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The best kept secret in music

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"Song Writing Team Does It Again"

I’ve been following Pistol River’s distinctive music
since their fi rst CD release, Memory Like
Mine, in 2001 then their award winning three CD
project, The Western Ballad Opera, followed up
by the Western Album of the Year, Prairie Winds
in 2004. Their fresh approach to production and
musical styling catches the listener’s ear and
imagination from the fi rst note. These guys never
fail to seamlessly cross musical borders at
will.
Each of the Pistol River players is well known
throughout the Nashville music scene for their
individual musical talents and accomplishments.
When they come together and devote their collective
gifts to the originality of Bizzack’s and
Adcock’s unhurriedly crafted songwriting there’s
always plenty of panache, along with lots of toe
tapping, fun and emotion soaked music. Pistol
River always delivers a perfect span of country,
powerful ballads, blues and rock.
The strength and timbre of Ray Barnette’s
smooth vocals steadily crown the melodies
throughout their latest CD, A Lesser Heaven,
further cementing the tight Pistol River sound
which makes them instantly recognizable. Barnette
is indeed a master vocal stylist underscoring
each song with believability. Julie Burton,
with a voice like a soft rain, crams emotional
conviction on two featured tracks as she delivers
a sassy, high energy performance along with
one of the most compellingly sensual songs in
this project.
Lively and classically eloquent, Pistol River
again creates and delivers a range of unforgettable
melodies and deft lyrics. They’ve got a niche
alright: good solid music!

Skylar Sheldon
Music Road Magazine
Houston - Music Road Magazine


Discography

The Western Ballad Opera
Memory Like Mine
Prairie Winds
A Lesser Heaven

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Bio

My first real appreciation for music hit me the first time I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. The emotion and enthusiasm that the audience experienced on that small black and white screen was a real eye opener for me. I began writing songs a few years later as a teenager when I decided to learn to play guitar. What better way to impress girls, right? As I matured it was my love for a good story that converted me into a country songwriter. I was always reading about other writers and one of my biggest influences was a Johnny Cash quote. He said he used the "KISS" method of writing. An acronym for "keep it simple stupid". I thought that sounded pretty easy, but I learned that easy is hard. Several years and stacks of spiral bound notebooks later I slowly morphed into a more experienced writer and I learned to draw more and more from life's experiences. Not only my own life, but the lives of those around me.

My dad was a career military man and I was even born on an military base in Augusta, Georgia. Growing up I spent summers on my grandparents farm in Louisiana, and so I am forever filled with a deep love for the south. My children are grown with families of their own, and my wife and I live in the Flint Hills of Kansas.