Early kdlang album
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I haven’t heard Angel with a Lariat for quite a few years now, so I played it during my drive to work yesterday morning.
Produced in 1987, Angel with a Lariat is the album kd released before she hit the big time, getting the attention of Owen Bradley, the late Patsy Cline’s producer, and recording her Shadowland album with him, and getting support from old-timers such as Loretta Lynn, Brenda Lee and Kitty Wells.
It’s a high energy album, lots of fiddles, driving drums, and most of all, enthusiasm from kd and her band. I burst out with laughter a couple of times, completely carried away by the joy that was pouring out of the speakers of my car stereo. This is a great example of what kd was about before she crossed over to Nashville and went on to become “mainstream”.
I googled for some of the songs’ lyrics, and here are some examples:
| Last night I heard A ruckus down the road No time to lose and so away I go I saw the lights At the junction… Pulled in my wheels And checked the show (turn me round) “Turn Me Round” |
| Hey yo, told you before Tell you when I find a decoy Sittin’ in the water With your hopes up high Have you takin’ a nosedive hard, boy “High Time for a Detour” |
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Starving, I’ve got this hunger Growing from deep within Carving an internal thunder Oh a craving that wears me thin Well, it`s hard to ingest So many faces I get my fill but still Those passersby Leave me empty On a diet of strange places It all should enhance my senses Tell me why Does the spice of loneliness Seem all but tasteless And lays there To haunt me from inside “Diet of Strange Places” |
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I love the brunettes, blonds And the redheads, too Love ’em since I don’t know when I love ’em all right down the line And then I start all over again I start all over again I got the bull by the horns “Got the Bull by the Horns” |
Despite coming out in 1992, the signs were already there in this earlier album, especially in the above song.
Here’s the full song list:
1. “Turn Me Round”
2. “High Time for a Detour”
3. “Diet of Strange Places”
4. “Got the Bull by the Horns”
5. “Watch Your Step Polka”
6. “Rose Garden”
7. “Tune into My Wave”
8. “Angel With A Lariat”
9. “Pay Dirt”
10. “Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray”
Click here to listen to samples of some of the above songs
