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CANADIAN
COWBOY MAGAZINE, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2006
Music of the west
MUSIC REVIEW BY HUGH McLENNAN
TIM HUS
HUSKIES & HUSQVARNAS
Blue collar, redneck, rural Alberta roots… that’s
the sound of Tim Hus. It’s an edgy mix of oil fields,
logging roads, rodeos and semi trucks, with the unmistakable
influence of the Canadian Treasure Stompin’ Tom Connors,
and it’s as Canadian as Kokanee beer.
One of the great tracks here is Hurtin’ Albertan written
by Corb Lund and Tim Hus. There’s an interesting twist
though. On Corb’s version, he does the singing and Tim
does the C.W. McColl-style CB commentary aid; in Tim’s
version they switch roles. I can’t say which one is better.
Saddle Bronc Ride features a great acoustic guitar bridge played
by Allen Christie, and I had to replay the track just so I could
hear it again.
Baxter Black has often described the romantic image of women
wearing chaps, but Tim’s description of an Alberta gal
driving a D9 Cat on a pipeline job is pure hardhat romance in
the song Pipeline, and Danny Mack’s distinctive Canadian
Cowboy is a natural for this collection. The arrangements for
the most part feature a driving beat, big electric guitar sound
and lots of rhythm.
Darn good listening, especially if you’re rolling down
the open road. The track Train Robbers is my favourite. It’s
pretty much acoustic and features Myron Szott’s Olde West
fiddle, some great banjo from Craig Korth, supported by a flat-picking
guitar and sweet dobro. Now when you get this collection, don’t
shut it off at the end of track 12. Let it run, and you’ll
hear Tim and an acoustic guitar with an amazing story about
identity theft. Could there really be two Tim Hus’ in
the world?
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