Restoration

Kevin Bowe + The Okemah Prophets, Kevin Bowe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 1, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00004SUGG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,722 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sault Ste. Marie

2. The Horrible Truth About Anne

3. Sweeter World

4. Leaving To Stay

5. Sadly Mistaken

6. The Heart Of Everything

7. Lonesome Angel

8. Little Miss Rain

9. Dead Letters

10. Jefferson Davis Parish

11. Which Way The Wind Blows

12. Living Proof

13. Rest Of The World

14. Goodbye Annabella

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You will add this one to your " ALL TIME FAVORITES " list, May 25, 2000

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Tony Pirkle (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Restoration (Audio CD)

If you are a fan of any Midwestern / Austin City Limits / Southern Rock music, you will no doubt put this CD near the top of the list after you listen to it. I first heard " The Heart Of Everything " at 6:30 in the morning on a volunteer radio station and could not get that melody out of my head all day. As a " severely over thirty-ish " type person, it`s a rare instance that any music catches my attention. This one is different. This is the only CD I own three copies of. I originally got just one, but was afraid this one would get away, so I got two more just to be safe.The first six tracks will lift you up and get you going. Your toes will be tappin. The next six will mellow you out. " Rest of The World " will snatch you back up and " Goodbye Annabella " will set you back down again. Then you`ll want to hear it all again. Some songs have melodies that take you in one direction, while the lyrics of the same song take you in a different direction. It`s almost like getting two songs in one. Names like Delbert McClinton, Pure Prairie League, John Hyatt, Robert Earl Keen and others come to mind, but KB and the OP`s stand on their own. This is music to drive with the windows down. This is early "Friday Night" party music. This is late " Saturday Night " driving home music. This is where old rockers and the semi-sophisticated rednecks meet to enjoy something very rare today; good, solid music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a great big piece o' apple pie..., August 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Restoration (Audio CD)

With US music trends dipping precariously towards "Pop/Trash/Britney" stylings, where the artist doesn't even play an instrument, let alone write the songs and co-produce, it's great to hear some good 'ol "Americana". And the emphasis is on "Good", here. Restoration's 14 tracks are all finely crafted, intricate, but never overdone works of a group of people who obviously know what they're doing. They have gorgeous violin, jangling mandolin, and Andy Dee's incredible lap-steel. What more could you want?

4.0 out of 5 stars Poetic Twist, February 16, 2007

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Scott Broekemeier "Broek" (Toledo, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Restoration (Audio CD)

Kevin puts a little twist into his lyrics. Always puts forth the melodies/tunes. Heard him back in Minneapolis in the early eighties. His group was "Summer of Love", knew right then that he could write. He wrote a song called "Rosetta the Stone", and many others that simply made you want to listen, think and dance all at once. "Restoration" has brought a driving, story telling cd to my collection.