Customer Reviews

Simply Traditional

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After hearing several Leland Martin's songs on the radio I searched Amazon to see just who this unfamiliar singer was. His voice Is Country Music at its best. Leland Martin is Cash, Haggard and Jones, Vern Gosdin, Randy Travis,Johnny Horton, Keith Whitley, Alan Jackson,Travis Tritt, John Anderson, Aaron Tippin, and Mark Chestnut all bundled up - but original. I bought "Simply Traditional" on the faith of two songs heard on the airwaves. I found 15 outstanding performances. Good Luck Leland.

GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC LIKE THIS NEEDS TO BE ON THE RADIO!!!!

if you like country mysic that means something this is the one to buy.

Simply Traditional by Leland Martin is one if not the best i've heard in a long time. Traditional Country is the best if there was more than 5 stars rating it would get my vote. Thanks Leland for allowing me to hear some good country music, this is the best.

This album is country music as it should be. You'll enjoy listening to this one over and over, Leland deserves to be a big star. The country radio station in Santa Barbara county really likes his music too.

Can country music be traditional and fresh at the same time? It can, and is on this great CD. I bought this album after hearing "If I Had Long Legs Like Alan Jackson" on a local radio station. I would have been delighted if the whole CD was as good as that one song. However, I was STUNNED by the fact that every song on the album is better than the first single.

The other(count'em)14 tracks are well written, beautifully produced, and border on being anthems for those of us who prefer our country with some heritage. "Don't Ya Think" says what I have wanted to say for years...If we forget those who gave birth to country music, we will all suffer in the end. "Luckiest Man In The World", "Simply Traditional", and "More Than Friends" will have you buying extra copies to send to those you love, and the trucker's song "Stone Cold Fingers" will be in every big rig in America. Freddie's Heart (a duet with Freddie (Easy Lovin') Hart is the coolest return cameo performance I've heard in years - warning:he's still got "it".

But, what makes this album truly GREAT is Leland himself. WHAT A VOICE!! He sounds hautingly familiar, yet somehow unique. He never misses a note, he never falters in his unique phrasing, and never fails to delight your ears or your heart. This is an ESSENTIAL country CD. If I had the money, I would buy several dozen copies and send one to the head of every record company in Nashville.

This is the music I've been waiting for them to release. If you are tired of listening to paper-cut-out-video-dolls, and want to hear a REAL artist sing REAL country, then you will LOVE this CD as much as I do.