Ted Uren
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A LONG TIME CAMPBELL RIVER RESIDENT, AND LOCAL TUG BOAT
CAPTAIN, LORNE JONES, RECORDED A CD EARLY LAST YEAR.
THIS ALBUM, BASICALLY COUNTRY IN NATURE, IS ALL ABOUT THE
WEST COAST, ALL ABOUT LIFE ON THE WATERS IN THIS NECK
OF THE WOODS, THE JOYS AND THE TERRORS OF A CAREER
SPENT ON SOME OF THE MOST DEADLY OCEAN STRETCHES IN
THE WORLD.
THIS ALBUM IS ABOUT THE OCEAN, TUGBOATING, LIVING, LOVING,
WINNING AND LOSING, LONLINESS AND HAPPINESS AND WHAT
MAKES THE CD EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IS THE FACT THAT
LORNE JONES WROTE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE SONGS.
NOW FOLKS, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, OH HELL, LOCAL GUY
MAKES A CD, IT AIN'T GONNA BE NOTHING MUCH !!!! WELL YOU
WOULD BE SURPRISED, SHOCKED PROBABLY. IN MY OPINION,
AND HAVING SPENT 9 YEARS IN COMMERCIAL RADIO AS A
DJ, WOULD LIKE TO THINK I HAVE AN EAR FOR WHAT IS CRAP,
AND WHAT ISN'T, WELL IN MY OPINION, THIS CD IS GOOD
ENOUGH TO BE PLAYED WITH PRIDE, ON ANY COUNTRY
STATION IN NORTH AMERICA.
JOINING LORNE ON THE " TUGMAN " CD ARE A COUPLE OF
CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD WINNERS, LONG TIME
FRIENDS OF THIS VERY TALENTED LOCAL MUSICIAN AND
SINGER/SONGWRITER. IN ADDITION, THE FELLOW THAT
PLAYS SAX ON THE CD IS A FORMER BAND MEMBER
FROM FRANK SINATRA'S ORCHESTRA. THERE IS SOME
MAJOR RECORDING TALENT ON THIS ALBUM, AND
LORNE HIMSELF IS AMAZING - HE WRITES AND SINGS
WITH HUMOUR AND PASSION, AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
LISTEN TO THIS CD WITHOUT SMILING AND TAPPING YOUR
TOES, IF NOT GYRATING AROUND DOING A TEXAS
TWO-STEP SHAMELESSLY.
THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO INDULGE MYSELF. !!!!!