Old-Time Honky Tonk
Jess | Coal Country, PA | 11/20/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Jess Willard is a name that very, very, few know. And it is doubtful that he will ever become a household name. Yet, Jess is an important link in bar-room country music. Jess Willard has a sound somewhere between Jack Guthrie and a raw Johnny Horton. But, Willard's voice is unlike any other; he can never be mistaken for the smoothness of Roy Drusky....for that matter, his voice may not even be as good as Ernest Tubb or Charlie Walker! But, noone else could pull off the delivery of such songs as "Buy Me a Bottle of Beer" and "Drinkin' at the Bar". This is yet another Bear Family release, and like all of their products, it is packaged and presented perfectly. B+"