This new band, currently touring with Kenny Rogers, has primarily an uptempo, good-time sound that is long on musical appeal and somewhat shorter on serious lyrical content.
Side 1 is easily the best one, boasting the current hot single ”Step That Step” and its predecessor, ”Leona.” Two other cuts on this side,
”Feel Like Me” and ”It`s Hard To Keep a Good Love Down,” are similarly fast, the only slow song being the very pop-sounding third cut, ”Used To Blue.”
Side 2 starts with the companionable country-rocker, ”Smokin` in the Rockies.” ”Smokin` ” is followed by ”Staying Afloat,” a mid-tempo love song. Then the pace slows further for ”Broken Candy,” which tries to build a song around a single recurring line. The tempo quickens again with the similarly light ”The Sun Don`t Shine on the Same Folks All the Time,” and the LP closes with something of a departure, ”Going Back to Indiana,” which is sort of revved-up rhythm and blues.
Altogether the album is a good one to play at a party. Although its lyrics aren`t likely to mesmerize anybody, the music, expertly produced by Randy Scruggs, should keep everybody moving.
