My Suitcase Is Always Packed

 (5 customer reviews)

Great album! Thoughtful, poetic, and funny at the same time. The way the group bounces back and forth from cajun to old time country to whatever is cool. They make it work. I give an A+ to the lyrics both French and English. Linzay can sing a balad like he's just sitting across the table telling you a story - it's a nice, relaxing style. The fiddle and guitar work major kicks font font. My only question is why these guys aren't bigger. They had a video on the country music video channels, but I really can't figure out why their albums aren't chart toppers.

The Ramblers fifth album, their second for Sugar Hill, continues to masterfully mix fiddle-led country and blues, Hot Club-styled jazz and galloping western swing. As the band's evolved from imitation to influence, so too have they moved from albums stocked with covers to nearly all original material. Aside from a pair of Cajun classics, the Touchet Family's "Old Fashioned Two Step" and Eddie Shuler's "La Valse De Meche," the band members have written their own country weepers, bluesy jazz and all manner of dance tunes. Actually, the entire album, as with most of the group's repertoire, is filled with dance tunes - slow, fast and in between, this is music meant to get listeners moving.

The group's lead vocalist (and one of its two fiddlers) Linzay Young says cheekily, "Who knew all these years of poverty, heart break, substance abuse, self-exploration and transient life-style would result in something worth-while!" Of those experiences, heartache tops the list, bending an...Read more

I was looking for Zydeco/Cajun music & picked up this CD at my local library. I loved every song so I bought my own copy. Lively music, singable tunes, just a lot of fun to listen to. I will be buying more of this group's recordings.