When a record starts off with a classic
Johnny Cash tune like "Get Rhythm," you know you're on the right foot. When it also includes
Tex Ritter's "Long Time Gone,"
Jesse Winchester's "Brand New Tennessee Waltz," and
Gordon Lightfoot's "Steel Rail Blues," you know, at the very least, the artist has good taste in songs. And when that artist is
Sweethearts of the Rodeo, you know the voices will sure be pretty and the harmonies aplenty. You could just about consider these two ladies, Janis Gill and Kristine Arnold, to be the
Everly sisters. They are sisters, after all, who have been singing together since the early '60s and they cover a lot of the same musical ground that
Phil and
Don Everly covered. And it never hurts to have
Roy Huskey, Jr. on bass and
Vince Gill on guitar for you, even if you're married to one of them. In an age when country and pop are almost indistinguishable, it's nice to have a few artists dusting off some good, old tunes and offering them up to a new generation of fans. ~ Kelly McCartney