Title: The Pride of Dusty, Washington
Product review: Unlike the myriad of blow-dried pretty boys who slap on a cowboy hat and call themselves "country artists," Wylie Gustafson is the real deal. As an actual working cowboy way out in eastern Washington state, Wylie clearly knows the north end from the south end of a horse, and so sings his songs about Western life with an unmatched authority.Wylie's up-tempo numbers are joyous and bouncy, and make you want to hit that Whoop-Up Trail alongside him: his voice is rich and clear, and his band is tight and swinging. Although the songs themselves are generally strong (Dylan"s "Girl From The North Country" is an unexpected treat), the inclusion of perhaps one too many lugubrious love ballads-- the bane of the genre-- brings the production down one star.Oh, and did I mention his yodeling? Talk about a rare talent: what would be terminally corny in the hands of a lesser-gifted artist instead raises goosebumps. Wylie could yodel the Yellow Pages and still be impressive.
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