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Album: Something Old, Nothing New Here is a brand new CD of 12 standards from an East Texas vocalist with a great voice for Texas dance hall and swing style. It really hits the jackpot. It was produced by Dennis and the very talented Justin Trevino, who is also, heard on background vocals and rhythm guitar. The back-up band consists of some wonderful musicians. The album also features some very enjoyable Rick Price steel guitar and the fiddles of Kevin Carter and Reggie Rueffer. Jim Loessberg is heard playing the drums and Randy Prince is playing lead guitar. Austin, Texas' T. Bonta is the pianist and the one and only Jake Hooker plays the upright bass. Randy Lindley plays rhythm guitar and Amber Digby is heard as a background vocalist. The album opens with Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain's Secret Love from Doris Day and Calamity Jane. It was later introduced to Texas dance hall music by Tony Booth and Red Steagall. Other pop standards given the Texas treatment by Dennis are Wayne Walker's Are You Sincere, a late 50's Andy Williams hit, It's All in the Game from Tommy Edwards and Pretend from Nat King Cole. Dennis borrows from the great Ray Price, Wayne Walker and Mel Tillis' Burning Memories. Also from Mel's pen is one that he sang with Bob Wills, Looking Over My Shoulder. Dennis also goes into the Wills library for My Window Faces the South. Floyd Tillman's I'll Keep on Loving You originally scored for Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers back in the late 1930s and from Buck Owens's pen and memory book Dennis reprises Sweethearts in Heaven. Real treats are the beautiful Blue Bonnet Waltz and a fantastic version of Leon Payne's I Love You Because. The album closes with the inspirational Man from Galilee. The address for ordering the CD is Dennis Ivey, P O Box 185, Crockett, TX 75835. The cost is $15 which includes postage. Mike Gross, WVOF-FM, Fairfield, CT |
