Corporate Nashville and Hollywood are not that far apart in how they create new characters. One glaring difference between the two though, is that we all know Hollywood is about fiction, but Nashville seems to think they can pass off their "outlaw" crap and think folks will believe it.
Read a few of the quotes below directly pulled from Amazon as they are under the reviews of the various album's by Billy Don Burns. With his new album coming out early this summer Billy Don Burns is poised to turn some heads and show the masses what living on the edge is all about.
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| Billy Don Burns jamming with Hellbound Glory and Ronnie Hymes & Carolina Freight |
"This collection is a celebration of two cultures. Classic Country from one of it's founders( Hank Cochran has had 8 thousand songs recorded and discovered Willie Nelson). Billy Don Burns is like a modern day, motorcycle gang version of James Dean with a guitar slung over his shoulder, and a lifetime of adventures in the form of songs. For people who live way out on the edge, or for those who just want to hear about it from the experts, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU!! It's hard to find great music these days, but these guys did, and it's on this CD."
"DO NOT PANIC! DO NOT ADJUST YOUR STEREO!
THIS IS THE CD YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
THERE IS PLENTY OF RED, RAW MEAT IN THIS
COLLECTION! I THOUGHT I WAS IN A TIME WARP
AS I LISTENED, FROM BEGINNING TO END,
AND MY EYES NEVER ONCE GLAZED OVER! IF YOU
ARE NOW, OR EVER WANTED TO BE, A REBEL,
A RENEGADE, A SINGER, A WRITER, A LOVER,
OR A FIGHTER, YOU WILL LOVE THIS CD. IT IS LIFE
AND LOVE IN ITS RAREST FORM, BRUTALLY HONEST,
HARD AS NAILS, AND YET, TENDER ENOUGH TO PUT
A LUMP IN YOUR THROAT THAT YOU MAY FIND
HARD TO SWALLOW! I LOVE THIS ALBUM..."
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| Billy Don Burns jamming with Hellbound Glory |
"Whoa! This guy's one piece of work. Billy's had a long history of friendships with Nashville, and Texas' baddest hombres (Kristofferson, Haggard, Paycheck, Cash, Jones, etc), but his music was never released until a few of years ago. I'm mighty grateful I've discovered this guy. This is what real outlaw country music stands for. This guy is so brutally honest that there's no chance you'll hear this on mainstream anything. He duets with Tanya Tucker, and Willie Nelson on this, his fourth release (only two are available), but he's twice as gritty as anyone out there today. There's no comparisons. He sings of addiction, drug smuggling, love gone wrong, and Patsy Cline; what more can you ask for? He also produced an album by Paycheck that was recorded when Johnny was in the "Pen" some years ago, but that's never seen the light of day.......yet. That story is pretty amazing. Discover Billy Don Burns today."
"It's proof the "real deals" survive! Billy Don puts "COUNTRY" back on the charts. The likes of Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie and Waylon,Tanya Tucker, Hoyt Axton, Webb Pierce , Johnny Horton, Patsy Cline, Johnny Paycheck,and those of their "grit" will be proud to add him to their peer group. Billy Don Burns has the courage to be honest and the compassion to be sincere....and that's country in my book."
"This isn't your Nashville garden variety sugary what a prefect life I have music. If you want music about that look elsewhere. If you want the raw, the real the honest, the soul filled music get a copy of this cd. Billy Don Burns is amazing. His skillful songwriting and vocals is second to none.
Here is a tiny peak at this masterful lyrics
"His silhouette stands against the wall, The shadow of a man who lost it all. It helps conceal the pain, He rides though the night down a lost highway through a hole he made in is vein, to a plastic place where desperate dies on a dirty street called shame?
From "The Dark Side of The spoon"
"She'd go screamin cross the plains of my soul like a train runnin wild. From "Sailin Down the Nile"
He is kind of a Waylon sings David Allen Coe.
The majority of the songs are stripped down. It sounds like it was done live in the studio without those nasty overdubs that robs the music of it's soul.
The only song that get tuned up at the end of "Runnin Drugs out of Mexico" but the song calls for it
He pays tribute to his heroes
Pasty Cline, Haggard, Keith Whitley, Johnny Cash and Hank Sr."
Pasty a duet with Willie Nelson who also plays guitar as well. Which is obvious to the listner
His cover of the Cash classic "Give My Love To Rose" is filled with emotion. His 1997 cd knocked Cash (his hero) out the number one spot on the Amreicana charts.
I've been on the net for almost 10 years I've found alot of indy artists but Billy Don is hands down the best I've ever heard."
"It's proof the "real deals" survive! Billy Don puts "COUNTRY" back on the charts. The likes of Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie and Waylon,Tanya Tucker, Hoyt Axton, Webb Pierce , Johnny Horton, Patsy Cline, Johnny Paycheck,and those of their "grit" will be proud to add him to their peer group. Billy Don Burns has the courage to be honest and the compassion to be sincere....and that's country in my book."
"This isn't your Nashville garden variety sugary what a prefect life I have music. If you want music about that look elsewhere. If you want the raw, the real the honest, the soul filled music get a copy of this cd. Billy Don Burns is amazing. His skillful songwriting and vocals is second to none.
Here is a tiny peak at this masterful lyrics
"His silhouette stands against the wall, The shadow of a man who lost it all. It helps conceal the pain, He rides though the night down a lost highway through a hole he made in is vein, to a plastic place where desperate dies on a dirty street called shame?
From "The Dark Side of The spoon"
"She'd go screamin cross the plains of my soul like a train runnin wild. From "Sailin Down the Nile"
He is kind of a Waylon sings David Allen Coe.
The majority of the songs are stripped down. It sounds like it was done live in the studio without those nasty overdubs that robs the music of it's soul.
The only song that get tuned up at the end of "Runnin Drugs out of Mexico" but the song calls for it
He pays tribute to his heroes
Pasty Cline, Haggard, Keith Whitley, Johnny Cash and Hank Sr."
Pasty a duet with Willie Nelson who also plays guitar as well. Which is obvious to the listner
His cover of the Cash classic "Give My Love To Rose" is filled with emotion. His 1997 cd knocked Cash (his hero) out the number one spot on the Amreicana charts.
I've been on the net for almost 10 years I've found alot of indy artists but Billy Don is hands down the best I've ever heard."
