There is one song in particular that I believe will reach millions of ears this coming winter, “ TAKE ME HOME “ a song Robbie Walden wrote about his dear friend and brother who, like Robbie went to fight for his country over in Iraq. Unfortunately he never returned to his lovely wife and newborn baby girl. To write and perform a song of this nature takes guts, tears and a driving desire to tell the truth. Robbie himself disclosed to us that he was shot while serving in Iraq and was given an honorable discharge. This is a song that needs to be listened to and an album that deserves to be purchased. Accompanied by master guitar man Henry Smith who has all the chops and style of a Nashville pro, he fires off the licks and steady as a rock rhythms which give Robbie and the rest of the band the support they need to bring the news.

This writer highly recommends you check out SMITH AND WALDEN and become a MySpace friend while they are still able to respond to the multitude of e-mails which are pouring in every day. This is a band, these are the Country music artists to be watching for in 2009, SMITH & WALDEN

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I first met Singer-songwriter Robbie Walden in 2007 and have been following his career and achievements for over a year and Robbie still impresses me as the real deal. There are country singers and there are fakes and wannabe’s but Robbie Walden sings with conviction and heart that only a man or woman who have really walked in the shoes of a commoner, a blue collar hard working being have walked in. His writing is a real as the Olympic mountains of the region Robbie was raised in near Sequim Washington. His voice is as pure and natural as a rocky stream

Usually a pain song in three quarter time can be predictable, thanks to the usual cardboard cutout cowboys who plague the airwaves these days, but not the case with SMITH & WALDEN’S great new song “CAN’T DRINK AWAY”. From their new album along with FEEL THE SAME WAY , a poignant love ballad that takes the listener from Tacoma Washington to Sweet Home Alabama- or Oregon in four minutes, twenty-eight seconds. Delivering the message like Southern rock icons with a northwestern spin , Smith and Walden have now redefined the Pacific country sound. Capable of penning such incredible lines as “ all my heartaches were Stepping Stones to You “. I mean wow! There’s a line that someone else should have thought of- hell, I should have thought of myself! Right to the point and cutting like a knife.

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