CD Review: Christian Masser – Cool Water
by Christian Lamitschka for Country Music News International
25 Minutes To Go (S. Silverstein)
Banks Of The Ohio (Trad.)
Family Bible (W. Nelson)
Funny How Time Slips Away (W. Nelson)
Don’t Take Your Guns To Town (J.R. Cash)
I Still Miss Someone (J. R. Cash)
Cool Water (B. Nolan)
Help Me Make It Through The Night (K. Kristofferson)
There You Go (J. R. Cash)
Reason To Believe (T. Hardin)
Sweeter Than The Flowers (E. Burns, M. Rouse, L. Mann)
Cocaine Blues (T. J. Arnall)
Prisoner’s Song (G. Massey)
These Hands (E. Noack)
Whippoorwill (D. Raye, R. Mitchum)
Christian Masser from Graz is better known to insiders as a blues musician. But with this second country CD he is committed to his youth idol Johnny Cash. His music never let go of him and you can call him a fan from the very beginning. In his latest CD “Cool Water” a song from Bob Nolan, however, he not only summarizes Cash songs but also carefully selected country classics. He attaches great importance to the fact that the songs also match his bass voice and sings only solo to his own accompaniment on his acoustic guitar.
The stories that are told here are about prison, broken hearts, lonely men and pain. Christian Masser creates a campfire atmosphere with his timbre. Lean back, close your eyes and enjoy.