Reviewed by Tony Cummings

Having first encountered the name Michael Anderson as the writer of the smash US country hit "Maybe It Was Memphis" and been heartened to note that (a) he's a -"believer and (b) Nelson Word are ' doing a little promotion by offering this, and the Keith Brown debut, at £1.50 off the usual price. It's well worth taking up the offer. Despite his Nashville songwriter roots, country music is a flavour rather than a direction; this is a set of acoustic-based songs but with a rootsy punchy rhythm section. The overall feel reminds one of a cross between John Prine and Mike Peters on a good day, the songs are exceptionally crafted managing to be full of non-cool words like God and Jesus but with no hint of the high cliché count that ruins many overt albums. Some luminaries in the tough backing band (Jerry McPherson, Ed DeGarmo) and an album which will reward anyone who checks it out.

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