MCA's Rebecca Lynn Howard and Lyric Street's Sonya Isaacs rule this
week's listening session. But the surprise of the day came from an indie,
not a major label. That was the backwoods-roadhouse performance of
Joe Olds. Country Music endures.
JOE OLDS Not Tonight I Have A Heartache Writer: Jeoff Jacobs, Producer: M. Lee Davis Jr.; Publisher: Orange
Lake, BMI; Rouge Records (CDX)
-A traditional two-stepper with a fine honky-tonk vocal and some
tasty steel-guitar licks. In other words, the kind of record
that the major labels have completely forgotten how to make.