Trails
& Rails
Comments about
Water, Weeds & Ghosts
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Water, Weeds & Ghosts, is a collection of 26 tracks of cowboy standards
that people have been singing for the last 60-100 years...
from the cowboys who sang on night herd,
the Tin Pan Alley writers and the performers who sang on stage,
and the silver screen stars who sang on celluloid.
That we are still singing and listening to these songs,
attests to the power of the beautiful tunes
and the words that remind us of our wonderful western heritage.
Thank you for helping us keep this music alive. ~~ T&R
"I thought it was the old pioneer's singing.
Very, Very, Very, well done. Keep up the good work."
Musician Adirondack Jim Smith March 2009
"You have such a way of doing these songs that everyone loves
while still adding your own 'you' to them.
I just love it."
Jane - The Desert Princess Inn Bed & Breakfast Resort in Arizona Feb 2009
"You guys know what music is supposed to do !"
Dennis Anderson - Action Sports Photo; July 2008
"Western songs are the heartbeat and life blood of the Southwest.
Trails & Rails has unearthed some buried musical treasures to keep these traditional melodies
from becoming ghost music.
What stands out are the seriousness and purposefulness of the band
to keep this music fresh and entertaining while still respecting its tradition and origins.
Allen Singer - The San Diego Troubadour CD review - February 2009
Comments about
"Ghosts of Tombstone"
"Walt
& Paula, Please accept my apologies. I said that your new CD (Ghosts of Tombstone)
is great. I was wrong......the word is AWESOME !! We're sitting here on Wednesday
night (November, 2007) listening to it for the 942nd time ! (OK, maybe a slight
exaggeration . . .) Please extend our congratulations to Bruce & Ken and everyone
else involved in the production of this GREAT album !"
-- Esther (for
Rich & Esther Dollarhide - Tombstone Western Music Festival)
"The
songs on "Ghosts of Tombstone may be classified as western music, but they
are much more than that. As you listen to this disc, you'll experience life's
journey sung through the western landscape. Tex, Rex, Hopalong, Gene and Roy would
be proud!"
Review
of CD by Allen Singer
San Diego Troubadour
February 2008 |
"I've
now listened to "Ghosts"at least once a day, every day for two weeks.
Some days I've listened to it several times. Thank you for making this CD;
it is one of the most enjoyable records I have ever listened to.
It is
one of the only records I've ever heard where I really like every single song.
--
John Bartlett, San Diego luthier and author ~ December 2007
"...your
CD's arrived OK ...I am enjoying them very much! Really great stuff!"
--
ChuckarooThe Buckaroo;
Calling All Cowboys Radio,
Bend, Oregon ~ January 2007
"I
can't help but play this infectious song every once in a while"
...regarding
'Best Dang Life' -- in an e-mail from Marvin O' Dell,
Around the Campfire host
on Heartland Public Radio ~ February 2008
"I
have that waltzing around the Linden Tree song going around in my head;
I
must have played it at least five times today as I was driving around.
That
is a super song!"
--
e-mail from author Tom Leech ~ April 2008
"We
like listening to this collection.
The more we listen, the better it gets."
Darrell
Arnold
Cowboy
Magazine review
Spring 2008 |
"The
songs are really cool! I can't wait till I can hear you play live!"
Sincerely,
Calvin
Barrett ~ Age 8
March, 2008 |
Read
about Walt & Paula
in the February 2008 San
Diego Troubadour
Thinkin' 'bout Montana
(Nominated for 2008 WMA Song Of The Year)
Ghost
Riders in the Sky
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Comments About
the CD "From Way Out West"
- One
of my favorite compositions on the disc, "Night Time Out on the Range" by Jerry
Campbell & Robert Wagoner, opens the album and "Echoes of the Trail" is one of
my favorite renditions. In case you missed them at the festival (Albuquerque 2006),
they did a Great job!
- from O.J.
Sikes review of "From
Way Out West" -in The Western
Way - Winter 2007
- "Keepin'
It Cowboy" was my favorite tune! Great CD. Such great harmony and so mellow!
Your voices blend so well and my favorite part - you just come through as enjoying
it! Are you sure you two don't belong in Arizona? Just keep makin' that good music.
Your Arizona Fan
Club,
- Joanne
(regarding: From Way Out West-2006)
Delightful
program. It was grand to learn about Cowboy lore.
-
Peggy and Jim (August 2006)
For
only two people, you created wonderful harmonization and a great program.
-anonymous
(August 2006)
"You
Nailed It!"
-Les
Buffham - Big Nose Kates
- Tombstone 2006
-
"For me, you were the highlight
of the evening"
- Marilyn
Tuttle, Singer and Western Music promoter (Tucson
2006)
-
"You guys were great ! "
Jon Messenger, Singer/Songwriter
and past Western Music Association President.
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"I
came to all of your concerts - I know I may have missed some other people, but
when I find something I like, I stick with it!"
Tucson
attendee, La Donna (2006)
-
I
have been extremely fascinated with the music of Paula Strong and Walt Richards
(AKA Trails & Rails), since I heard them in Tucson in 2004. ....They are excellent
pickers and singers....I think you would really enjoy their music... instrumentals,
vocals - both are excellent. Their latest CD, "From Way Out West" is very highly recommended!
-
Jay Taylor in Country Musical Trails
Less Traveled - January/February 2007
-
The
acoustic duo Trails & Rails (featuring Walt Richards and Paula Strong) has
a new CD titled, From Way Out West. It's made up of contemporary compositions,
with one traditional instrumental. There's a second instrumental, featuring Ken
Wilcox on acoustic Guitar and Walt on banjo, that's one of my favorite cuts on
the CD! As their name implies, the group looks for both train and Western songs,
and they found a good one that combines both themes for this project, "Night
Train Down the Yellowstone," by Les Buffham & Mike Ley, and another Buffham
collaboration, this time with Mike Fleming, on "Tres Bells of Ol' Gran Boquillas."
It recalls the theme of the popular song "Serenade of the Bells" from
the early 1950s. One of my favorite compositions on the disc, "Night Time
Out on the Range" by Jerry Campbell & Robert Wagoner, opens the album,
and "Echoes of the Trail" is one of my favorite renditions.
- O.J. Sikes in The Western Way - Winter 2007
Other Comments
Other
comments by various audience members:
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"I
love your harmonies - "
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"You
two have such wonderful on-stage interaction."
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"We could tell that you really
enjoy what you're doing."
-
"Excellent
show!"
-
Trails
& Rails adds "...a very nice sound" to Marvin O'Dell's new CD, "Letter to
Molly"
- O.J. Sikes in The Western Way - Winter 2007
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