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Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame
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Sunny Sweeney
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Product Details
- Artist: Sunny Sweeney
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- Binding: Audio CD
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- EAN: 0857787001566
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- Label: Big Machine Records
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- Manufacturer: Big Machine Records
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- Number of Discs: 1
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- Product Group: Music
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- Publisher: Big Machine Records
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- Release Date: 2007-03-06
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- Studio: Big Machine Records
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- Title: Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame
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- UPC: 857787001566
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Product Description: One spin through the debut of Austin-based singer-songwriter Sunny Sweeney and you may think you've entered a time warp: The Longview, Texas, native so hearkens to the honky-tonk era of the '60s and '70s that you half expect to find her on an old kinescope of one of those syndicated Nashville TV shows, the special guest ("Let's bring up a little gal now from Texas...") of the Wilburn Brothers or Porter and Dolly. Sweeney isn't a power vocalist--she'd be called a "girl singer" in the old days, stepping up demurely to do her song or two--but she's got a sense of humor, poking fun of herself on "Next Big Nothing" and insisting if you play one song in reverse, you get a broken heart. She can also cop an attitude when she wants, as on "Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame," an original tune where she evokes the good-ol'-gal assertiveness of Loretta Lynn. Sweeney has fine taste in covers, too, offering up Iris DeMent's 'Mama's Opry" and the Lacy J. Dalton hit "16th Avenue," as well as two songs by Jim Lauderdale, who lends his vocals to Keith Sykes's "Lavender Blue." Otherwise, Sweeney doesn't seem to care a flip about what's going on anyplace but right there in the Lone Star State, keeping things twangy, tangy, and tonkin', the teardrop pedal steel functioning almost as a duet vocalist, and her guitarists eschewing Music City formula riffs for stuttering electric solos and the occasional walking bass. It's been a long time since any young female--think Joy Lynn White, maybe--got this deep-dish country. Sweeney may never get on the radio, but she'll keep the sawdust swirling on the dance floor for a long time to come. --Alanna Nash
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Customer Reviews
Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame by Sunny Sweeney
I'm hooked! Sunny loves what she does and it shows. She's a natural. How on earth does she do "If I Could?" She could be an auctioneer in her day job but I'm pretty sure she won't have time for a day job. I look forward to following her performing career.
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INCREDIBLE VOICE !!! Wonderful CD !!!
While listening to my XM radio in the car, I heard the most incredible voice singing Iris DeMent's song "Moma's Opry".... Thank goodness you can display the artist's name.
I immediately came to amazon.com to see if Sunny Sweeney had an album... and purchased this immediately!
Sunny has the great, twangy voice of the original country artists....
This is truly a CD that you'll play and enjoy over and over. I'm hoping she'll tour somewhere close to Baltimore so I can see her perform in person.
Wishing Sunny the great career she deserves.... Come on Nashville - take notice here !!!
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Country as a brown egg!
I'd rather have someone waterboard me than be forced to listen to Tim McGraw groan his way through a redundantly syrupy American Idol-esque ballad. I grit my teeth to the excruciating Jamaican-themed cruise ship tripe cranked out from the alleged heterosexual Kenny Chesney via the Nashville assembly line. Big and Rich remind me of the Village People minus the indian and the army guy.
If you feel the same way- that today's "country" is NO WHERE NEAR the mark- then give this gal a listen! If you remember Dolly Parton, Kitty Wells, Donna Fargo, and Dottie West you'll love Sunny. Her music is new yet does a wonderful job at showcasing the legacy of roots country. If you've never heard of these ladies then you likely need to hear Sunny's music more than anyone!
True enough, there's something brewing in Texas akin to the outlaw movement fostered by Willie and Waylon in the 70's. Though Nashville continues to ignore it, artists like Sunny, Jamie Richards, Randy Rogers, and a host of others are getting plenty of attention through live shows, the internet, and word of mouth.
Why? The music: IT'S GENUINE. No Nashville glitz, lip synching, or pop sounding neo-country whatever-you-call-it crap. Just fiddle, steel, a few beers and a whole lot of talent. Imagine that!
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Real country music!
Every once in awhile, a true country performer comes along and my faith in country music is renewed, if only for a moment or two. Here's one of those performers, Sunny Sweeney. This, THIS is what country radio should be playing and Nashville record companies should be begging for. Maybe, someday that will happen. Meanwhile, here's Sunny with a butt-kicking debut album. My favorite song? All of 'em, but especially "If I Could". Buy this CD, play it often and loud, and thank the stars that performers like Sunny Sweeney, Heather Myles, Kasy Chambers and Amber Digby (to name a few) are out there making true country music.
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great cd and even better live
I've seen her live in Austin a couple times now and it's always a great show. If you like her voice, check out Kasey Chambers. Sunny will actually do Kasey covers if you ask her. The first time I heard Sunny, I was at a bar meeting old friends, but ended up staying longer b/c I heard her singing. Great CD and definitely worth purchasing.
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