´s Blues - Just Who
Even if they were still active on the
scene, The Horton Brothers hadnt
released anything on their own since «Heave
Ho» in 2000. But it was worth the wait
because this album is simply great. Just
have a look at the musicians : playing
with Bobby and Billy are Dave Biller,
Buck Johnson and T Jarrod Bonta, the same
winning team you find on Shaun Youngs
Wiggle Walk. Even if this record is still
what you can expect from the brothers (sweet
harmonies, beautiful melodies ) I
should say, comparing to Heave Ho or Roll
back The Rug, that this one is less «rural»
and sometimes more 60s. The opening
track, Bobbys Hey Little Momma, has
a very Buddy Holly feel with his beat à
la Not Fade Away. The Buddy Holly
connection continues with the Sonny
Curtis and Jerry Allison song "More
Than I Can Say". A
beautiful version all in subtlety.Another
cover, Ruth Brown's «She Tells Me With
Her Eyes» has a very strong Phil Spector
feel in it (with those big drums rolls
used in place of the "shoo-bee-dooby-wops").
Another highlight is «I Had One Too Many»,
The Wilburn Brothers song. They really
rocked up this one with a wild boogie
piano part and it works. But as usal, if
the covers are great, the real strenght
lays in the songs written by the brothers.
«My Own Two Eyes» is by far my favorite
with a solid tempo and nice harmonies,
and «Yesterdays Blues» is a
beautiful slow tempo with sax (played by
Billy). Another «must have album» for
2005. Fred "Virgil" Turgis