This summer, my family and I had the chance to go to the Grand Ole Opry and see Opry member Hal Ketchum host one of the half-hour segments. Hal Ketchum's talents are literally endless. His voice is still the best there is ... never missing a note. Blazing on the scene in the early '90s, Hal struck radio gold with his first single "Small Town Saturday Night" which shot to number one on the country charts. Hal's success has continued with 15 top ten hits- although missing has been a recent release. That has been rectified. He has finished recording 14 new songs for his just released FATHER TIME. Critics are hailing this as his masterpiece. His voice is truly sounding better than ever. Says the label "Imagine as a musician walking into a recording session with a critically acclaimed artist without the knowledge of what' s going to be recorded that day. Such was the case when Hal Ketchum recorded the masterful body of work, Father Time. The studio engineer remarked that Hal would essentially play a demo of the song on his guitar or banjo. The musicians would then write out a chart and in fifteen minutes everyone would be in the studio making adjustments and we' d have a song in about an hour! Remarkably, two days later the album was born. The album' s standout tracks include Millionaire' s Wife, the whimsical Continental Farewell (to which Hal refers to the song as taste takes a holiday) and the mesmerizing Ordinary Day and Invisible."
He was the highlight of any of my trips to the Opry and this new release will be the very next CD I purchase. I'd recommend it being yours, too.
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