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Bill Neely“Texas Law and Justice”CD 496
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Buy It Now!
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Bill Neely had been singing and picking a little guitar since 1929 when Jimmie Rodgers showed him a few basics. It wasn't until the late 1940s that he started writing his own songs which he continued to do until his death in 1990. The songs on this, Bill's only album, are almost all his own compositions.
In an age of slick "country" music, the songs of Bill Neely are a blast of honesty. Songs like "Skid Row," "Satan's Burning Hell" and "Texas Law and Justice" are not the romantic notions of suburban adolescents, but the real stories of a hard life, full of heartbreak, lost love, and gross miscarriage of justice. What makes this great country music is that through all of the suffering and disappointment, Neely's humor and optimism shine through like a ray of light through a storm. This CD contains the music from Bill Neely's LP Blackland Farm Boy with additional, unreleased cuts. The tunes are varied, from quick instrumental numbers to slow, melancholy laments. This is real country music for real people!
(* = previously unissued)
