One Tough Town

David Olney | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red Parlor
• ASIN: B000P2XJYC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,092 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Whistle Blow

2. Sweet Poisons

3. Who's The Dummy Now?

4. Little Mustang

5. No Lies

6. Oh Yeah (Dead Man's Shoes)

7. Snake Song

8. Panama City

9. Sweet Potato

10. See How The Mighty Have Fallen

11. One Tough Town

12. Postcard From Mexico

13. Rainbow's End

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A voice for all kinds..., June 14, 2007

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Adam T. Bowling (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Tough Town (Audio CD)

David Olney's newest release, "One Tough Town", is a record that ranges from pure folk to a bluesy rock. It includes ukulele, Tuba, clarinet, harmonica, and tremolo guitars. above and beyond the sound is Olney's songwriting. The track that stuck in my mind, "Who's The Dummy Now?", is about a struggling ventriloquist and the dummy who is getting tired of carrying the act. This an album that is not to be missed. Not to mention that the live show is amazing if you ever get a chance to catch it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best, October 30, 2007

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Music fan (Norfolk, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Tough Town (Audio CD)

Olney is an original, a songwriter who crafts his narratives and long songs uniquely, often from the perspective of a character (or a thing in the case of an old song, "Iceberg," the story of the Titanic told from the viewpoint of the iceberg).

On his latest, he typically opens with a blast of bluesy roadhouse rock, "Whistle Blow," fueled by harmonica and his worn voice. But Olney, who is a song writing treasure, has several tricks up his sleeve, as usual. "Who's the Dummy Now" is narrated by the dummy who is carrying the act -- and life -- for a struggling ventriloquist. There's more than a touch of Tin Pan Alley in that cut and a few others -- a trombone, clarinet and tuba make appearances, but so does snarling electric guitar.

The album, in fact, is one tasty sampling of American music. Of "Oh Yeah (Dead Man's Shoes," Olney says: "I think of the song as Flannery O'Conner goes to New Orleans." If that kind of irascible wit and ambition appeals, this is a must.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved the CD - One Tough Town, July 8, 2007

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Karin E. Girard - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Tough Town (Audio CD)

I am not familiar with David Olney, I just happened to hear a song on a local radio station and decided to order the CD.

He has a wide range of styles on this CD, look forward to hearing more of him in the future.