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“The Advertiser” (UK) – 2 May 2008

Once in a very blue moon comes along an album that demands your entire, and constant, attention. One such album is “Hottest Music This Side Of West Hell” (Comstock) by Giddyup. Giddyup are a quartet of Tim and Mike Ott, Lee Goins and Milo Deering, all experienced musicians who are deeply in love with western music, to an extent that Mike recorded an album called “Lonesome Cowboy” and wrote a book of poetry titled “A Cowboy Soul”. The music these four guys make on their current album is truly the hottest this side of west hell with ten magnificent songs penned by Mike and an exciting instrumental written by Tim. Tim is one hell of a guitarist and it is his picking (acoustic and electric) together with Milo’s fiddling that lifts this album to another level. Mike and Lee lay down a solid foundation of bass and drums respectively. Vocals, lead and harmony are superb and bring to life stories such as the Native American tragedy “Grey Wolf”, trail songs “Ridin’ In The Rain” and “Stampede” and the humorous “No Horse Town”. The instrumental, “Firewagon”, showcases Tim’s wonderful guitar picking, reminding me strongly of a 1980s Ricky Skaggs. Cowboy music? Yes but not entirely of the campfire variety. This is western music for a new generation. Miss it at your peril! www.giddyupmusic.net