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 I'm
working on my bio, coming soon. In the meantime, here's my new
CD reviews ~ Jim
I Want A Woman
Who Can Mow
Jim Mills
Hope you enjoy these reviews of my new CD! You can order the
CD right here, better yet, stop on by a show and get one in
person! - Sound
bytes are here - |
The
Morning News
Springdale, Arkansas
Amy
M. Cotham |
The
Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
Bill Ellis |
I Want A Woman Who Can Mow
Jim
Mills will host a CD release party for his second CD, “I
Want A Woman Who Can Mow”, this weekend at The Gypsy
in Fayetteville. “I Want A Woman Who Can Mow”
features original songs penned by locals like Windy Austin,
Roger Harris, and Max Parker. Paul Thorn, who has had songs
recorded by artists such as Sawyer Brown, and Billy Ray Cyrus,
contributed, “Great Day To Whup Somebody’s Ass”
with his writing partner, Billy Maddox. Mills’ wife,
Lisa (wonder if she can mow?) helped her husband with the
original song, “Diamond and the Rose”, a duet
Mills shares with Jenee Fleenor on the recording. That’s
the former Jenee Keener, a local gal who’s been playing
fiddle with Terri Clark. Good thing she decided not to hyphenate
her name; try saying Kenner-Fleenor three times fast.
Drummer Wes Bolin, guitarist Cal Jackson, and bassist Steve
Baskin, Northwest Arkansas guys who are apparently the resident
studio musicians to know, back up Mills on the recording,
which were captured and worked at Crisp Recording Studio in
Fayetteville. Those guys will also perform with Mills at the
CD release party, joined by Cherry Brooks. “It’s
her band, basically”, Mills says of the privilege of
singing with Brooks and working with Bolin, Jackson, and Baskin.
The
Morning News
Friday March 18th, 2005
Amy M. Cotham
LIVE! In NWA
Springdale, Arkansas
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I Want A Woman Who Can Mow
Originally
from Fayetteville, Ark., Cordova-based performer/songwriter
Jim Mills approaches country music the way his Razorback mates
the Cate Brothers approach R&B -- just about anything goes.
For Mills, that can mean a whimsical rocker in the title track
("I don't care if she can sew, I want a woman who can mow")
or the Leon Redbone-esque good-time blues of "Garbage Man."
Mills, whose husky baritone phrases with sly self-deprecation,
also finds affinity in the kind of ballads that would have been
at home on the pop charts next to Firefall or Pure Prairie League
in the '70s, tunes such as "Dog's Life" (not the Elvis
number), "Diamond and the Rose" and "Feel Like
Dancin'." And on the self-penned highlight "Mountain
of Trouble," Mills lets his muse joyfully rummage the Keith
Sykes song bag for inspiration.
Jim Mills performs at Willie Moffat's, 2779 Whitten, in a 9
p.m. CD release party on Saturday.
Bill Ellis,
The Commercial Appeal,
495 Union Ave.,
Memphis, Tenn., 38103.
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