I remember the first time I heard a song by Restless Heart, a country-rock band made up of session singers who were long on harmonies and short on edginess. They had a beautiful love song that was a crossover hit called "I'll Still Be Loving You".
This song always reminds me of how horse crazy I was in the mid 1980s. I was very much into 4-H and constantly went to horse shows and did other horsey stuff like fox hunts and competitive trail rides. I'm pretty grateful that I got to do those things growing up. My horse kept me out of trouble. I still love this love song, too.
A few years later, I bought a greatest hits compilation of Restless Hearts' songs and it occurred to me that they reminded me a lot of the Eagles. And then it turned out that they were produced by Bernie Leadon, who was, in fact, one of the original Eagles.
Other songs Restless Heart made famous include the super saxy hit, "Tell Me What You Dream", a hit from the early 90s that reminds me of the stint I enjoyed at summer camp, working as the cook at Camp Paddy Run in Star Tannery, Virginia.
Around the same time, they came out with "When She Cries"...
This song always reminds me of how horse crazy I was in the mid 1980s. I was very much into 4-H and constantly went to horse shows and did other horsey stuff like fox hunts and competitive trail rides. I'm pretty grateful that I got to do those things growing up. My horse kept me out of trouble. I still love this love song, too.
A few years later, I bought a greatest hits compilation of Restless Hearts' songs and it occurred to me that they reminded me a lot of the Eagles. And then it turned out that they were produced by Bernie Leadon, who was, in fact, one of the original Eagles.
Other songs Restless Heart made famous include the super saxy hit, "Tell Me What You Dream", a hit from the early 90s that reminds me of the stint I enjoyed at summer camp, working as the cook at Camp Paddy Run in Star Tannery, Virginia.
Around the same time, they came out with "When She Cries"...
Restless Heart mastered harmonies on their song "You Can Depend On Me".
And then there's the lovely "The Bluest Eyes In Texas"...
Restless Heart was a good solid band. They were never huge stars, but they were very respectable. I was reminded of them last night when I ran across karaoke for them... I tried my hand at their song, "Hold Me Now".
And "I'll Still Be Loving You"... I did both in higher keys.
Very nice. I own a restless Heart CD. tehy're about as close to country s I can tolerate.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they are pretty talented, even if they do sound like a countrified Eagles cover band sometimes.
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