Montage Music Group
2007
Missing Years
About This Album
Reunions are often difficult affairs. The magic and spirit of collaboration that resulted in what made an act special can be burdensome, full of pitfalls caused by unresolved resentments and bruised egos that added to the split in the first place. Some bands reunite for the purpose of making money on tour, others for the sake of nostalgia. Some, however, do so because the time spent apart following individual pursuits led them back to the root. Little Texas, one of the most popular country groups of the '90s, makes a case for the latter. Featuring four of its original six members -- Del Gray, Duane Propes, Dwayne O'Brien, and Porter Howell (Brady Seals and Tim Rushlow were working with other bands) -- Little Texas releases its first studio album in a decade (there are also live and greatest-hits collection released nearly at the same time from which to rove may be foolish). The Missing Years is chock-full of risk and ambition. It is a serious attempt to reinvent the band rather than "recapture" the magic. After all this time apart, there is nothing to prove, and yet everything. This is an act that soared the heights and cannot look backward. Thankfully, they don't. Howell becomes the group's de facto lead singer, and as a result changes the chemistry considerably.
Track List (try tracks 1,3,5,7 and 8)

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