I'll Hold You in My Heart

Don Walser

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Valley
• ASIN: B00004X0QV
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,795 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
This is the most live-sounding Don Walser album yet, no doubt because for the first time in many years he's backed in the studio by his own Pure Texas Band (the sole exception is the title song, originally cut for the movie Hi-Lo Country). The opening "Yodeling the Blues," which features some of Don's most rambunctious yodeling--on the first try, he pushes to the outer reaches of, and almost past, his range--sets the tone, with tracks like "El Paso Cowboy" settling effortlessly into his West Texas honky-tonk swing groove. Walser mixes it up a bit with "Rock-A-Billy Rage" (more boogie than 'billy, actually) and puts a Lone Star spin on classic Bakersfield with the original "Buck and Merle" and a cover of Haggard's "Hungry Eyes." The rhythm section is solid, the soloists are short, snappy, and swinging, and if you think this stuff is "retro," you haven't spent a Saturday night in a small-town Texas dance hall. --John Morthland

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The real sound of Don Walser, October 8, 2000

By	Janice Brooks (pleasant gap, pa USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Except for the title track this album features Don and his band as you might hear them at any live show. The yodels are still there as well as the songwriting skills of Don and fiddler Howard Kalish. When was the last time you heard Springtime In the Rockies?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best, October 5, 2000

By	"jeffferris" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

Don Walser is a unique American talent. This is a great CD.

Don is backed by a great group of musicians. Howard Kalish plays fiddle and guitar, and the steel guitar player is great. But everyone is outstanding.

Buy it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We'll miss him, September 22, 2006

By	Johnny Gibson "Eagles Fan" (Albemarle, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Don passed away earlier this month (September, '06). Makes this album and his others all the more special for Texans and non-Texans alike. Quite a man. His interview and singing on NPR prompted me to buy this and other Don Walser albums. He does Eddie Arnold almost as well or better than Eddie did himself.