THE GUITAR MEN OF THE SIXTIES

Guitar playing performers have always appealed to me more than the crooners who just hold a microphone and sing. And when they write their own songs, they appeals to me even more..

THE VERY BEST OF RICKY NELSON : Ricky Nelson was a child actor before he became a singer of some note. I first saw him in an episode of "Mystery Movie" with him as a guest star singing his then current hit 'Garden Party' That song stuck with me and I went searching for that single and found it. This CD contains 22 tracks but I only like a couple of them. 'Travelling Man' and 'Teenage Idol' are my all time favorite Rick Nelson songs. 'Young World' and 'Hello Mary Lou' are passable and also pleasing to the ears. DOP : 30th May 1997.

GLEN CAMPBELL'S TWENTY GOLDEN GREATS : Glen Campbell is a guitar playing singer but he don't write his own songs. His songs have an appeal to me that I find irresistible. Classics like 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix', 'Gentle On My Mind', 'Whichta Lineman' and ‘Galveston' are part of the American Soundtrack. My favorites are his signature song ' Rhinestone Cowboy', the medleys 'Don't Pull Your Love / Then You Can Kiss Me Goodnight'. 'Honey, Come Back', 'Try A Little Kindness', 'Country Boy', his duet with Bobbie Gentry ’ All I Have To Do Is Dream' and his amazing interpretation of 'Amazing Grace'. I bought this record when it first came out. I should have waited but I didn't. I bought the same CD as the record and in doing so, I sacrificed 'Southern Nights', his last charted single. DOP : 26th December 1995.

THE ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS OF ROY ORBISON : Roy Orbison is one of those rare singer with such a beautifully haunting voice that it was said that he don't have to do anything but just stood still and sing, and his audiences will still be mesmerised. Listen to his 'Only The Lonely' to get my point. His other most recognisable hit was of course ' Oh, Pretty Woman'. Roy also write his own songs and played the guitar. His songs were also widely covered providing hits for Linda Ronstadt ( Blue Bayou ) and Don McLean ( Cryin' ). Roy Obison was to find even greater fame as one of The Travelling Wilburys, in his later year with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynn. I bought this CD while I was on holiday in Perth, Australia. This CD do not include his last hit 'You Got It'. DOP : 13th February 1992.