{Truth in commenting: I don’t review records when I had any hand in them –and if you look at Don’s website you’ll see that I interviewed him and did the bio for this release. He doesn’t do interviews any more, and I rarely do that sort of work, but I’ve wanted to get to interview him, so this was a way to get that time–and a pleasure.)

I can’t think of a better country single than “Good Old Boys Like Me.” I guess Bob McDill, the writer, deserves much of the credit, but Don definitely brought it to life.

Hey, that sounds like something I would say except I would have said “… from a lot of the mediocre and bombastic AirHead Country dreck currently flooding the market.”…(lol)

Are there any more “Tusla Time” level songs on this album? Hmm…

I definitely second Paul’s above comment with regard to Williams’ understated quality. In listening to this album, I was again struck by how simple and sparse the arrangements are, and how straightforward and unadorned Williams’ performances are. Not to say that that’s any kind of departure for Don Williams, but it is a striking – and refreshing – difference from most of the music we hear today.

Maybe Williams made this record with a vinyl release, or the records he made thirty years ago, in the forefront of his mind — I don’t have the LP, but I’m betting it sounds pretty good — but speaking as someone who just likes good country music sung by a great singer, I’d have liked to hear a couple more songs, especially since this is the first album of new stuff we’ve heard from him in a long time. YMMV, of course.