Sisters of the Silver Sage Donna Whiting Guffey, Rhonda
Whiting and Janet Whiting Giles are three daughters of Smoky
White, a long time member of the Grand Ole Opry who played fiddle
for Archie "Grandpappy"
Campbell (of Hee Haw fame). They released their much acclaimed
self-titled CD around 2002, plus a Christmas CD in 2005. In
2003 The Sisters received the Western Song Of The Year award
for "He's A Cowboy" from the Academy Of Western Artists,
following in 2004 with the AWA award for Western Group/Duo Of
The Year.
Their long awaited CD Swingin' & Trail
Dreamin',
released June 2006 is quickly drawing great interest on the
western scene and radio. Thirteen tracks full of western swing and
western themes, the Sisters are on course for another success with
their winning formula.
Donna
contributes seven of the tracks on the album and collaborates
with sister Janet on the dreamy "Down
In Mexico". Band member Jon Scott makes his songwriting
debut and contributes the expressive and lonesome harmonica
on the poignant "Some Old Rusty Spurs"
based on the theme that spurs and hats tell their own stories
of the years gone by. "El Dorado"
(Guffey) picks up the pace a little with a tale of the Lost
City Of Gold and the lost love that a dying man longingly remembers
for a lovely Indian maid of his youth. Western Swing is represented
by the inclusion of the two-steppin' "Sweetheart
Sweetie Mine" (R. Whiting), "Blue Side of Texas"
(Guffey) and "Texas Cowboys Always Break Your Heart"
(Guffey). With cashing thunder, the imagination conjuring flashes
of lightening adding an atmospheric touch, plus The Sisters
unique blending of harmonies they rekindle the western standard
"Ghost Riders In the Sky".
Another standard can be found with The Sisters pleasant rendition
of "Streets Of Laredo".
Musicians contributing their talents to Swingin'
& Trail Dreamin' include Jon Scott - acoustic guitar
and harmonica, Charlie "Bob" Perkins - fiddle, Stony
Stonecipher - steel guitar. The Sisters lovingly dedicate the
CD to their sister Alyce who lost her fight against cancer in
2005. Swingin' & Trail Dreamin'
is brought to a close with the lilting "The
Bonny Land, America", telling of a young Irish girl
who reminisces with pearls of tenderness about her homeland
and the long journey across the great ocean. A well-crafted
album with a glint of gold at the end of a musical rainbow.
July 2006
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