Song List: Transistor Radio, Hillbilly Dust, The Last of His Kind, Bringing Simple Back, He’s With Me, The Waverly Train Disaster, You Are the Reason, I Can’t Go Home Anymore, The Way I Was Raised, Mama’s Bible, Here’s to the Dreamers, Sing Me a Song About a Train.
Daryl Mosley has an impressive set of credits over the last three decades: member of The New Tradition, Osborne Brothers, and the Farm Hands. He is also an acclaimed songwriter and excellent vocalist. This collection of all original songs gives a listener a chance to hear the depth of Daryl’s songs and revive nostalgia for a past time that may only live in memories. Joining Daryl are some fine musicians: Danny Roberts on mandolin, Tony Wray on guitar, Aaron McDaris on banjo, Adam Haynes on fiddle and Justin Moses on dobro. The instrumentation frames each song perfectly, but the message and meaning are all Daryl’s vocals.
“Transistor Radio” brings to mind the early static filled songs of Elvis, Motown, or Bill Monroe on the radio, and Daryl’s warm memories are wrapped in a engaging vocal and guitar accompaniment from Tony Wray. The manners of a gentleman, love of country, and hard work are evoked in “The Way I Was Raised,” and “Here’s To The Dreamers” reminds us that to “never give up or give in.” The hard life of the farmer is detailed in “Hillbilly Dust” with a reminder that working the land brings its own rewards and family success is often seen in the children. “The Last of His Kind” is another salute to the men whose word was a handshake, and doing your very best work was expected and honored. Daryl’s fine sense of story unfolds in his “The Waverly Train Disaster,” a true account of a crash and explosion that rocked a Tennessee town. The most poignant and heartfelt song is “Mama’s Bible” as a son turns finds the family treasures in a rose from a bridal bouquet, a lock of hair, and an old church program folded in the pages of the Bible. The three Song of the Year awards, and two Songwriter of the Year Awards from SPBGMA prove that Daryl Mosley has a gift for putting words and music into great vignettes of our time.