Bobby Bond - I Remember Jim Reeves: A Tribute to One of the Country Greats (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)

Bobby Bond is one of the many young talented writers that exist in Nashville, but don’t receive their due recognition from the fans until they have had several years struggling to make a worthwhile living, then suddenly they are hailed as genius, or the greatest living poet of all time. This happened to Mickey Newbury, also to Kristofferson and is currently rubbing off on John Prine and Steve Goodman.

Bobby Bond’s style of writing, though, is totally unlike those, his lyrics don’t appear so deep as Newbury’s, and his melodies are certainly not as adventurous as Kristofferson’s, but he does possess the knack of being able to communicate with the listener, and through his songs he describes much about life which is easy to relate with.

First published in Country Music People, June 1973

1 01. Bobby Bond - He'll Have to Go (2021 Remaster) (02:16)
1 02. Bobby Bond - Yonder Comes a Sucker (2021 Remaster) (02:15)
1 03. Buzz Wilson - Streets of Laredo (2021 Remaster) (02:30)
1 04. Bobby Bond - Home (2021 Remaster) (01:55)
1 05. Bobby Bond - Billy Bayou (2021 Remaster) (02:01)
1 06. Bobby Bond - Distant Drums (2021 Remaster) (02:47)
1 07. Bobby Bond - Four Walls (2021 Remaster) (03:00)
1 08. Buzz Wilson - Red River Valley (2021 Remaster) (02:07)
1 09. Clyde Beavers - Wabash Cannonball (2021 Remaster) (02:35)
1 10. Bobby Bond - Down in the Valley (2021 Remaster) (02:50)