ALLEN KARL – As Sure As I’m Standing Here
I have started receiving CD’s with just one song on
them. This harkens back to the days when 45rpm records were released
for radio air play. Personally I think this is one super good idea. It
puts the ‘best’ of a session in the hands of the DJ. Once heard,
he/she will play it or not, but this ‘system’ is the easiest way to put
that really good ‘take’ on their player.
them. This harkens back to the days when 45rpm records were released
for radio air play. Personally I think this is one super good idea. It
puts the ‘best’ of a session in the hands of the DJ. Once heard,
he/she will play it or not, but this ‘system’ is the easiest way to put
that really good ‘take’ on their player.
Allen Karl has been doing his kind of country music,
very successfully I might add, for quite some time now. In America’s
corporate-media complete control, it’s kind of if you have the dough you
have the show. To many of us this is just prostitution. What it
really means, down deep in the soul of America, is that the ‘real’
talent, the gifted artists, the truly creative artist is pushed back to
drawing on the walls of a cave, while the incredibly untalented use
their wealth, to not only buy their stardom, but to patch up their
totally unacceptable recordings in the studio. They can do anything
with nothing in the studio these days, so it is a very refreshing moment
to hear a talented artist like Allen Karl continuing his quest to share
his original music, his original talent, and certainly his original
passion with the music.
very successfully I might add, for quite some time now. In America’s
corporate-media complete control, it’s kind of if you have the dough you
have the show. To many of us this is just prostitution. What it
really means, down deep in the soul of America, is that the ‘real’
talent, the gifted artists, the truly creative artist is pushed back to
drawing on the walls of a cave, while the incredibly untalented use
their wealth, to not only buy their stardom, but to patch up their
totally unacceptable recordings in the studio. They can do anything
with nothing in the studio these days, so it is a very refreshing moment
to hear a talented artist like Allen Karl continuing his quest to share
his original music, his original talent, and certainly his original
passion with the music.
This particular song was written by Jerry Foster and
produced by Bill Rainey. I know Rainey. He knows how to produce ‘real’
country. He knows what the elements are. He knows the right musicians
that still play ‘country’ music, and this combination of talents
certainly puts Allen Karl on the right ‘track’ of his latest CD.
produced by Bill Rainey. I know Rainey. He knows how to produce ‘real’
country. He knows what the elements are. He knows the right musicians
that still play ‘country’ music, and this combination of talents
certainly puts Allen Karl on the right ‘track’ of his latest CD.
Bob Everhart, Reviewer