Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer

Corb Lund | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Stony Plain Music
• ASIN: B000ARKVIE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,278 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Corb Lund and his crackerjack band, the Hurtin' Albertans, lassoed a pen full of awards in the recent Canadian Country Music Awards (and the Western Canadian Music Awards), and for anyone just coming to Lund's brand of ranchin' and ropin' tunes, this album (ironically recorded in Nashville) serves as a fine introduction. The baby-faced Canuck blends a prairie upbringing with 10 years as an indie rocker in his last group, the Smalls, and throws in a smattering of acoustic blues, folk, rockabilly, ragtime, and country-rock to balance his traditional cowpoke leanings. While his subject matter generally hangs around the chutes and the plains, or follows the white line down the highway, Lund is so lyrically and rhythmically inventive that special guests Ian Tyson, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Riders in the Sky's Ranger Doug and Too Slim probably begged to ride herd. Put your boots up, pull out a can of chew, and get acquainted with the brightest new star under the western moon. --Alanna Nash

Product Description

This is Corb Lund's fourth CD and was produced by Harry Stinson (Dead Reckoners, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett) and recorded at Treasure Isle Recorders in Nashville. It runs the gamut of roots music forms and flavours, from western swing to Waylon-esque country rock to ragtime to acoustic blues. The lyrical content of his new work continues to reflect Lund's unique life experience, blending a Western upbringing with a decade on the indie rock scene. The album includes guest vocal performances by Western icon Ian Tyson and living folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott. 2005.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Breath of Fresh Air, May 20, 2007

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William Campbell (George West, TX) - See all my reviews
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I first got hooked on Corb Lund after purchasing his last release ( Five Dollar Bill) and have been anticipating more.

Well, "Hair in my Eyes Like a Highland Steer", does not dissapoint to say the least.

Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans mix the introspective ( The Truth Comes Out, The Rodeo's Over) with the witty ( The Truck Got Stuck, Hurtin' Albertan) to produce a great album full of hooks you will be humming all day.

As a Texan and a rancher, I find it reassuring our "neighbors to the North" share many of our experiences and outlooks. "The Truck Got Stuck" in particular caught my ear, as I have had similar experiences in muddy pastures ( minus the canola seed.)

While these are mainly "cowboy" songs, I think anyone with a love of the West and rural life will find them enjoyable.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, July 9, 2006

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Ola More (at my computer again) - See all my reviews

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I heard Corb Lund described as Canada's answer to Cake, but that's not really true. The Corb Lund band is as rooted in Alberta as Cake is in California, and both have smart lyrics, but (even though I don't much like country music) I have to give the nod to this album. Great musical hooks, wonderful lyrics, songs that get stuck in your head and make you smile for days afterward.

I think I'd compare Corb Lund more to Steve Earle, with a catchier bass/banjo line. BRILLIANT album.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spring in My Step, July 19, 2008

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer (Audio CD)

A "Dirty Linen" magazine review of this CD prompted me to order this disc. What a blast of fun! Lund's sound firmly roots in barband country. However, his music has such energy, wit and humor, that it stands a cut above. The title track spits out lyrics like a bazooka on fire, "Spring in my step like a white-tailed deer; Hitch in my hip like an old sheep dog; puff up my chest like a big bull frog." It's totally addictive. "The Truck Got Stuck" talk-sings charmingly with Tammy Rogers' fiddle burning the strings, "Richie, he now fears the worst, stood up his ex-wife; She called him a jerk." "Always Keep an Edge on Your Knife" radiates sunshine. The tempo finally slows on "The Rodeo's Over" with Lund's lonesome homespun vocals sounding like a newfound Hank Williams. "Big Butch Bass Bull Fiddle" is one of my favorites with a full-blast country swing, "The good Lord knows I do the best I can on the big, bi*ch, butch, bull fiddle, Baby, here I am." "Counterfeiter's Blues" is another strong track with smoking slide guitar and a tongue-in-cheek talk-sing. "Good Copenhagen" is another standout, "I partied with some crazy Calgary cowgirls; we ripped & snorted, kicked our heels and then two told me they got olde tyme religion; One says she'll never barrel race again." "Trouble in the Country" puts a smile on my changer. "Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer" brims with sweet sounds. I suspect this disc is in the changers of Joe Ely, Chris Knight and Fred Eaglesmith! Bravo!