★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
★★★★★
On his
fifth outing, Every Night's a Saturday Night, country-bluesman Lee Roy Parnell delivers the most
relaxed, varied, and accomplished album of his career. Whether
stretching out for the Western-swing instrumental ''Mama, Screw
Your Wig on Tight'' or reaching deep inside for the poignant
ballad ''Better Word for Love'' (with Trisha Yearwood), Parnell's
looking more like an artist than a star.
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
When Lee Roy Parnell hit the commercial country scene in 1990 with his self-titled debut album, he was a refreshing combination of Southern blue-eyed soul ? a gritty mix of country, blues, and Texas rock & roll that recalled his idol Delbert McClinton. Yet despite the favor of critics and fans, country radio refused to play him...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Looking for something different? With Lee Roy Parnell's TELL THE TRUTH you have come to the right place. Lee Roy Parnell is a gifted vocalist and guitarist who has the ability to give the listening audience a jazz motif which in turn becomes a visual/sound image that touches the mind. 10 selections. Among them, "Right Where It Hurts," "Breaking Down Slow," "South By Southwest," "Guardian Angel," "Love's Been Rough On Me," Crossing Over...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Lee Roy Parnell might record for country label Universal South, and he might sing songs about praying with his daughter, and he might have Toby Keith-like facial hair, but he doesn't really seem to traffic in country music, at least not very much. He's a soul singer who plays searing blues guitar and writes some very good songs about his life, and there are a hell of a lot of things in this world that are worse than that.
It's not hard to get to know Parnell...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
Lee Roy Parnell might record for country label Universal South, and he might sing songs about praying with his daughter, and he might have Toby Keith-like facial hair, but he doesn't really seem to traffic in country music, at least not very much. He's a soul singer who plays searing blues guitar and writes some very good songs about his life, and there are a hell of a lot of things in this world that are worse than that.
It's not hard to get to know Parnell...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
For his second album, Parnell dropped the horns and gave his slide guitar a bigger role. He was still a Texas rocker disguised by a pedal steel, but the album produced three Top 10 hits -- "Love Without Mercy," "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am," and "Tender Moment."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Eight years after he parted ways with Arista Records, Lee Roy Parnell returns to the "big leagues" with Back to the Well, his first album for Universal South, but if anyone was afraid that he might water down his songs or his delivery to score a new major-label deal, the good news is that's not at all the case...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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