Ed Bruce - Set Me Free '1997/2021

Tracks list

Ed Bruce (1939-2021) is kind of a cult figure among country aficionados, a
smooth-voiced, soft spoken singer-songwriter who hit his commercial peak in the
early 1980s, and then sort of edged out of show business just as the neo-trad
movement started to heat up. He was an original Fifties rockabilly singer,
cutting a couple of singles for Sun Records during their post-Elvis phase. Then
he moved to Nashville and started plugging away as a songwriter, recording his
own albums intermittently, but with only middling success in the charts for the
better part of two decades. When he did hit, he hit big, writing and recording
classics such as Mamas, Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys and This Is
The Last Cowboy Song, both of which fell into the orbit of outlaw megastars
Waylon & Willie. Bruces own records started to top the charts as well, but, as
is often the case, his fortunes crested back down as fast as they went up, and
Ed Bruce became an artist that few of todays country fans know about, but many
older fans deeply cherish. In the 1990s, his son, Trey Bruce, emerged as an
up-and-coming songwriter and producer, working closely in particular with
neo-traditionalist Trace Adkins.

Tracklist:
 01. Ed Bruce - Set Me Free (02:49)
 02. Ed Bruce - Halleluja, I Love Her So (02:55)
 03. Ed Bruce - July 12th, 1939 (04:54)
 04. Ed Bruce - She Even Woke Me up to Say Goodbye (02:39)
 05. Ed Bruce - Behind Closed Doors (03:04)
 06. Ed Bruce - Another Place, Another Time (06:04)
 07. Ed Bruce - King of the Road (02:23)
 08. Ed Bruce - No Money Down (03:25)
 09. Ed Bruce - Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town (02:38)
 10. Ed Bruce - Hoppys Gone (02:15)

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