Terry Tufts
"Call
me an American chauvinist, but "country" has always called to mind "Nashville" or "Austin"
- not "Ottawa." Now Walk On from Terry tufts has changed by mind. In a dreamy ramble through 10 originals
and covers, Tufts proves that his roots go as deep as those of all the Hanks and Dollys on this side of the U.S./Canadian
border. He displays a wry, Nashville-ready wit with lyrics like "You got a habit of bein' so sweet...the kind
of woman any man could wanna meet...hope nobody knows this but me." Canada's national treasure Willie P. Bennett
wails away on mouth harp and joins Peter von Althen on drums, Ken Kanwisher on bass, and a cast of seemingly thousands
to keep the uptempo "Look to Yourself for Heaven" chugging and "Swing Her About" swinging.
Every so often, Tufts and company dip into the deeper pool from which all good country music is made, with mediations
on death and eternity like the haunting "In the Eleventh Hour" and the homage to his father, Floyd, on
"My Father Would Say." The covers include John Martyn's "Sweet Little Mystery" and a suitably
corny "Deep Purple."
-Dirty Linen
