Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer

Product Details

Artist : Corb Lund
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0772532130929
Label : Stony Plain
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2005-09-06
UPC : 772532130929

ASIN : B000ARKVIE

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer
2. The Truck Got Stuck
3. Always Keep An Edge On Your Knife
4. The Rodeo’s Over (featuring Ian Tyson)
5. Hurtin’ Albertan
6. Big Butch Bass Bull Fiddle
7. All I Wanna Do Is Play Cards
8. The Truth Comes Out
9. Counterfeiters’ Blues
10. Good Copenhagen
11. Trouble In The Country
12. Little Foothills Heaven
13. The Truck Got Stuck Talkin’ Blues (featuring Ramblin’ Jack Elliott)

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Editorial Reviews

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Lacking a little down-home country music in your life? Corb Lund is the kind of Canadian cowboy who can fill the hole in your hurtin' heart. This born-and-raised Alberta musician is best known for his unique songwriting stamp, mixing his cheeky sense of humour with a love of historical storytelling; such qualities definitely can be found on his fourth CD Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer. With more than a nod to Stompin' Tom's whimsical charm, Lund's current collection tackles everything from tales of mud-stuck vehicles ("The Truck Got Stuck") to grandfatherly lore ("Always Keep An Edge on Your Knife") to cowboys killed by cocaine ("Good Copenhagen"). Along with his great backing band, Lund has earned both respect from the Canadian music industry (winner two years running of the Canadian Country Music Association Award for Artist/Group of the Year) and from Canadian country legends (including Ian Tyson and Ramblin' Jack Elliott who both appear here as guest vocalists.) Admittedly, there is nothing on the straight-ahead CD that can be considered "crossover country" in any way, but for those who yearn for a good tailgate party with a Saskabush-style soundtrack will find much to love in the grooves of Corb's true-country tunes. --Denise Sheppard

Customer Reviews

Best Yet (2005-12-21)

It seemed like Corb Lund was everywhere in 2005, touring Australia with Willie Nelson, playing for the Queen in Edmonton, and as part of Alberta's centennial celebrations in Ottawa, not to mention a rodeo in France and gigs in the UK. This album is infectious from the opening "Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer" to the closing "Truck Got Stuck Talking Blues" with Ramblin Jack Elliott. In between there's some grandfatherly advice "Always Keep An Edge on Your Knife" and a nostalgic odeabout the Alberta landscape "Little Foothills Heaven." It's easy to see why this album won the "roots and traditional albumof the year" at the Canadian Country Music awards and why Corbwas named Western Canada's Entertainer of the Year. The only problem now is getting a ticket to one of their concerts. They're frequently sold out!

Much worse than 5 Dollar Bill (2005-11-02)

I bought this CD hoping for more of the magic that Corb Lund had on his previous disc, which I really love. Unfortunately I was very disappointed. This album is far less accessible to the non-country music listener, such as myself. In one word, I would call it "hokey". The first half of the album flat out sucks. Things bottom out with "All I Wanna Do Is Play Cards" in which he sings about deadlines and which sounds like a case of writing straight through writer's block, which never works. It recovers to mediocre in the last half. There are really no highlights here. "The Truck Got Stuck" is mildly cute, nothing more. Then again, if you thought 5 Dollar Bill was not country enough, you may like this one. As for me, I'll be dumping my copy on eBay, that is if somebody will be willing to buy.

Fantastic music from a true cowboy (2005-10-15)

I bought this CD within a week of its release and it has a constant place in my vehicle CD player. Corb Lund knows how to take the traditional country rhythyms and put a bit of a twist to them to make them irrestible. My favorite is "Truck Got Stuck"...I crack up every time I hear it. He manages to evoke longing for the West of old with tunes like "The Truth Comes Out" and "My Little Foothills Heaven". I'm not an Ian Tyson fan, but the duet between these two is just magical.

Corb Lund is a fantastic artist who does country his way and I for one am incredibly glad that he has his own sound. If you ever get a chance to see him in concert, do it...you will come away a fan if you aren't already!

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