Posted by Pete Smith on May 17, 2008, 9:32 pm
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“The Advertiser” (UK) 16 May 2008
Dale McKay is a traditional country music singer/writer from Manitoba, Canada. Dale’s first encounter with music was at age five when an Uncle presented him with an acoustic Hawaiian guitar. He fell in love with the instrument and it took him on a lifelong journey in country music. His earliest and lasting influences are the two Hanks, Williams and Snow though he has picked up inspiration from most of the classic country artists of the past fifty or sixty years. This wonderful musical journey has achieved for Dale radio play in Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and the USA, a listing as the 10th Most Played Artist in June 2000 on the European Country Music Charts and has placed several of his songs on the Top 100 songs in Canada. Dale’s experience has been built on playing before all kinds of audiences, large and small, at fairs, rodeos, cabaret, country festivals and social functions. His wide appeal can be judged by listening to the wonderful album “Pure Vanilla” (Broadland). The album is totally original with songs in the traditional style and all written by Dale over the past few years. It was recorded in Nashville, produced by the late Gary Buck and featuring some of Music City's finest musicians; Rob Hajacos, David Russell (fiddle), Leo Jackson, Greg Galbraith (guitars), Sonny Garrish (Steel), Gene Chrisman and Milton Sledge (drums). There is certainly a lot of Hank in such songs as “My Heart Just Told Me”, “The Rose That Stands By Me”, “You Reap What You Sow” and “Honky Tonkin’ Blues”. Completing the programme are; “To Mend A Broken Heart”, “The Mighty Power Of Love”, “Call Me Up”, “In The Palm Of His Hand”, “Thanks To You”, “Ships In The Night”, “If Tomorrow’s Just Like Yesterday”.
"Gospel Music In The Country Tradition" is a collection of some of Dale’s (and our) favourite spiritual songs and what a joy they are! Most country fans will know “Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies”, “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, “It Is No Secret” and “When Go Comes To Gather His Jewels”. Dale’s honest and sincere performance will have the listener returning to this collection again and again. Other songs include; “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Mansion Over The Hilltop”, “In The Sweet By And By”, “Let The Spirit Descend”, “The Old Country Church, “Church In The Wildwood” and “When God Dips His Pen Of Love”. www.granite.mb.ca/~jackson
In Memoriam: Eddy Arnold passed away on the 8 May just one week short of his ninetieth birthday. Eddy will always be remembered for such timeless hits as “Make The World Go Away,” “I Want To Go With You,” “Turn The World Around,” “I Really Don’t Want To Know” and “You Don’t Know Me”. Jerry Wallace succumbed to congestive heart failure on 5 May. He was eighty years old. Jerry enjoyed hits in the sixties such as "Shutters And Boards" and "In The Misty Moonlight".
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