by Ron Wynn
Junior Brown's rumbling, strikingly deep voice, tasty electric and steel guitar playing, and splendid honky-tonk and Western swing songs have made him a sensation in country circles. There's nothing phony or clichéd about Brown's music; this is the genuine, untutored, undiluted article. Brown can sing tunes requiring sincerity, ache or irony with equal flair. The CD's 12 cuts include the nearly 12-minute &Guit-Steel Blues,& and a sharp cover of Hank Garland's &Sugarfoot Stomp,& and the bittersweet &Doin' What Comes Easy to a Fool& and &Holding Pattern.& Brown is as vital and refreshing as early John Anderson or Randy Travis.