Hamburg rocks through the prairie "...how the song "Über den Wolken" (English version "Over the Mountains") gains drive without losing it's underlying melancholic tone is beautifully done indeed. "Dancing Queen" from Abba sounds almost as if it would be unimaginable without the banjo." Bonner Rundschau, 09/2005 Pop classics with cowboy boots and hats "...and the pulse of the audience joins in at once. Right from the first song "These boots are made for walking", it's clear to the audience that these five musicians are in charge of things. And with "Over the Mountains" – Rheinhard Mey's "Über den Wolken" – "Walk on the Wild Side" or the title track from the T.V. series "The Unknown Stuntmann" the last reluctant few are caught up in that invisible lasso and not one person stays seated during the 30 minutes of encores. You could also call it "burning down the house" which is the exact meaning of the term "Texas Lightning" in Texas." Bonner General Anzeiger, 09/2005
Lolita for cowboys purrs "Kiss" into the microphone "...when the charming Jane sang a rocky version of Chuck Berry's "C'est la vie" it put even Emmylou Harris in the shade, and when it came to the Madonna hit "Like a Virgin" the audience was raving. By the end of the evening not one person was still in their seat..." Neue Rundschau Wilhelmshaven, 09/2005 The bible belt is far away, Marlboro country is near at hand "...You'd think you were seeing a genuine all-american band on stage. "Fastfinger" Schmidt plucks the strings of his banjo with artistic perfection, the exquisite Comerford plucks the strings of her ukulele and shows all night long that she's in very good voice. "The Flame" Olsen shows his mastery on the guitar and "Ringofire" Dittrich is visibly enjoying himself behind his drumset..." Dresdner Neuste Nachrichten, 09/2005 Texas Lightning proved it: in every classic song there's a country song "They saved the best for last. As Uwe Frenzel seized the strings of his double-bass and as singer, Jane Comerford and guitar players, Jon Flemming Olsen and Markus Schmidt joined in for the classic song from the morbid underground poet, the audience went wild. "There's a country song in every classic song" is what the band maintained beforehand, and with their version of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" they certainly proved it. In Worpswede the air was on fire..." Weser Kurier, 09/2005 |
Five musicians under one hat "...with their expert arrangements, the band manages to make even Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" or Madonna's "Like a Virgin" sound like they were written for Merle Haggard or Patsy Cline. After two hours, Texas Lightning left a thrilled audience behind..." Der Osnabrücker, 09/2005
Country with a shining lightness "...above all, Texas Lightning presented their music with a fascinating lightness, achieved through the perfected craftsmanship of the musicians." Sächsische Zeitung, 09/2005
Cowboy Hats and Bad Guys "...The evening becomes such a special occasion because it's not trying to be anything other than a Country Music Concert. Even "Over the Mountains", the english adaptation of Rheinhard Mey's "Über den Wolken", doesn't sound like a take-off, but more like an authentic hyme straight from the land of bounless freedom. (...) In the end, after two and half hours, the band had to repeat a few songs because the crowd kept wanting more encores." Tagesspiegel Berlin, 08/2005
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