Rick Huff's Best of the West Review

Daron Little "...The Faraway Look"

In his cover letter with the CD, Daron Little wrote "...it would mean a lot if you could review my little ol' CD." Okay, here goes. Daron Little and his "little ol' CD" have so much to commend them I hardly know where to begin.

It's just him, the guitar and some subtle percussion now and then, yet Little's album provides one of the best examples I've encountered of proving you can truly be "Cowboy," "Contemporary" and "acoustic" at the same time. Most of his songs are originals dealing with his own life and experiences cowboying and tributes to others. He's an accomplished singer/songwriter and his guitar work is outstanding. He doesn't move away from the easily "accessible" chords for his listener, but he maximizes the effect through refinements and movement in his acoustic guitar work.

In setting his preferred style, he's picked up only the best from the artists he cites as his inspiration. He's got the integrity of Mike Beck and the Western core experience of Ian Tyson, but he's set out on his own trail with musical assistance of artists as diverse as Muddy Waters, Jack Johnson and Bob Marley. It's already brought him some mainstage gigs at fests and it will bring him many more...guaranteed.

I strongly suggest adding Daron Little's "The Faraway Look" to your collection as I doubt anyone would be disappointed in the purchase of it.

CDs: $15 plus $3 s/h from Daron Little, HC 63 Box 19 B, Saratoga, WY 82331 and credit card purchases and $11 mp3 downloads are possible through his site: www.ranchcowboymusic.com.

-By Rick Huff