Cowboy Cool - Royal Wade Kimes

Pros

• “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”
• ”Modern Day Drover”
• ”The White Horse”

Cons

• None.

Description

• 10 of 12 songs written by Royal Wade Kimes.
• Produced by Mark Wright
• Released by Wonderment Records.

Guide Review - Cowboy Cool - Royal Wade Kimes

Royal Wade Kimes’s last album, 2002’s “A Dying Breed,” showcased a strong, important voice of cowboy music. On “Cowboy Cool” Royal Wade has 12 songs that add to his growing legacy. Of the 12 songs, 10 were written by Royal Wade with two strong covers being the bookends of the album.

“Ponies” is the album opening track and Royal Wade’s country/folk vocal style really sets the mood of this soft song about a rancher who’s the best at what he does, herd the ponies. “Modern Day Drover” is a fine truckin’ song that compares what the truckers do with that of drovers from the past. With its modern groove, “Wild Love” would fit in on a Chris LeDoux album. “Feelin’ Stud” is a humorous song about the foolishness men sometimes have when they feel like they’re invincible. Pretty and ethereal “The White Horse” is a tribute to Johnny Cash (It’s sung not unlike the way Johnny sang over the years). “I’m A Cowboy” pokes fun at the type of person who immerses themselves in to a way of life or style cause it’s “cool.” The album closing track is also one of the best covers of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” that I’ve ever heard. Hopefully country radio will embrace this single.

With 12 great country songs, some running the gamut of styles, Royal Wade Kimes’s “Cowboy Cool” is just that, a cool cowboy album. Fans of cowboy music, the lifestyle or just pure country music should check the CD out.