Doug Morris
Indie Music Appreciation Group

Everything You Are

This was the second album and as was stated in the release notice that announced the album's release, "Lolene weaves a story of love that endures and strengthens as lovers confront life's many triumphs and tragedies. If you listen closely, you will detect the personal sorrow and joy of Lolene's life threaded throughout this tapestry of song."

As for me, I call it a really good album of 11 more fine songs from Lolene! Lolene did not write any of these 11 songs, but she sure picked some winners to put on the disc. My favorites are "Concrete Ribbon" by Rick Wayland, Keith Sewell, & Maia Sharp, and three songs from Bill LaBounty; "Cleanup" which he wrote with Greg Prestopino, "You Rock", co-written with Pat McLaughlin, and "Relentless", which was done with Danny Parks.

Mr Parks, by the way, also gets credit for being the producer and engineer on the project, as well as the acoustic and electric guitar player. In fact, the whole band sounds real good on all these tracks!

"Concrete Ribbon", the first track on the album, and "Relentless", the last track, are very unique songs because they have the driving beat of real toe tappers and yet they also have a real bluesy chord structure that gives it an almost "jazz done Honky-Tonk style" kind of feel to it. Good stuff I promise you'll like!

"Cleanup" and "You Rock" are both excellent Rockabilly, toe tapping, dancin' songs that will have your feet moving!!

The other songs I liked best, were "Let Me Love You", a really beautiful slow ballad by Jamie Richards & Ronna Reeves; the title song, "Everything You Are", another Bill LaBounty/Danny Parks contribution and which is a soft, mid-tempo love song; "Hold Out For Love", another Danny Parks song, this one written with singer/songwriter Gail Davies, and a song by Rick Giles, Tim Nichols, & Gilles Godard titled "Love Is What You Had."

So, Lolene may have picked them for what they represented to her, but for me, they are a collection of very good songs, sang by Lolene's strong, unique voice, and backed by a band of excellent musicians.

This is an album to have in your collection! Sure am glad I've got mine!!