MERL JOHNSON – BETTERMAN

MERL JOHNSON – BETTERMAN

1.A BETTERMAN 3:09 2.ALL THE GOOD TIMES
HAVE PAST AND GONE 3:07 3.AMANDALYN 2:47 4.THE BRILEY BOYS 3:47
5.REMEMBER ME 3:58 6.DANCE AROUND THE DASIES 3:03 7. YOU’LL FIND
MONROE WRITTEN THERE 3:04 8. THAT SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE 4:31
9.SWEETEST LOVE 2:53 10. ANGEL’S WALTZ 4:17 11 IN THOSE HILLS 3:08
12. WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME 2:36 13 POWER OF PRAYER 3:05 14.
FAR AWAY 2:48

THIS IS A BLUEGRASS ALBUM, WITH A
COUPLE OF COVER TUNES, WHICH ARE DONE WELL…GOT THAT MANDIOLIN INTRO
WITH “WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME”, THEN THE FIDDLE IS ADDED
THEN COMES THE BANJO…JUST AN INSTRUMENTAL..AND JUST GREAT

“IN THOSE HILLS” AND “POWER OF
PRAYER’ WAS WRITTEN BY HIS DAD.AND “IN THOSE HILLS” TELLS OF
VIRGINIA’S BEAUTY AND COLOR AND THAT THE MUSIC FROM THIS AREA WHERE
HE NOW LIVES AND FOUND SOME GREAT MUSICIANS THAT HE USED ON THIS
ALBUM REALLY SPEAKS THAT THE MUSIC IS VERY SPECIAL.

THIS ALBUM, IS ON PATUXENT RECORDS WITH
THE TITLE SONG BETTERMAN, SHOWS OFF MERL’S VOCALS AND DOBRO
PLAYING. I DIDN’T FIND A WEBSITE ON MERLE, OR FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT
YOU CAN FIND THIS CD ON AMAZON.COM AND A SITE IVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
FOR MUSIC CALLED PXREC.COM.

DEBBIE DEAN