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Wylie & The Wild West | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 16, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B00005OAF6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,784 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #51 in Music > Country > Western Swing

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars On the Borderline, July 13, 2004

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paradise (Audio CD)

Wylie Gustafson plays western music that would be at home on a Sons of the Pioneers set or Ian Tyson's post-Ian & Sylvia work. His songs are short, often clocking in under 3 minutes. This tall redhead from Montana has a voice that is melodic and often expressive. He writes some sweet melodies such as "Swinging On A Star" & the title track. Many of the tracks are fairly slow, but he can certainly set a toe to tapping as on "Whoop-Up Trail." While most of these songs are more western than country, the Wild West do have some pedal steel on "Without You" that sounds like a classic country weeper that probably sounds good on one of Wylie's Grand Ole Opry appearances. One of the liveliest tracks is "Hooked On Honky Tonk" about a girl who loves to "jump to the juke box all night long." "The Gal Who Invented Kissin'" is another lively track with a western tango beat. Wylie's version of Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" is a showpiece for one of Dylan's lovely melodies. This is a nice set from an artist keeping our traditional western song alive. Enjoy!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Yet, December 31, 2001

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Greg Coles (Ellensburg, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paradise (Audio CD)

Wylie and the Wild West's best effort to date. The guitar pickin' and vocals both have a more relaxed feel than earlier releases by the group. Buy the CD. You won't regret it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good listening, November 4, 2006

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Lee A. Mangum "leatherworklee" (Idaho Cow Country) - See all my reviews
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I have other albums of theirs that I like better but this is still good music.