1t's About Time could not be a more aptly named CD. Coming five years after Roger Wallace' s last effort fuis new collection-and the fust on rns own Natchez Street label- is just what the doctor ordered for long-time Wallace fans. What you have here are thirteen bmnd new numbers (twelve ofwrnch were written or co-written by Roger) wrnch are exactlywhatMr. Wallace is known for: country music that can tell a great story, that is rich in trndition and can get just about anyone up on their feet.
Now, for the uninitiated, this is REAL COUN1RY MUSIC, not the commercial-jingle pop music that cornes out ofNashville. It's about two-steps and shuffies and waltzes and the gospel according to Roger. It's stripped down to its basics and there isn't a synthesizer to be found. Heck, there aren't even any drums! But don't be atraid. There is plenty of TW ANG to go around, courtesy of long-time collaborator and co-producer Jim Stringer, fiddler Erik Hokkanen, bassists Kevin Smith (Dwight y oakum) and Brad Fordham (Billy Joe Shaver) and pianist 1. Jarrod Bonta.
So if you are in the mood for sorne authentic country songs, solid country playing and sorne of the coolest singing around, there's no more waiting. Roger's new CD is here and 1t's About Time!
"An absolutë stando-u-t in a competit:fve fi~e-Id~of fi-e,-v--e-r-a-h-ounky-tonk reVival perform-e-r-s.-"~- -~Barry Mazor, No Depression Magazine
ln a city that's teeming with singers OOth good and great - Austin, TX, naturally - Wallace is, to put itbluntly, one of the greatest; notjust for today, but for aU time." - Chris Bolton, Country Music People - UK
"It is refreshing to hear a new artist who doesn't follow the trend. Roger Wallace is bis own man, creating the music bis way, with a traditional country format." -- Johnny Bush
First Roger Wallace CD release in 5 years
Ex1ensive trnck record among trnditional country fans in U.S. , Europe and Austmlia Co-produced by Jim Stringer, features sorne of Austin' s best country players.
