JIMMY ARTHUR ORDGE
Country Music Legend
Snowflake – If Heartache Is The Fashion –
Shepherd Of My Heart – Skip A Rope – Mail Order Bride – Does My Ring
Hurt Your Finger – Drunken Driver – Chilly Winds – Don’t Call Me I’ll
Call You – Child of Clay
Shepherd Of My Heart – Skip A Rope – Mail Order Bride – Does My Ring
Hurt Your Finger – Drunken Driver – Chilly Winds – Don’t Call Me I’ll
Call You – Child of Clay
One of Canada’s most popular country music recording
artists, is without a doubt country music legend Jimmy Arthur Ordge.
This particular CD is incredibly well done, with the distinction of
Jimmy’s voice standing tall and proud. He’s a very good vocalist, and
the backing musicians are exceptional, though the CD doesn’t tell us who
they are. Traditional and classic country music has always been very
popular in Canada, and still is, much more so than in the USA where the
word ‘country’ has been hijacked and forced to define a musical art form
that is so far from being real ‘country’ it no longer means anything at
all.
artists, is without a doubt country music legend Jimmy Arthur Ordge.
This particular CD is incredibly well done, with the distinction of
Jimmy’s voice standing tall and proud. He’s a very good vocalist, and
the backing musicians are exceptional, though the CD doesn’t tell us who
they are. Traditional and classic country music has always been very
popular in Canada, and still is, much more so than in the USA where the
word ‘country’ has been hijacked and forced to define a musical art form
that is so far from being real ‘country’ it no longer means anything at
all.
Jimmy Ordge’s voice is perfect for ‘real’ country
music, and he’s incredibly popular in Canada, as well as other
world-wide radio stations that play his records internationally. I
particularly like “Skip A Rope” a hit by Henson Cargill in 1967. That
particular song touched on some amazing topics, far ahead of its time.
Verbal spousal abuse, tax evasion, even racism, and at the end, this
song laid blame for what children say directly at the feet of their
parents. Jimmy does this song very well, and a couple of times he does a
kind of Red Sovine style talk-song, particularly “Drunken Driver,”
which demonstrates his ability to ‘tell a story’ in a song. All the way
through this CD, Jimmy shows us what a wonderful country singer he is.
music, and he’s incredibly popular in Canada, as well as other
world-wide radio stations that play his records internationally. I
particularly like “Skip A Rope” a hit by Henson Cargill in 1967. That
particular song touched on some amazing topics, far ahead of its time.
Verbal spousal abuse, tax evasion, even racism, and at the end, this
song laid blame for what children say directly at the feet of their
parents. Jimmy does this song very well, and a couple of times he does a
kind of Red Sovine style talk-song, particularly “Drunken Driver,”
which demonstrates his ability to ‘tell a story’ in a song. All the way
through this CD, Jimmy shows us what a wonderful country singer he is.
He was born and raised in the Donalda area of Canada,
and became a regular on “Old Dad Taylor’s Jubilee Jamboree,” and went on
to become a regular on radio and television shows. His first hit was
“Irena Cheyenne” which won him his first Moffat Award. He had other
hits in Canada, but lesser known in America, “Muk Tuk Annie” and
“Hershel’s Hemi Half-Ton.”
and became a regular on “Old Dad Taylor’s Jubilee Jamboree,” and went on
to become a regular on radio and television shows. His first hit was
“Irena Cheyenne” which won him his first Moffat Award. He had other
hits in Canada, but lesser known in America, “Muk Tuk Annie” and
“Hershel’s Hemi Half-Ton.”
Jimmy has been nominated for a 2015 induction into
America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame, whether he is able to
attend for the ceremonies remains to be seen. In the meantime, I am
forwarding this CD to the Rural Roots Music Commission to find their
reaction to what I consider one of the better country CD’s to come out
of Canada. Especially good playing by the background players is the
harmonica and fiddle, predominate throughout, and incredibly well done.
The whole production makes today’s country music in Nashville sound
like a pale imitation of the real thing.
America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame, whether he is able to
attend for the ceremonies remains to be seen. In the meantime, I am
forwarding this CD to the Rural Roots Music Commission to find their
reaction to what I consider one of the better country CD’s to come out
of Canada. Especially good playing by the background players is the
harmonica and fiddle, predominate throughout, and incredibly well done.
The whole production makes today’s country music in Nashville sound
like a pale imitation of the real thing.
RECORD REVIEW BY BOB EVERHART – www.ntcma.net
for Country Music News International Magazine