Dickie Lee Erwin's Texas Midnight Highway

Texas Country Music has always covered a wide scope. From Swing to Flamenco added to hear a unique style of Country Music that one would come to expect from the Lone Star State. Then there's the other side of Texas Country Music which has been around just as long, good straight forward Country Music in the classic style. That's the sound Dickie Lee Erwin has found on the new CD Texas Midnight Highway.

This is the Country Music that made the cowboys famous, and Dickie Lee Erwin has etched himself a marker in the "Singing Cowboy" history books firmly with the release of Texas Midnight Highway. You can trace Dickie Lee Erwin's musical roots back to the 1970s, many different incarnations from Bluegrass to Gospel, Dickie Lee has gone through all different stages, and has found a real Country Music home with Texas Midnight Highway, the follow up to his There's A Movie Goin' On.

Although hailing from New Mexico, Dickie Lee Erwin spins a yarn for all to hear with the best of the Texas greats. The Austin music scene is diverse, and Dickie Lee Erwin seems to fit right in the middle. Whether you are just hankerin' for a good tale to hear, maybe of prison murders, life on the road, or almost over the hill Cowboys, it's all available for your listening pleasure on Texas Midnight Highway!

So, let's see, if  you want your Country music on the classic style. If you want to hear a bit more in a song than just how easy or hard it is to fall in (or out of) love. If you want a bit more to the subject matter of your Country Music Lyrics than Mama, Trains, Trucks, and Beer Drinkin', Texas Midnight Highway may be one of the lost components you were looking for.

( 4.5 Stars Out of 6 )

Track Listing - Underlined Tracks have MP3 Pro Clips

1. Motherlode
2. Texas Midnight Highway
3. Last Cowboy on Earth
4. Circles in the Sand
5. Tangled Highway
6. Candy Girl (with Patty Griffin)
7. Porcelain Doll
8. In Love Again
9. Dark Side of Love
10. Whittle on You
11. Blackjack County Chain
12. World Keeps Turning
13. 2000 Miles
14. Rowdies Tune