John Arthur Martinez - Lone Starry Night
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Track List: Lone Starry Night
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- The Man Who Holds The BowDownload & Buy
- Home Made Of StoneDownload & Buy
- Amarillo By MorningDownload & Buy
- A Girl Named TexasDownload & Buy
- The Armadillo SongDownload & Buy
- If I Didn't CareDownload & Buy
- The River Of Love/El Rio AmorDownload & Buy
- Tonight At FiestaDownload & Buy
- Just Like The MoonDownload & Buy
- Trouble Rides A Fast HorseDownload & Buy
- Pour A Little Love On ItDownload & Buy
- Lone Starry NightDownload & Buy
- Tonight At Fiesta (Reprise)Download & Buy
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Album Details: Lone Starry Night
- Release Date:
- 05/04/2004
- Label:
- Dualtone (Red)
- UPC:
- 803020115422
User Reviews: Lone Starry Night
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At last, been waiting for a year for this
, April 30, 2004Reviewer: zapatacabrone - See all zapatacabrone's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Lone Starry Night
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews John Arthur Martinez once sang George Strait songs in Texas bars, and Lone Starry Night follows the same neotraditional country road. That means Martinez knows his country roots well, and draws from everything from honkytonk to western swing to straightforward ballads, and that he leans closer to contemporary than alternative country. Both The Man Who Holds the Bow" and Home Made of Stone" rely on the timehonored practice of finding a slightly catchy metaphor to carry the weight of the song (It ain't so much the fiddle, it's the man who holds the bow.") The problem with this approach is that many such phrases can sound like clichés before the ink dries. Martinez is more successful with Amarillo By Morning," a gentle ballad relating hardearned experience, and A Girl Named Texas," a catchy bit of Texas jazz (western swing). It's also nice that whether one listens to the quirky The Armadillo Song" or the happygolucky Tonight at Fiesta," the guitars, steels, and fingerpicked acoustic guitar always come through loud and clear. Martinez is a soulful singer, and seems equally comfortable singing a love song like Pour a Little Love on It" or the brooding Trouble Rides a Fast Horse." Lone Starry Night should please contemporary listeners looking for a bit more bite to their country. - Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., All Music Guide |
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His parents were divorced by the time he was four and even though his stepfather primarily raised him, John Arthur Martinez saw his birth father a professional musician enough to know that being a performer was a tough life. The Austin native had t...Full John Arthur Martinez Biography
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Pros: Great voice, good songwriting
Cons: None
john Arthur Martinez was the runner up on last year's Nashville Star to Buddy Jewel. I like Buddy but jAM got my vote. His sound is not strictly country, Americana fans will like this CD. This is his first big commercial CD, but you can get others from his web site.
The CD starts with "The man who Holds the Bow", which could have been the first single. With such a great song to start the CD, it could have gone downhill from there, but that doesn't happen. This is a great collection of songs, and I am already looking to forward to his next effort. ...