Western Swing is Back! In the tradition of Bob Wills , The Western Dixie Band releases a new CD, Rhythm Is Our Business, with vocalists Chris O'Connell, Leon Rausch, and Layla.

Western Swing devotees and even the fans of country music and big bands will enjoy the new limited-edition CD, Rhythm is Our Business by The Western Dixie Band. This historic treasure was recorded more than a dozen years ago, accompanied by several legendary singers, but never before released!

Western Swing devotees and even the fans of country music and big bands will enjoy the new limited-edition CD, Rhythm is Our Business by The Western Dixie Band. This treasure was recorded more than a dozen years ago, accompanied by several legendary singers, but never before released!

Although of special interest to collectors, at $9.98, Rhythm is Our Business is reasonably priced for anyone. Even as a gift.

In the tradition of Bob Wills and Spade Cooley, The Western Dixie Band is the modern band with that country swing style.

In 1987 and 1988, Gary Lawrence and the Western Dixie Band recorded eight tracks of country swing in three cities, in the tradition of the Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. These songs, not released to the public until October 2003, are now available on a new CD, especially of interest to collectors and historians, released in a limited edition by producer Gary Lawrence.

Chris O'Connell, best known for her work with Asleep at the Wheel in the 1970s, performs Rhythm is Our Business, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Somebody's Takin' Better Care of Me, Hide Your Face, and Slippin' Around (with Leon Rausch).

Leon Rausch, who sang with the legendary Bob Wills in the 1950s and 60s, sings Slippin' Around (with Chris O'Connell).

Layla, a Floridian who sounds exactly like the late Patsy Cline, sings Faded Love and San Antonio Rose.

That's seven tracks. The eighth is an instrumental presentation of Gary Lawrence's original composition, The Western Dixie Rag.

GLP had released two of these songs, Blue Moon of Kentucky and Hide Your Face, on a 45 rpm record in 1990. The record received excellent reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. In The Indie Pendant magazine, Jon Philibert said in London that it "sounds like it was cut around 1950 and is very traditional, very different, and very good."

Find out more, listen to samples, and order your copy at http://www.univox.com/radio/wd.html

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