IAN GREIG - Look For Me

Coming home, we have a really enjoyable album from Elgin based IAN GREIG, who has just released his first album “Look For Me” on Manson Grant’s Pan Record label.
Ian had the idea of recording some of his favourite songs to leave for his grandchildren, and a conversation with Robert Cameron on The Dynamos in Aberdeen led to this album’s release.
It’s an unashamed piece of personal nostalgia, but it’s not an album of tired and overdone hits. The songs come from way back, but most have been long forgotten
We will recognise “My Dixie Darling”, “The Old Lamplighter” and Bill Clifton’s “You Go To Your Church”, but “I’ll Tell The World I Love You” isn’t one of Jim Reeves most obvious covers, nor is “You Cant Divide A Heart” from Willie Nelson’s pen.
From the opening track, “Let The Children Pick The Flowers”, originally done by Webb Pierce, through the catchy treatment of “Far Side Banks Of Jordan”, and the JFK sentiments of “The Emigrant”, I enjoyed every track.
His version of Chris LeDoux’s “Paint Me Back Home In Wyoming” is a beautiful part song/part narration, that really suits Ian’s deep voice.
Recorded in Wick, and Nashville, with musicians like Manson, Robert & Keith from The Dynamos, Phil Anderson, and Nashville pickers Glen Duncan, Hank Singer and Steve Hinson, the production is excellent.
It’s old fashioned country, which still has a huge following. Ian Greig does it really well.
www.panrecords.co.uk