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Singer/songwriter Jean Prescott is
one of the premier performers on the western music scene.
Multi-award winning credits include Female Entertainer
of the Year from the Western Music Association and Female
Vocalist of the Year - Academy of Western Artists.
A native of West Texas, Jean is known
as the songbird of the prairie. Her grandfather was a
cowboy for the famous JA ranch and other ranches in the
panhandle of Texas. With Sweethearts
In Carhartts Jean provides a glimpse of the life-style
of the farm and ranchers wife. In the liner notes Red
Steagall states "I have often said that women were
the cement that held the west together!" With
Sweethearts and Carhartts, we find 12 tracks track that cement together
a well written and produced album of songs.
Jean has teamed-up with several songwriters
and western poets to create this fitting tribute to the
strong willed women who have for generations stood shoulder
to shoulder with their men-folk through the adversities
that have been thrown at them while maintaining the home
and raising the kids as "Her Feet Would Rock The
Cradle" ideally describes. For those who don't know
of Carhartts, they are a brand of hard wearing work cloths
that are popular with the farmer and rancher.
Sweethearts
In Carhartts is the ideal title as you might hear a rancher
say to his wife "Honey, put on your 'carhartts' and
come and help me!" All is explained with "The
Carhartt Song".
Starting this fine collection we find
"March Winds" co-written
by Jean and award winning poet Yvonne Hollenbeck looking
at the trials and tribulations the wind brings to the
daily work of a rancher's
wife. This writing pair also brings an amusing tale with
"Money Talks".
It tells of a penny-pinching rancher who dies and how
the rancher's wife who struggled for years to make ends
meet finally finds a little solace in spending the money
that the miser had so much adored. Later we find another
light-hearted song from this pairing when an evening "Dining
Out" didn't quite turn out as expected. Another
co-write sees Jean and Canadian award winning poet Doris
Daley examining the love of the rancher and his wife with
"All My Trails".
Sweethearts In Carhartts
shines bright
as we work our way through this captivating album with
heart-warming delivery from Jean and the top team of musicians
who join her here. Two other stand-out songs come in the
form of "The Boots Her Daddy Wore" (Jean Prescott/Kip
Calahan) that will bring a tear to a 'glass eye' as it
tells of a young girl's acceptance of a new man in her
mother's life after the tragedy of her own father's death.
This polished collection is brought to its close as Jean's
husband Gary joins her in a duet of (Max D. Barnes/Leslie Satcher) "Old Hands" emphasising the intense
heartfelt common emotion and loving partnership of the
rancher and his wife
Graham Lees March 2007
website
www.jeanprescott.com
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