CD Review: EDWIN TIBBALS – Payday

EDWIN TIBBALS

Payday

Payday – Outskirts of Life – Lucy – Angel In Hell – Toe To Toe
With Texas – Want To Stop – Thank You Lord – Horse To Water – In Your
Blood – A Cold Drink

Edwin doesn’t really have a ‘title’ for this
incredibly meaningful album, however the very first dream, in his own
words is “you know it’s been a hard ride, a bed of stone, and a chair of
knives, I cannot swim and the river’s so wide, and now you see what
it’s like to be me.”  I don’t believe he could make it any plainer, he’s
a creative man, one with tons of experience with ‘life’ and the
beginning ‘style’ is sort of Bakersfield country outlaw sound.  However
by the time we get to “Lucy” I really love the Merle Travis style of
picking, and of course the magnificent fiddle that makes this particular
song stand on it’s own.  Edwin tells us in Toe to Toe With Texas” that
he was born in Detroit, grew up in California (still lives in
California) and traveled a huge amount, this particular song being about
not accepting unwarranted criticism  “I play what I want, and I say
whatever I like.  I love Bakersfield dearly, and I’ll sing Haggard all
night.”  He saying quite frankly, he’s his own man, and intends to stay
that way.  In the same song he meets ‘that big ol’ Texas gal” he want in
his life.  This same song has a neat sounding acoustic bass in it. 
Super good outlaw country combined with a little 50’s rock sound. 
Good!  I believe the most meaningful song on this album is without a
doubt “Thank you Lord.”  It’s this poignant time in a creative writers
thoughts that we see the truth.  Not just truth about him, but truth
about the human existence.  This is perhaps Edwin Tibbal’s most
meaningful song he has ever written.  I like everything that he is
telling us, it is so much better, so much much better than anything we
are hearing on country radio today for instance.  He really talks to me
on this particular song, I’ve been on the same road.  Edwin has had some
obvious idols in his music life, one of them must have been Johnny
Paycheck who had similar experiences, and said it best perhaps with
“Take This Job and Shove It.”  Keep at it Edwin, in my book you are on
the right road, whether it be the thrill of the city, or the peach of
the country, you will find obvious meaning in both.  The Rural Roots
Music Commission don’t often get expressive CD’s like this, not sure how
they will react, but I’m sending it anyway.

RECORD REVIEW BY Bob Everhart, Pres., National Traditional Country Music Assn. www.music-savers.com for Country Music News International

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