Hitchhiking Buddha Record review Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press

Shane Chisholm
Hitchhiking Buddha (Independent)
...
Shane Chisholm
Hitchhiking Buddha (Independent)

On his debut, Claresholm, Alta.-based session player and
touring sideman Shane Chisholm steps into the spotlight
mixing old-school country and western with a touch of
rockabilly buoyed by traditional instrumentation and his
own solid upright bass.

He possesses a rich and captivating vocal reminiscent of
Merle Haggard, but smoother and twang-free. Everyone
from truckers and murderers to overweight roosters and
a hitchhiking Buddha inhabit Chisholm's songs.
He also knows how to make someone else's song his
own. Hank Sr.'s Kawliga sounds like the Stray Cats on
moonshine. Poison's Every Rose Has It's Thorn becomes
a passionate duet (with Lynae Dufresne) and his take
on Big Sugar's All Hell For a Basement transcends the
original. In fact, Chisholm elevates it to acoustic Americana
glory as the guitar, violin and mandolin cheer on a
commanding and expressive vocal performance.
Watch out Corby, Shane Chisholm is hot on your trail. ''''

-- Bruce Leperre