Montgomery on My Mind (the Hank Ep) [EP]

Arty Hill | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Cow Island
• ASIN: B002IRDDZM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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While Hank Williams is universally recognized as the father of swinging, honky tonk, blues-based country music, he is not often covered or expounded upon in contemporary times. Perhaps because his music is so good and even somewhat difficult, many stay away out of respect, but that is not a problem for Arty Hill & His Long Gone Daddys. This eight-song EP runs the gamut -- albeit briefly, in under 30 minutes, from Williams classics to tunes Hill wrote in his image. Long on pedal, lap steel, or dobro twang and sophistication, the clean and lean music played here cannot be mistaken for anything other than down-home Grand Ol' Opry traditionalist music with an uptown flavor, and plenty of spirit, to boot. Where "I Can't Help It" and especially "Lovesick Blues" with stretched cowpoke vocals, are instantly recognizable, you'll find very few bands do this with such authenticity as Hill and the Daddys. In the old-school rock & roll department, "Take These Chains from My Heart" and the faded-in shuffle "Pan American" (similar to the famous "Wabash Cannonball") both speak to the extended roots of country & western music, accented by the basic lines Hill plays on his Telecaster guitar. And in further reference to the roots of Texas swing, "Don's Bop" is a lively instrumental featuring Dave Gigerich's pedal steel slide. Violinist Patrick McAvinue is a guest, while Hill sings faithfully, and adds his own "Church on Saturday Night" in homage to the icons of Nashville back in 1951. Audiences should demand more from Arty Hill, for he's certainly capable, as presented on this brief but very satisfying effort. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Arty Hill CD, December 2, 2009

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This review is from: Montgomery on My Mind (the Hank Ep) (Audio CD)

Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys are back with Hill's new EP, MONTGOMERY ON MY MIND, a tribute to Hank Williams, Sr. The CD consists of 8 total cuts of both Williams originals, respectfully done by Hill, and a few original songs. The songs are performed in Williams' style, other than "Take These Chains From My Heart" which works very nicely as a rockabilly number, but they all have a somewhat fuller sound as would be expected 50 years after the originals were recorded. I love Arty Hill's playing and singing, and drummer Jack O'Dell once again deserves special mention.

My favorite of Hill's originals on the CD is "Church On Saturday Night" whose chorus goes:
"Take me to an Opry I can understand
Country was the music and Hank was the man
Hank and Red and Minnie, good old Martha White
The Lord was Sunday, church was Saturday night."
What more can I say? If those lyrics appeal to you, you'll love Arty Hill's latest effort.