Feudin' & Fightin

Marti Brom | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Goofin'
• ASIN: B000051Y3B
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,511 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Feudin' and Fightin'

2. Kiss Me Big

3. Making Love Tennessee Style

4. Moon Shine Lullabye

5. Flat River Missouri

6. They Were Doing the Mambo

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short but oh-so-sweet, April 26, 2001

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Jon E Johnson (Boston, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Feudin' & Fightin (Audio CD)

The latest from Austinite Martí Brom is a dramatic departure from last year's excellent "Snake Ranch." A 6-song collection of material mostly dating from the '40's and '50's and backed by Austin's Cornell Hurd Band, "Feudin' and Fightin'" finds Brom stepping outside of the rockabilly style that she's tended to favor over the past several years. The result is unlike nearly anything else heard in years, particularly from an independent label. With Brom's big voice set like a diamond in the gold band that is Hurd's renowned western swing group, the disc gives Brom the setting she's long needed to show off her ample vocal talents, with the group's sweet combination of twin fiddles and steel guitar. Opening with the title track, a cover of Dorothy Shay's humorous 1947 account of a hillbilly feud (Shay's "Flat River Missouri" from the same period is also covered), the closest comparison here might be the wry late '40's and '50's Capitol recordings of Tennessee Ernie Ford (whose "Kiss Me Big" from 1953 is also covered here), as well as Shay's own recordings for Columbia. As with the best of Ford's records, Brom understands the value of a good sense of humor far better than most. Highly recommended, particularly to those who've been itching to hear Brom in something other than a rockabilly setting.