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Jess | Coal Country, PA | 01/07/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I cant recall the last time I heard the name Nat Stuckey used on the radio....and that's just a plain shame. You have to own this album, that's all there is to it. Nat has one of the strongest voices in country music; and the best way to describe it, is to mix 80% of Waylon Jennigs with 20% Ray Price. He's rough enough around the edges to keep you interested, but has enough of that Ray Price smoothness to keep you hooked. There are 16 songs on this album, and nearly every one is true honky tonk; but let me throw a little criticism (since this is a review)....there is a number or two that simply reeks of the late '70's Disco infusion that reared it's head in Country Music (ie, with Barbara Mandrell, Kenny Rogers). But, the other dozen or so tracks more than make up for this blasphemous act, and you should definately not hesitate to purchase this CD while it is still available. I found Nat's choice of material to be downright edgy and dark, with numerous references to Good Girls going Bad, Prostitution ($10 Hookers), Drug Abuse, and Middle-age isolation of a high-school dropout housewife. In other words, this could be the material of a demented Conway Twitty; still "deep and sensitive" enough for the female fans, but also crass-enough for the beer drinking truck driver. Good stuff, and you need to grab it."

Bordering on great

DoWell | Jamestown, Ky United States | 06/11/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Of the sixteen tracks on this CD, ten of them are really
great-"Rose Ellen" being my favorite. A couple more of
them are really good and the rest aren't bad. If
"Sunday Morning Comin' Down" had been included, I would
most certainly give it 5 stars. I have several of the
old LP's and I am looking forward to more releases of Nat's
music on CD. I think he was really an underrated artist.
Many thanks to Nat's wife."