The Canada Voice of Country Music
The Canada Voice of Country Music
CD Review – RANDY KOHRS – A Crack In My Armour
Randy Kohrs is an award-winning resophonic (dobro) player and his name (and talents) have been appearing on an ever-growing list of top-line country and bluegrass album sessions. A Crack In My Armour is Randy Kohrs’ first solo venture and the album confirms that Kohrs is much more than a ‘musician’ — he also has a very rootsy voice and he can write a pretty powerful song to boot…just listen to his aching ‘true story’ song, It Can’t Rain Forever. Wow !!
There are many more special moments here. I Would If I Could, another of Randy Kohrs’ original tunes is an uptempo winner, reminiscent of the music found in the Herb Pedersen / Chris Hillman duets; while Anyway is straight-ahead country ‘hurt’; and the bluegrass-flavored Little By Little is filled with improvisational twists galore.
Some of the ‘cover’ songs are also among the highlights. Miles Of Heartaches (Yet To Go) is a country tune first heard on a badly overlooked 1994 Jamie O’Hara album; likewise, Prisoner’s Tears is a crafty tune taken from country/blues artist Mike Henderson’s first solo album; while Out Among The Stars, written by Canadian-raised Adam Mitchell, is fast becoming a country / bluegrass standard with previous cuts by Joe Sun (1979), Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, The Seldom Scene, Rice Hillman & Pedersen, etc.
The CD cover is also pretty fascinating – a holograph double-image flashes back and forth from a photo of Randy Kohrs to a medieval scene. Neat stuff.
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