Loco Country Volume Three is the third release in LocoBop’s
series of great country songs performed by great singers. There
are many gems here, a couple from the category of “The Best
Songs You’ve Never Heard,” because they were unreleased – until
now.
BARRANCO, BARRETT &
CROCKETT start us off in classic cross-over style with
“Wrapped Up in You”. Rodeo announcer COTTON YANCEY serves
up a humorous tale of “Near Mrs.” Eddie Rabbitt’s touring band,
THE HARE TRIGGER BAND, sings John Paul Daniels’ “Blue
Moon” with inimitable tight harmony.
Songwriter GARY
GENTRY penned hits for Johnny Cash, Tim McGraw, Ray Charles,
and George Jones. Here, Gary proclaims “I’m Gonna Live”. FERN
KINNEY proves the pop/disco star has a magic country music
touch on “Better Than This,” followed by IVORY JOE HUNTER’s
timeless classic “I Almost Lost My Mind”. The man who glides
from Blues to Country with perfect ease, PAPA DON McMINN,
sings “Suspicious Heart” from his album of the same name.
Hank Williams’ rueful
anthem “Cold Cold Heart” is sung just the way he meant it to be
by New Orleans favorite CAROL FRAN. We then get an encore
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