West Of Yesterday

If you like your cowboy songs straight up, with honest emotion but no hokum, Don Edwards is your man. His albums feature his gorgeous voice, beautiful acoustic playing, and a mix of originals and old favorites. On this album (produced by the wonderful Jim Rooney), there are a couple of real standouts: a very successfully westernized version of"Gypsy Davy" and the beautiful"Bad Half Hour/Annie Laurie," which my four-year-old daughter demands every night at bedtime. Thought she'd forgotten last night until I heard a small but firm voice say"Dad, I expect Annie Laurie!"