Kate James And Lost Country

"HomeWrecker, HeartBreaker"

Listening to Kate and her band is a refreshing experience. James has a great country voice reminiscent of many greats and the music is real country sounding. The material is all original and very good stuff. The stuff good country music is made of.

   Her band is excellent, it is nice to see an artist make a record with her own band instead of bringin' in hired guns. Let me introduce Bill Brooks on lead guitar, a super talented country-blues guitarist. On drums, very talented Chuck Kelly. On Bass, Jon Fleming. On pedal steel, an ace player that interacts well with Bill the lead guitar player; Mark Van Allen. Put all this together and you got one good kickin' country band. Put beautiful strawberry blond Kate James out front with her beautiful voice and this just plain works. If you saw the movie, "The Blues Brothers", this band would do well where the boys tried to pull themselves off as the Good Ole Boys and played Rawhide all night. 

  In 2003, they were voted Atlanta's best country band and it's easy to see why, with their original traditional, rockabilly style.
  The songs are great. "Picture Show" is an upbeat rockabilly song with some old timey lyrics. "Poor Little Fool" is a slow ballad that evokes Patsy Cline, this gal really can just flat out sing and has a beautiful voice whether it be a pure voice ballad or an upbeat song with a growl. Some awesome pedal steel on this song and also a great jazzy lead guitar break. Just a great song! "Rollin Hills" is a great country rocker about goin' home to see her lover, some great imagery in the lyrics.

  Great, rootsy sounding recording, no gimmicks, just great tonality, great sounding background vocals. The record ends with a western swing number "Treat You Right", the band jams it out as it does on a lot of numbers. I could listen to Bill Brooks play guitar all day. Kate James is for real, great singer and songwriter. This is a real winner.

 Visit Kate at: www.katejames.com