09.04.2007 2:00 pm
Ted Uren
Nascar Article
JUST GOTTA SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT A C.D. THAT I AM NOW THE PROUD OWNER OF, AN ALBUM THAT WAS RECORDED LOCALLY, FEATURING LORNE JONES AND THE TUGS - AN ALBUM THAT FROM THE FIRST TRACK TO THE LAST, IS VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED TO PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE, AND TO KEEP YOUR FEET BUSY TAPPING IN TIME TO THE MUSIC. LORNE JONES IS A LOCAL TUGBOAT CAPTAIN, AND A LONG TIME MUSICIAN, SONGER, AND SONGWRITER, AND THE RESULT, CALLED " TUG MAN ", IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. LORNE WROTE ALL THE SONGS ON THE CD, AND THEY ARE ABOUT LIFE ON THE WEST COAST, THE PRODUCTION IS FIRST CLASS, AND EACH AND EVERY CUT ON THIS ALBUM COULD BE PLAYED ON ANY COUNTRY STATION ANYWHERE, AND DO THE STATION PROUD. LIFE ON THE OCEAN CAN BE ROUGH, AS INDICATED BY THE TUNE " WHEN IT BLOWS - IT SUCKS ", AND THE ENTERTAINING " TUGMAN. " AND YOU FEEL LORNE'S PAIN, AS HE SINGS OF MISSING HIS WIFE, IN THE DELIGHTFUL " GET READY DEBBIE " - ( I'M COMING HOME TO YOU ), BUT PERHAPS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WHOLE CD IS THE FINAL TRACK - CALLED SIMPLY " WESTCOAST ", A LIGHTHEARTED SONG OF THE COAST, THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LOGGERS, TUG BOATERS, AND WORKERS THAT HAVE MADE THIS THE GREATEST PROVINCE IN CANADA, AND THE FINEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO LIVE. IT IS EVEN SUGGESTED BY THE ARTIST THAT ALL THE TREE HUGGERS CAN " KISS MY ASS. " - JUST PURE FUN. !!!! GUESS I AM DONE, BUT JUST HAD TO TALK ABOUT THIS CD - IT IS PURE HOME GROWN BRITISH COLUMBIA TALENT WITH A CAPITAL T. THERE IS NOT A MEDIOCRE SONG ON THE WHOLE DAMN ALBUM. IT IS GOOD, AND LORNE JONES DESERVES A GIANT TIP OF THE HAT FOR PUTTING HIS LOVES, HIS HOPES, HIS DREAMS, AND HIS FEARS, FIRSTLY ON PAPER, AND THEN INTO SONGS - SONGS THAT ARE SO DARN ENGAGING, AND FUN AND WELL IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WHEN YOU START LISTENING TO THEM, YOU SURE AS HELL WILL BE WHEN YOU ARE DONE. FOR LOCAL FOLKS, HE WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE MERRITT MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS WEEK, BUT WILL BE APPEARING IN AUGUST AT THE QUINSAM HOTEL - AS ALWAYS, LORNE IS SURE TO BRING THE HOUSE DOWN. MAN, I SURE DO GO ON AND ON, AND ON AND ON, BUT WELL I SPEAK FROM MY HEART, AND FROM MY EARS. SO THERE.