THE FARM HANDS, "Memories of Home," Pinecastle. 12 tracks.
The Farm Hands _ Tim Graves, Daryl Mosley, Keith Tew and Don Hill _ will be celebrating the band's 10th anniversary next year.
And their music just keeps getting better.
"Memories of Home," like the title suggests, has a lot of nostalgia for things that have come and gone.
There's "Stop And Smell The Roses," a country hit for Mac Davis and co-writer Doc Severinsen in 1974.
"I Can't Go Home Anymore" tells the story of a man who drives by his childhood home but doesn't stop because his parents are dead and strangers live there now.
"Winds of Fall" is about a man who dreads the cold winds of fall because that's when the woman he loves left him.
"You Never Gave Up On Me" is bluegrass gospel.
"Home Sweet Home" and "In The Garden" are instrumentals.
"Mississippi Flood," written by Lester Flatt and Josh Graves, tells the story of a family fleeing a flood that's wiping out its crops for the second straight year.
"One Last Tear" is about a man telling a woman that she's been unfaithful and now they're through.
"How To Make A Man" advises fathers to teach their sons the lessons they need for life.
"Baptism" is about a river baptizing in November.
"Grand Pa" finds the singer remembering his grandfather who has died.
And "Southern By The Grace" is a hard-charging song that's filled with nostalgia for a South that is mostly gone _ unlocked doors, hound dogs, barefoot kids, Grandpa's whiskey and Grandma's Bible.
Mosley wrote two songs; Tew wrote three.
It's a good album.
Look for it Nov. 8 or order it now at www.farmhandsquartet.com/store.html
