Big Sandy Presents the Fly-Rite Boys

• Artist: Fly Rite Boys
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• Release Date: May 19, 1998
• Genre: Rock

Review

Big Sandy's ace backup band steps up to the plate and delivers its first solo album -- and it's a corker. Sort of like a Western swing version of a Buckaroos album, this record features the Fly-Rite Boys running through a set of originals, primarily showcasing their considerable instrumental chops with a few stray vocals from piano man Carl "Sonny" Leyland. The sound here is decidedly retro, sounding for all the world like it was cut in somebody's living room under a pile of blankets while the drummer bangs away in another room, which only enhances its 78 single authenticity. Highlights include Leyland's turn on the jazz-pop standard "Rosetta," steel man Lee Jeffriess' "Flyin' Rite," drummer Bobby Trimble's drum workout "Hit and Run," guitarist Ashley Kingman's "Straight-8 Boogie," and the atmospheric "Laguna Sunset." For lovers of true Western swing honky tonk with a slight jazz edge sounding like it was cut over 50 years ago, here's your album. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Straight-8 Boogie	Ashley Kingman	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(3:08)
Rosetta	Earl Hines, Henri Woode	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(4:24)
Mary's Mood	Ashley Kingman	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(4:28)
Wizard's Dust		Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(2:51)
Flyin' Rite	Lee Jeffriess	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(3:10)
Laguna Sunset	Ashley Kingman	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(3:41)
Hit and Run	Bobby Trimble	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(2:47)
Rhapsody in Violet	Lee Jeffriess	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(4:03)
D. of L. Boogie		Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(2:57)
"What's Buzzin', Cuzzin?"	Lee Jeffriess	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(3:08)
Booze Party		Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(2:05)
Minor Struggle		Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	(4:04)

Credits

Dave Harrison (Photography), Dave Axtell (Layout Design), Carl Leyland (Piano), Big Sandy (Liner Notes), Deke Dickerson (Engineer), The Fly-Rite Boys (Producer), Lee Jeffriess (Guitar (Steel)), Bob Stone (Mastering), Wally Hersom (Fiddle), J. Wakefield (Design), Bobby Trimble (Drums), Dave Axtell (Producer), Ashley Kingman (Guitar)