
ROBERT HALE 'Pure and Simple'
Hale was at one time lead singer and guitarist for J.D. Crowe's New South, and he has a generally good CD of contemporary Bluegrass here (if you don't mind some electric instrument sounds on a couple of cuts, and fairly heavy percussion). There are nice versions of SAVIOR SAVE ME FROM MYSELF, WHEN TIMES WERE GOOD and WAVES OF SORROW, plus a well played instrumental (DIRT POOR). If you can skip over one awful cut (SIR DUKE) this is a solid and enjoyable record. Helping out are Shawn Lane & Alicia Nugent on harmony vocals, and Scott Vestal, Wayne Benson, Randy Kohrs, Ernie Sykes and Steve Thomas provide good instrumental backup.
Artists:
- ROBERT HALE
- SHAWN LANE
- ALECIA NUGENT
- SCOTT VESTAL
- WAYNE BENSON
- ERNIE SYKES
- STEVE THOMAS
- RANDY KOHRS
- CHRIS BROWN
Track Listing:
- DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?
- GONE JUST THE SAME
- THERE'S ANOTHER BABY WAITING FOR ME DOWN THE LINE
- PURE AND SIMPLE
- SAVIOR, SAVE ME FROM MYSELF
- THESE OLD BLUES
- WHEN TIMES WERE GOOD
- DIRT POOR
- IT HASN' T HAPPENED YET
- WAVES OF SORROW
- YOU'RE WRONG
- SIR DUKE