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Saw Ms. Rose last night at the 'Shoe, appropriately, though nothing compares to her old gigs at the Cameron, if you were lucky, with Colonel Tom opening.

Such a treasure.

Mix in Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, a lot of Linda Ronstadt, some Dinah Washington and a big dollop of Johnny Cash (if he were a female!), package all of that in a terminally sweet diminutive little doll and you've got the essence of Whitney Rose.

New EP is superlative, with her strong songwriting and some of Country music's top studio guns (Red Volkaert, Earl Poole Ball and more).

Kudos to Six Shooter Records for putting Whitney into Austin (the germination factory of Real Country And Western Music) and stepping up with top-drawer album production and world tour.

Best Whitney ever? The night the power went out at The Cameron.

No problem for Whitney and her band - piano, snare drum, acoustic guitar, stand-up base, no mikes or amps (or lights!) - just Whitney singing her heart out at each table!

Fantastic!

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