High Lonesome

Performer: Randy Travis
Artist: Buddy Emmons; Take 6; Mark O'Connor
Producer: Kyle Lehning
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Randy Travis (vocals, guitar); Take 6 (vocals); Randy Scruggs, Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Mac MacAnally (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Doyle Grisham, Buddy Emmons (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Mark O'Connor (fiddle); Terry McMillan (harmonica); Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Dennis Burnside (piano); David Hungate (bass); Larrie London (drums) Travis's first album of the '90s is another winner in the same beautifully produced neo-traditionalist vein as OLD 8X10 and NO HOLDIN' BACK , with a similar mixture of cry in your beer weepers (the wrenching "He Walked On Water"), I'll-love-you-forever songs ("Forever Together," "Let Me Try") and neo-honkky-tonkers ("Better Class of Losers"), all sung with Travis's patented George Jones derived clench-jawed soul. Highlights include the inspirational "Point of Light" (actually written, somewhat presciently, before President Bush the first's famous campaign speech) and the heartbreaking d-i-v-o-r-c-e ballad "I'd Surrender All.".

Q (10/91) - 3 Stars - Good "..Randy Travis has another whopper on his hands..."

In the 1980s, when mainstream country radio was virtually indistinguishable from middle-of-the-road pop, Randy Travis helped reground country in its stripped-down, three-chord roots. With a sweet, deep voice reminiscent of both Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Travis can be as great as his material allows, and has remained one of the most respected and successful singers in country music for decades. He's also turned into a hard-working actor, appearing in numerous film roles.

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