Denzil Bandy

"Denzil Bandy "...And The Country Rock" (Johnny Dollar Productions) (LP) A middle-aged factory worker from the rust-belt manufacturing town of Mansfield, Ohio, Denzil Bandy (1930-2003) was also a founding member of the Ohio Country Western Music Association and led his band, The Country Rock, for several years. This album opens with Bandy singing his own song, "Factory Worker," where he philosophically describes life at the General Motors stamping plant known as the Mansfield-Ontario Metal Center, where he worked for over thirty years. He sings lead on three of the album's songs, and hands over vocal chores on some songs to his guitarist Brad Bogner, and to family members Jerry Bandy and Ernie Bandy on a few tunes. Nothing fancy here, just a nice, earnest set with traces of the country-pop sound of the '70s, a few cover songs and some nice originals -- modest musicianship and a solid, down=to-earth presentation overall."