Ten Summers

Kimmie Rhodes (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 6, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: CDBY
• ASIN: B000ACPG2K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #369,798 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treat, August 21, 2008

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! "erik_satie_rollerblading" (yahoo chat: books and literature) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ten Summers (Audio CD)

Not long ago I heard a song called "Just Drove By" from a collection of Willie Nelson. This one was a duet, and sometimes, you know, you just hear a voice. There's Kiri Te Kanawa, Meryl Streep reading 'The Orchid Thief', and so on.

This voice went with the song. It was steeped in a special accent that spoke of poignancy, a life worth living, and somehow, an innocenct trust that everything would be alright.

It turned out that Kimmie Rhodes, whose voice it was, also wrote that song. It turns out that she has written and sung many of them. And they are just gems. I purchased one of her compilation albums, "Ten Summers", after much consideration. I'm eclectic, but picky. What I found in "Ten Summers" was that rare album in which the songs are great right off the bat, and get better the more you listen to them.

There are tunes like Good Ol' Train, Maybe We'll Just Disappear, Windblown, I'm Not An Angel, and many more. Sometimes you hear country music and it seems hyped up and overproduced. These songs live up to the promise that their unassuming titles suggest.

If you read up on Kimmie, you'll find that she is living the life she sings about, out in Texas, now and then singing duets with the likes of Willie and Waylon, but always, it seems, singing her own song.

Do check up on her and give her a listen. She's a treat.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Track listing, February 26, 2008

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Anne Kathleen "Mirror Star" (In front of my Mac, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten Summers (Audio CD)

1. West Texas Heaven
2. Maybe We'll Just Disappear (with Waylon Jennings)
3. I'm Gonna Fly (with Townes Van Zandt)
4. The Road to Jubilee
5. I'm Not an Angel
6. Rich from the Journey
7. Thank You for Another Day
8. Big Ol' Train
9. Love Me Like a Song (with Willie Nelson)
10. Only Love Can Save Me Now
11. Send Me the Sun (with Emmylou Harris, Beth N. Chapman)
12. Love and Happiness for You (with Emmylou Harris)
13. Desert Rain
14. Windblown