Highway Angels...Full Moon Rain

Highway Angels...Full Moon Rain, a newly remastered album by singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave. Recorded at Charlie Hollis’ studio MARS (Mid Austin Recording Service) in Austin, Texas between December 1987 – June 1988, Highway Angels...Full Moon Rain brought together an exceptional group of collaborators – Gene Williams on acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar and bass; Larry Wilson on acoustic guitar, slide guitar and bass; Tito Walsh on fretless bass; Charlie Hollis (recorded albums for the likes of Jimmy LaFave, Bob Childers, Randy Crouch and Brad Piccolo of the Red Dirt Rangers) on bass; Carey Kemper on mandolin and violin; Beth Galiger (Slim Richey, George Ensle) on flute; and James Suarez on cymbal. This album represents LaFave’s artistry as what famed music journalist Dave Marsh hails as “one of America’s greatest voices.” LaFave’s self-produced tape Highway Angels...Full Moon Rain won the Austin Chronicle Reader’s Poll Tape of the Year Award in 1988. The album includes LaFave’s longtime fan favorites “One Angel Is You” (Only One Angel) and “Deep South 61 Delta Highway Blues.” These are some of the tracks that reflect the depth and extensiveness of his earlier acoustic, “rootsy” musical interpretations. In addition to original versions of songs he later recorded for Austin Skyline and Highway Trance, “The Price of Love” and “Is It Still Raining” offer powerful and inspiring emotional elements that are hallmarks of his earlier writings. LaFave’s affection for other musical artists from Oklahoma – where his family moved from Texas in his high school years and Jimmy began performing and recording – is also heard on the album in his version of Bob Childers’ “The Lone Wolf.” All told, Highway Angels...Full Moon Rain celebrates what All Music says was “the way he blended country, blues, folk, and early rock & roll. His work ethic, his low-key rapport with fans were all factors that worked in his favor.” And he gave everything he recorded, as All Music also observed, “a stamp that is indelible. It’s tattooed on the inside, on the heart where it belongs.”