" Deryl Dodd " This Comanche, Texas, native weighs in with a self-titled record whose best cuts are more reminiscent of Buck Owens than Garth Brooks. Another of Jim Lauderdale's great Bakersfield homages, "It's Only 'Cause You're Lonely," opens the album, and Deryl Dodd quickly follows with the aching Buck-like ballad "Best I Ever Had." He occasionally goes off track with lite-rock stuff such as the single "A Bitter End," and has a serviceable but unexciting voice, but shows more than just promise here. --Rickey Wright

Customer review from Amazon Deryl's new self-titled CD is the best album I've heard in a long time. The first single is "A Bitter End", a cautionary tale from one man to another about what happens if you don't hold on to that woman you'll miss the rest of your life. Deryl's ballads ("Best I Ever Had", "On Any Given Day") are the best in the business and his rockers, especially "Bad For Good", are superlative. If you only buy one country CD this year, this should be it.

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