A string of #1 Hits and several Top 20 Hits, Gary Lee Tolley should be your choice if you like Strong Masculine Vocals from a Singer that really knows how to tell a Story! Clear Strong Vocals that are hard to find in most songs today, are one of the Strengths of this Great Singer! Gary is a winner of the GrIndie Award, "Classic Country Album of The Year" in 2015, and Spokesperson for West Virginia's "Come Home To West Virginia". Gary's Song "Hills Of West Virginia" was selected by the State of WV for this campaign! Gary was selected to Perform at the 60th Anniversary of the Television Series Gunsmoke in 2015. The Patriot Channel of Sirius Radio has used his song, "Storm Coming Over The Mountain" on its station. Several of Gary's Songs have their own Line Dances that are Moving people all over the World! Gary's Current Album is his 6th Studio Album and is a collection of Country and Western Songs selected by his Fans! Produced in the Multimillion Dollar Trinity Recording Studios in Nashville Tennessee. You feel the Wind Blow and Thunder Roll on the Prairie as Gary Sings the "Ballad of Blue Prairie" and "Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie". You can feel the Storm during the "Ghost Riders In the Sky". You'll hear the Church Bells during the Song, "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)". You can feel the Intense feeling of the Story tell in "This Cowboys Hat", and the Longing of simpler days while your feet move to "I've Always Dreamed Of Being A Cowboy". Fan Comments and Album Reviews" Joanne Behm Thank you for the opportunity to receive a copy of your new CD. Listened to the CD several times and I can't put it down. Love the music, lyrics and vocal. Love it! Love it! Excellent tunes!!! Donald Davidson You have a great voice and I like the songs!! Sherry Vest Spaulding I Love it!!!! Not to many songs hit me any more That one did! Review of "Thanks A Lot" Gary is a very "up" songwriter with a super nice voice to match what he's writing. The first song of course is not his, it's one of Ernest Tubb's great songs. It too however, is up-tempo, and sounds good that way. Gary is much like Patsy Godley. He's got a super good country voice, and he's a super good writer. I especially liked "Drift" which is a timeless story song about 'on the road' pursuing the American Dream of trying to be successful in the music business. It's getting more and more difficult these days, but there's a nice piece of harmonica on this song played by Mike Schrimpf that helps us keep our focus on what 'real' country music is 'really' all about. That's what I like about this CD, Mike goes right into the next intro to "Lonesome Hobo Willie" with a fine mellow harmonica lick that fits just fine. Gary did a good job with his studio musicians, which Dick McVey helped put together along with playing bass himself. Gary's voice seems most sincere on another of his originals, "Gold Ring On Her Pillow," a sad song to be sure. These songs are all 'story' songs, exactly what country music has been about all these many years, and exactly what country music at the top-40 level is not about. "The Walnut Table" brings a super nice soft mandolin lead played by Charlie Vaughn (or Deanie Richardson (isn't she part of the Chieftains?), not sure which), but there's also a very lovely 'flute' sound on this track which isn't recognized in the player list. Super nice, we have a writer in Iowa, Jack Langley who is in a similar vein. Wow, I sure would like to hear these two writers bump heads sometime. Lots of other extremely gifted musicians on this session; Mike Baker on electric and acoustic guitar, Tommy White on steel guitar, Eddie Anderson on percussion, Don Drilling on acoustic guitar, and some of the best backup vocalists in the business. My favorite is "Sing A Country Song" quite frankly because I'm so disappointed in so-called 'country' music today on top-40 radio, it just isn't, but this is, whistling and all. My very best wishes to Gary Lee Tolley and his super good country songs. This CD goes to the Rural Roots Music Commission for their listening pleasure, for I know what they like. Hang in there Gary, you might have to make the trip west to Fremont, Nebraska, too. It takes two days to get there, and two months to get back home because like Patsy Godley and the Country Classics Band, we kidnap them and make them play every day for two months. Keep it coming Virginia, you're better than Tennessee right now. Record Review by Bob Everhart www.ntcma.net for Country Music News International Review of "Life Travels On A One Way Street" I'm already a fan of Gary Lee, I reviewed his "Nightlife" album some time ago, and was convinced then that this young man definitely has a way with words, and that makes him a special tunesmith. This first song on this album "Storm Coming Over The Mountain" utilizes some incredibly good sound effects depicting a storm. I've heard this utilized before to emphasize the song and it's contents, but never done quite so well. As I listened I was sure someone was speaking to me, but removal of the head phones proved otherwise. It's voices in the background that actually stimulates one to listen again. All of these songs are Gary Tolley originals. He's from Virginia, and has an amazing ability to 'see' and "Music In My Soul" is a good representation of how that particular soul-function works. I also like "Ooh La La" which opens with just a guitar riff that turns into a blistering boost of melodic sound with harmonica that tends to sound Cajun in style. Good story song. By the time we get to "King Of The Mountain" which features great fiddle and mandolin, I'm hooked again. No mention of who these gifted musicians are, but the intros to each and every song that Gary does is unique and original. I've not heard so many 'different' ways to intro a song before on one album, but this one does that exactly. The mix is also quite unique, and from my point of view, harkens back to another time when a lot of time was spent getting exactly the right sound where it should be. In today's world of electronically computer controlled perfection, that particular element is often overlooked if not completely abandoned.