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Ronnie McDowell with Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters

Ronnie McDowell
1 disc

1. Honey Love
2. Don't Let Go
3. For Your Precious Love
4. Without Love
5. Smokey Places
6. Cry to Me
7. Lite Lunch
8. I Wanna Shag With You
9. There's Always Me
10. My Happiness Forever
11. Boardwalk Girl
12. Kiss the Girl
13. Picnic on the Beach
14. Shama Lama Ding Dong
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): CD 78749
Credits

Producer Ronnie Dean McDowell; Ronnie McDowell
Engineer Jackie Cook; Mark Capps; Mike Bradley; Chad Hailey
Personnel: Ronnie McDowell (vocals); Greg Martin (acoustic & electric guitars, bass); Kevin Woods, Joe Meador, Jackie Cook (acoustic & electric guitars); Michael Douchette (steel guitar, harmonica); Andrea Zonn Gardner, Rob Hajacos (violin); Brian Zonn (viola, drums, percussion); Wade Bernard (harmonica, bass); Mike Foster (saxophone); Steve Shepherd (keyboards); David Roe Rorick, Doug Phelps, Ronnie Dean McDowell (drums, percussion); Martin Kickliter (drums); Chris Nelsen (percussion); Millie Kirkham, Ray Walker, Chris Willis, Doug Phelps (background vocals).
Personnel: Ronnie McDowell (vocals, drums, percussion); Doug Phelps (vocals, bass guitar); Ronnie Dean McDowell (vocals, drums, percussion); Ray C. Walker, Bill Pinkney & the Original Drifters, Chris Willis, Millie Kirkham (vocals); Jackie Cook, Joe Meador, Greg Martin, Kevin Woods (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Mike Douchette (steel guitar, harmonica); Rob Hajacos (violin); Brian Zonn (viola, bass guitar); Wade Bernard (harmonica, bass guitar); Mike Foster (saxophone); Steve Shepherd (keyboards); David Roe (bass guitar); Martin Kickliter (drums).
Audio Mixers: Doug DeLong; Kevin Beamish.
Recording information: Sound Shop Studios, Nashville, TN; Studio Blue, Nashville, TN.
Any project that finds a playful version of The Little Mermaid's "Kiss the Girl" appropriate is obviously something conceived in a tropical wonderland. Veteran country singer Ronnie McDowell takes a break from the honky tonkin' and teams up with the legendary doo wop-era group the Drifters to create a fun, reggae-influenced trip down to the islands (that takes a few detours through the history of rock & roll). Classics include "Honey Love" and a moody rendering of "For Your Precious Love," while McDowell's own sense of novelty songwriting leads to the inspired "I Wanna Shag With You" and "Boardwalk Girl." The closing number, "Shama Lama Ding Dong," blends the best of the two worlds together. ~ Jonathan Widran