NORVILLE DOLLAR
Singing Country with Route 67 Band
Together We Have It All – Your Memory
Strikes Again – All Fall Down – Love On His Mind – Like And Old Shoe –
Coming Up Zero Again – Big Fool Of The Year – Can’t Find The Time –
Another One Of These Days – Reminiscing Thing
Strikes Again – All Fall Down – Love On His Mind – Like And Old Shoe –
Coming Up Zero Again – Big Fool Of The Year – Can’t Find The Time –
Another One Of These Days – Reminiscing Thing
What a great ‘real’ country treat, to hear original songs
by not only Norville Dollar, but also by my one of my favorite upper
Midwest songwriters Jack Langley. Norville’s is the first song out of
the chute, and it’s terrific standard classic country. Langley’s is the
second song out of the chute, and it’s terrific standard classic
country with the additional traditional country, old-time country, and
‘real’ country added on. Steel is by Mike Headrick and he stands out on
Langley’s song really really well, as he also does on “Big Fool Of The
Year.” Norville’s voice is ‘prime’ too I might add. For Nashville to
continue to say in their incredible nasty way that ‘real’ country music
is for the old, for old singers, for old players, for old listeners, for
“old farts and jackasses” which is how Blake Shelton said it, just
seems so incredibly ignorant to me. These pretend people can sing, yes,
but they can’t sing ‘country.’ Norville Dollar can, and when you
listen to his voice, it’s not ‘old’ it’s ‘good.’ I mean ‘really’ good,
better than anything on the top-40 ‘so-called’ country charts. I
believe song #5 was named “Like An OId Shoe” by writer Jack Langley, but
Norville calls it “Like And Old Shoe.” Just the same it’s a great
country song with Mike Tawfall adding some tasty licks on electric
guitar. Jim Gallagher is on drums, and Colleen does the great bass work
(as well as back up vocals) and Joe Caverlee does the fiddle work on
this album which is also clever and very Caverlee. Add Mike Tawfall on
mandolin on the last song, and you can see how nicely put together this
album is. Kudos to Norville Dollar for a job extremely well done, a
‘real’ country album to be proud of, a ‘real’ country album better than
anything coming out of Nashville these days. Norville Dollar, 617 Horvine Rd – Apt. G, Festus, MO 63028
by not only Norville Dollar, but also by my one of my favorite upper
Midwest songwriters Jack Langley. Norville’s is the first song out of
the chute, and it’s terrific standard classic country. Langley’s is the
second song out of the chute, and it’s terrific standard classic
country with the additional traditional country, old-time country, and
‘real’ country added on. Steel is by Mike Headrick and he stands out on
Langley’s song really really well, as he also does on “Big Fool Of The
Year.” Norville’s voice is ‘prime’ too I might add. For Nashville to
continue to say in their incredible nasty way that ‘real’ country music
is for the old, for old singers, for old players, for old listeners, for
“old farts and jackasses” which is how Blake Shelton said it, just
seems so incredibly ignorant to me. These pretend people can sing, yes,
but they can’t sing ‘country.’ Norville Dollar can, and when you
listen to his voice, it’s not ‘old’ it’s ‘good.’ I mean ‘really’ good,
better than anything on the top-40 ‘so-called’ country charts. I
believe song #5 was named “Like An OId Shoe” by writer Jack Langley, but
Norville calls it “Like And Old Shoe.” Just the same it’s a great
country song with Mike Tawfall adding some tasty licks on electric
guitar. Jim Gallagher is on drums, and Colleen does the great bass work
(as well as back up vocals) and Joe Caverlee does the fiddle work on
this album which is also clever and very Caverlee. Add Mike Tawfall on
mandolin on the last song, and you can see how nicely put together this
album is. Kudos to Norville Dollar for a job extremely well done, a
‘real’ country album to be proud of, a ‘real’ country album better than
anything coming out of Nashville these days. Norville Dollar, 617 Horvine Rd – Apt. G, Festus, MO 63028
Review by Bob Everhart, www.ntcma.net
for Country Music News International