1977
Far Out West
Dance Tonight
All in the Journey
Cirle Rider
Alone Under the Stars
Romance with the    Range
Cowboy Trails
The Old Roan Horse
Banjos Broncs &    Buckaroos
Live at Tales From the    Tavern
Songs of Sweat and    Leather
Vannatta
Dark Rider
Remember Me
Ten Winters & Ten    Springs
Barrel Racing Angel
100 Years Too Late
My Roots Run Deep
Darn Hard to Tame
Trails Old & New
Beyond The Brand
Vedder Mountain    Memories II
All Over The Map
1880’s Cowboys
Dancing On The Wind
Cowboy Songs of the     Northern Rockies
River
Contenders Two
Tonic Water
Countryre Collections
Gunsmoke Whiskey     and Heather
Rhythm of the Ride
Spitzee Country
Ride a Wide Circle
Splicin' the Wire
Classic Country
Tim Hus
Ian Tyson
Jesse Fowler
30 Years of Stony Plain
Tried and True
Allen Christie
Cowboy Ways
Country Songs of the     Heart
One Last Horse
The Saloon Sessions
Hair in my Eyes Like a     Highland Steer
Christmas in the     Canyon
When Cowboys Dream
Fore the Coming of the     Wire
The Drifter
Caragana Wind
Out Where the Cowboys     Ride
Shades of the West
Open Range
Viva La Cowboy
Embers of Time
Last of the Troubadours
It's Time to Sing a Song
Magical Mystery Man
Songs of the Sage and     Saddle
Escovedo 101
Hooves of the Horses
Range & Romance
Time After Time
One Good reason
Keepin' it Country
Knockin' Down Fences
High Flyer
Swingin' Country Dance     Toons
Elsewhere
Church at the Wagon
Talk to Me
Modern Pain
The History of the     Cowgirl
The Call of the Far Away     Hills
To the Wood
Ghost Trains
The Eagle & the Snake
Save the Farm
Galaxy Cabaret
Some Kind of Fantasy

Music of the West

Feb-Mar 2005

EMBERS OF TIME

Jean Prescott

The charming Texas ranch wife with the golden voice has another winning collection with her latest CD. Jean has a knack for finding songs that are powerful in their authenticity and memorable in their melodies. Rich O'Brien lends his guiding hand to the production again. As I said once when I introduced him on stage in Branson, Missouri a few years back, "In the distant future when musicologists study the western music of our era, they'll credit Rich with having a huge influence on its sound and style."

As described on the liner notes, Rich plays guitar, mandolin, percussion, background vocals and other stuff.

Every track meets the strict guidelines I use for selecting the music played on Spirit of the West and I look forward to sharing most of them on the air in the coming months.

Angel Wings is about the dedication of a cowboy's wife to her husband's commitment to the life he loves. It's moving, honest and will be going through your mind for weeks after you hear it.

Jean's husband Gary, a good cowboy and fine songwriter, composed a beautiful ballad with an Irish influence he called Fair Blows the Wind a few years ago. Jean and Gary sent it to another award-winning singer, Belinda Gail, and Belinda embraced the song, recorded it and uses it at nearly all her live concerts. Jean has included it on this collection.

There's an epic story of a cowboy returning to Colorado following the end of the civil war. He's riding the same horse that carried him through the battles with the promise that once they get back to the ranch, his horse Black Diamond will never wear a saddle again, and he keeps his promise, but not in the way he wanted. It's a deeply moving song that Jean interprets with real meaning.

My absolute favourite on this fine collection is Old Hank Morgan's Place. It was the first track I played on Spirit of the West from this CD and it's worth at least a couple more spins.

You can order this one from Jean's website www.jeanprescott.com or call her at (325) 583-2553. You'll be able to see Jean in person at the 2005 Kamloops Cowboy Festival.