On My Way to You

Daniel Lee Martin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 3, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Chin Music
• ASIN: B000NJL106
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,285 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stark Ravin' Crazy in Love

2. Moonshine Momma

3. You Know Me

4. Roll on By

5. That's What God Made Rivers For

6. It's All How You Look at It

7. Take Me Home Country Roads (Prelude)

8. Take Me Home Country Roads

9. On My Way to You

10. Then It Hits You

11. Keep Your Hands to Yourself

12. Just What You Did

13. You Can't Be Everything to Everybody

14. Through and Through

15. Crazy's All They've Got

16. That's Where I'll Be

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 -- Modern country that's very likable, June 16, 2007

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On My Way to You (Audio CD)

This former Florida advertising exec's second release continues to swim in the same mainstream country sounds as his 2003 debut. What saves this from sounding like Nashville product is Martin himself; he's likable in the manner of George Strait, and though the songs, arrangements and production aren't particularly different than that being offered by the majors, the end result is substantially more charming than CMT's flavor of the day.

The generous sixteen song track list, composed mainly by Nashville writers, is filled with sensitive ballads and introspective mid-tempo rockers. The romantic upbeat opener shows off Martin's charms, with an easy vocal buoyed by a driving drum beat, electric guitars and plenty of fiddle. It's may be nothing new, but it has good hooks and will play well on country dance floors. Martin's sole original, "Moonshine Momma," adds a clever twist to the home-brew genre by turning the moonshiner into an object of lust.

A pair of covers finds Martin to be a thoughtful interpreter. His slow rendition of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" builds from guitar and mandolin to a full band arrangement, with a vocal that builds from initial reserve to an emotional finish. He revitalizes the Georgia Satellites "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" as a swampy blues, with a vocal assist from World Series champion pitcher (and record label partner) Bronson Arroyo; this is a fan concert favorite brought powerfully to disc.

Throughout the disc, Martin's defining characteristic is earnestness. Singing a sly country blues like "Just What You Did," or crooning more gentle for the fingerpicked "Through and Through," you can sense his commitment. Martin kickstarted his indie career with a relentless Wal-Mart tour, and followed up with endless road gigs, a divorce, and rounds of gathering material, musicians and funding for CD releases. Whether or not this adds up to national success, Martin's clearly happy just playing music for a living. 3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2007 hyperbolium dot com]

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great CD by Daniel Lee Martin, June 13, 2007

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M. Gratton (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On My Way to You (Audio CD)

We first heard Daniel Lee Martin as an opening act for Lee Greenwood at a benefit concert a few years ago. We bought his CD while we were there. I enjoy it and it's one of my wife's favorites. When his new CD came out there was no doubt that we were going to buy it. We both enjoy it very much. Hopefully we'll be seeing more of him in the future.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good modern country-pop, May 30, 2009

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On My Way to You (Audio CD)

Daniel Lee Martin
"On My Way To You"
(Chin Music, 2007)
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If you like Dierks Bentley or Blaine Larsen, you might like this guy, too. Modern, heartfelt, down-to-earth would-be-Top 40 country that's not super-overproduced. Not bad! (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To Country Music)