Search - Prairie Oyster :: Blue Plate Special

Canada's best country band hits the jackpot here!

03/09/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Canada's Prairie Oyster is country music's jewel of the Great White North - an extremely affable band with outstanding songwriting and first-rate musicianship. It is a crime that this band has been virtually ignored in the 50 States, and they are much deserving of radio airplay. This album is a treasure from the uptempo honky-tonkin' "She Won't Be Lonely Long" straight through to the Roy Orbison-flavored "Into the Blue." Prairie Oyster does an excellent, Cajun-flavored cover of Roger Miller's classic "In the Summertime (You Don't Want My Love"). The band has won critical and commercial acclaim in their native land, and this album demonstrates this, too! Though they are a contemporary country band, they are heavily steeped in traditional sounds: honky tonk, Western swing, blues, folk, rockabilly, even R&B..... Highly recommended!"