ALBUM: Sweethearts of the Radio (1986).
MVC Rating: 3.5/$$
This is a country album by two sisters — Janis Oliver and Kristine Arnold. Janis was once married to country all-star guitar player and performer Vince Gill.
Her name, I suppose, would then be Janis Oliver Gill or Janis Gill Oliver. What’s my point? My full name is Michael Gill Oliver. Coincidence?
I think so.
Nonetheless, they go by ‘Sweethearts of the Radio.’ I just go by Sweetheart.
As for the music, I find it pleasant. There’s some country ballads, some neo-traditional country buck dance material, there’s some sweet vocal harmonization from the sisters.
Pleasant, impeccably produced, and not one that finds its way on my turntable much. Maybe it will now, but my sudden urge is to find the Byrd’s album, Sweetheart of the Rodeo. That 50-year-old album is a classic.