Crazy as Me

by Robert Lee Castleman

Overview

Robert Lee Castleman begins and ends his debut album with songs about the tension between settling down and moving on, and he touches upon the subject elsewhere as well. The collection's ten songs follow a rough narrative about a man who has to keep traveling ("Nobody Said That [It Would Be Easy]") but who nevertheless encounters love ("Like Red on a Rose") and despite his sense that he will never find a partner as "Crazy as Me," he begins to wonder if he shouldn't "Stay Here." He quickly discovers, however, that his companion wants to domesticate him ("You Can't Change Me") and determines that he should be "Movin' On." This is all fairly conventional stuff in the country-folk world Castleman inhabits, but he occasionally comes up with a turn of phrase that goes beyond the cliches. Though he sings his own lyrics feelingly, he is possessed of a wheezy tenor that doesn't do full justice to his songs, and the album can be seen as, in effect, a highly polished demo for the country singers who may one day find hits in such songs as "Stay Here" and "I Can't Believe You (Unless You Lie)." ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/08/2000
Label:	Rounder Select / New Rounder / Rounder
UPC:	0011661047525
Rank:	220514

Tracks

1. Nobody Said That (It Would Be Easy)
2. Like Red on a Rose
3. Crazy as Me
4. Kinda Like a Rainbow
5. Stay Here
6. My Life
7. I Can't Believe You (Unless You Lie)
8. You Can't Change Me
9. Movin' Down (In the World)
10. Movin' On

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Robert Lee Castleman   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocal Harmony
Jerry Douglas   Lap Steel Guitar
Viktor Krauss   Keyboards,Bass (Acoustic)
Kenny Malone   Drums,Percussion
Kim Parent   Vocals (Background)
Pat Bergeson   Guitar (Electric)
Tom Roady   Percussion

Technical Credits

Gary Paczosa   Engineer
Jim Kimball   Assistant Engineer
Thomas Johnson   Assistant Engineer
Senor McGuire   Photography
Robert Lee Castleman   Composer,Producer
Melanie Castleman   Composer
D'Molls   Composer
Pat Bergeson   Producer
Jason Lehning   Digital Editing