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Nothing But the Truth

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You must always listen to Bruton's music several times before you truly appreciate what he is saying and playing. In my opinion, he's one of the best writers around. His play on words will cause you to relate and think about certain situations. The different type sounds on several of the songs are completely different when compared to the first two CD's, and it's somewhat distracting at first. Overall, the more you play the CD, the more addicting it becomes. Great music/words!

Wonderful road music! Take this for a spin on a sunny day, top down, in your '56 Pontiac Fire Chief. Bruton is undoubtedly one of the clever songwriters of his time. He is rapidly moving the Austin Sound from Folk/Country to "Austin Rock". His tunes continue on a path blazed by the likes of Tom Petty. Unlike Petty, Bruton plays his own guitar leads and they are built out of guitarist fantasies. This is a different album for Bruton and breaks some from the style of his first two albums. Bonnie Raitt sang on his two previous albums: "Right on Time" and "What It Is". On this album Jennifer Warnes sings background vocals, Mickey Raphael (usually with Willie Nelson) is on Harmonica, Sean Hopper (usually with Huey Lewis) is on Hammond B-3 Organ. The first two albums seem to only be available at his concerts or on the stephenbruton.com web site. It would be great if Amazon.com had them for sale. The stephenbruton.com web site had some interesting pictures of his days as Bonnie Raitt's guitarist. I hope you enjoy this Bruton experience as much as I do.

CD from a great friend and wonderful music. He is a great loss to the music world.

The funky groove that pervades this entire compilation is beyond cool. It is one of the singularly sexiest CD's I've ever heard.

Title cut, Nothing But The Truth, haunts me. Nobody Gets Hurt, co-written with Al Anderson & Sharon Vaughn makes me want to dance to that great synthesizer beat. Listening to Bruton's incredibly sexy voice speak the words to When Love Finds You, gives me chills. The lyrics to That's Love are typically Bruton. I love the way he puts things in perspective. "Every single soul has but a handful of days, in this dream that we call life, a pair of eyes so you can see both sides, a twisted sense of humor and a tongue like a knife." The opening twang of Stephen's guitar on Everything Happens for a Reason, continues the very funky groove theme. Dogs May Bark is yet another song with great lyrics, great insight. Trip, Stumble and Fall is the only song on the CD that does not absolutely hold my interest. Nothing wrong with it, just not my favorite. Against My Will is this CD's most beautiful love ballad. Stephen makes you think he's singing about you when he talks of love. Trip Around the Sun is now my favorite birthday song. She's The Reason, co-written with one of my favorites, Gary Nicholson, is a very bluesy love song, no ballad here. Under The Horizon is a great example of Bruton's exquisite phrasing. Incredible visual description of the night sky. As far as I'm concerned, Stephen Bruton is The King of Everything. The man knows how to write a great song, plays a fabulous guitar and can arrange and produce music that will stay with you for a lifetime. Spirit Lake is a beautifully played guitar piece that puts you at peace.

I love this CD! Buy several.

I wouldn't lie. I tell NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. Stephen Bruton's new CD is addicting!I recommend that you run, don't TRIP, STUMBLE OR FALL to your nearest record store and buy it. I think LOVE HAS FOUND STEPHEN and SHE's THE REASON he is feeling like taking a TRIP AROUND THE SUN and THE KING OF EVERYTHING. NOW THAT's LOVE! So, Do as I say and NOBODY GETS HURT. Get this CD. You'll love it! And that's NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!