Donnie_Fritts-Oh_My_Goodness-2015-404

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2015-12-04

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Artist: Donnie Fritts
Album: Oh My Goodness
Bitrate: 213kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Thirty Tigers
Genre: Blues
Size: 71.06 megs
PlayTime: 0h 44min 08sec total
Rip Date: 2015-12-04
Store Date: 2015-11-18

Track List:
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01. Errol Flynn                      4:45
02. If It's Really Gotta Be This     3:59
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03. Memphis Women n Chicken          3:51
04. The Oldest Baby In the World     4:23
05. Tuscaloosa 1962                  3:22
06. Them Old Love Songs              2:59
07. Foolish Heart                    3:41
08. Lay It Down                      3:40
09. Good As New                      3:22
10. Temporarily Forever Mine         3:19
11. Choo Choo Train                  3:45
12. Oh My Goodness                   3:02

Release Notes:
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Having written songs recorded by the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis while supporting
greats in the legendary Muscle Shoals Studio and also serving as Kris
KristoffersonÆs keyboardist for over 40 years, Donnie Fritts has had an amazing
musical career. For Oh My Goodness he has decided to step out of the assisting
role into the spotlight showcasing his talents for a new generation and the end
results are warm, flowing and bright.

Fritts easily maneuvers around these songs and stories with grace, vocally
recalling Levon Helm while striking his own southern style. Producer John Paul
White (formerly of The Civil Wars) expertly scales things back capturing Fritts
perfectly as loads of top notch guests help accentuate the proceedings when
needed. The opening track though is DonnieÆs alone as Fritts works his Wurlitzer
through a tale of fatherly love around and inbetween his syrupy vocals, an
instant album highlight.Things get turned up for ôMemphis Women & Fried Chickenö
which is a grooving blues workout that is finger licking good showcasing the
bass and electric guitar. Another mover and shaker is ôTuscaloosa 1962ö which
shimmies along with help from Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires and John Prine.
ôFoolish Heartö incorporates some horn work, ôTemporarily Forever Mineö
increases the strings and ôGood As Newö letÆs drummer Reed Watson get after it,
pushing the tempo up and out.

The straining vocals of the disk closing title track are backed up brilliantly
by Spooner OldhamÆs piano but when the solo focus drops back to Fritts and his
Wurlitzer on tracks like ôThe Oldest Baby in the Worldö or ôThem Old Love Songsö
DonnieÆs elegance shines. That purr of the olÆ Wurly and the rolling vocal tone
is as easy as a back porch sunset and Oh My Goodness as a whole plays just as
sweet.

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