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Even after a noteworthy
career as a steel guitar player sharing the stage with many
recognizable names (Darrell McCall, Moe Bandy, Jerry Jeff
Walker, Willie Nelson, Charly McClain, Jean Shepard, Frenchie
Burke, Billy Mata, Hank Williams Jr., and Robert Bartosh) and
working years in the studio on the production side of the
business, Texas born and bred Ronnie Pfeil considers his album
“Anytime You Want” the highlight of his career and a dream come
true.
“I am finally getting to do what I have always wanted to do -
SING! I played behind so many great musicians but yet I always
wanted to record an album of my own. I just knew that I had a
style and a song that had to be shared.”
Aside from his career as a pedal steel player, it was singing
for local community functions that fueled Ronnie’s musical
passion and the end result is his brand new debut release.
Produced by the Grammy award winning Bobby Flores, the album
features the variable talents of many South Texas musical
mainstays: Jim Loessberg (drums), Jake Hooker (upright bass),
Randy Reinhard (piano, steel guitar) and Leighan Cortes
(background vocals). Bobby Flores also adds fiddle and
background vocals contributions to the project.
“Anytime You Want” is a solid mix of original tunes steeped in
traditional Texas country roots as well as a balance of
time-tested and treasured classics, a project that not only
celebrates Pfeil’s country roots, but passes the tradition on
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After months of listening
to demo tapes, Pfeil settled on a stellar and potent
combination of twelve original and classic country songs
that celebrate the vibrant era of music that he himself
loves so much.
“I wanted this album to be a reflection of me. I love this
music and these songs, but I also had the opportunity to
record some fantastic new material. The title track,
"Anytime You Want", written by Cary Clark "is a great song
about a guy who just can't cut her loose and she comes back
time and time again. He tries to so hard to be a man,” he
says with a grin...!
The steel-steeped treasure of "End of a Long Goodbye" is one
particular original song that he was pleased to have
included on the album. “That was a song handed to me on a
silver platter by Bubba Bartosh. The song was written by two
of Nashville’s great song writers - Gary Nicholson and
Russell Smith.” He recalls “I was going nuts when I heard
it; I had to record this song. I contacted Gary and he said
‘Ronnie - it's all yours!’"
Fellow San Antonion Emory Pady wrote three of the albums
other originals: Different State of Mind, You’ll Never Hurt
Me and There May Come a Time. “These songs are truly from
the heart. When Emory played them for me I knew that the
only way someone could have written them was to have lived
them.”
Classic country music fans will instantly recognize and
appreciate his renditions of such memorable songs as I Love
You Because, She Thinks I Still Care and Funny How Time
Slips Away. Pfeil hopes the project impacts the listeners
the way the music impacted him and “that a song or two
revives a wonderful memory and maybe the new songs will help
make some new memories.”
With nods to the influences of Willie Nelson, Ray Price and
the late Hank Thompson, Pfeil’s personal music philosophy
resonates in every note: “Keep it traditional,
understandable and danceable and you can't go wrong. Make
music so clean you just hang on every word - because you can
understand 'em”.
The album was released in
October, 2007 and is also available online at CDBaby, Amazon.com,
iTunes, AOL Music, Digstation and Austinmusicdownload.com.
The album will also be released to Europe and Asia, where
Ronnie also plans to tour in support of the release.
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