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Highway of Dreams Bradley Walker
Reviewed by: B Hough 10/18/2006 12:00:00 AM


Bradley Walker: Highway of Dreams Rounder Records One Camp Street Cambridge, MA 02140 2006 www.rounder.com Song list: Life or Love, When I’m Hurtin’, Love’s Tombstone, Payin’ Your Dues, If I Hadn’t Reached For The Stars, Price of Admission, He Carried Her Memory, A Little Change, Lost At Sea, Shoulda Took That Train, I Never Go Around Mirrors, We Know Where He Is. Bradley Walker was hailed as “the next great voice of bluegrass music” in an issue of Bluegrass Unlimited. His recorded performances with Alecia Nugent and his performances on the Grand Ole Opry have given him some name recognition and with the release of this album on Rounder Records, more folks will recognize the name and the voice. Bradley’s warm baritone has some of the country stylings and phrasings of George Jones or Merle Haggard and many of his songs speak of lost loves or the hope of better days to come. “Love’s Tombstone” is the lament of a broken love affair while “If I Hadn’t Reached For The Stars” is the hopeful beginning of another. “Payin’ Your Dues” is the story of a worker who just makes enough to “pay your dues” and stay one step ahead of the bill collector. “Price of Admission” has great bits of wisdom – “for everything you do there’s something you do without.” Bradley shows his bluegrass background when he pumps the power into “Shoulda Took That Train.” Bradley has the whole bluegrass community behind him. Background vocalists include Cia Cherryholmes, Vince Gill, Alecia Nugent, Russell Moore and Rhonda Vincent. Instrumentalists featured on the album are Clay Hess and Carl Jackson on guitar, Kevin Grantt on bass, Adam Steffey on mandolin, Ron Block and Ron Stewart on banjo, Aubrey Haynie on fiddle, and Randy Kohrs and Rob Ickes on dobro. An auspicious beginning for a singer we are sure to hear from again and again.		More Information About This CD

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