“Love In a Small Town” was my first K.T. record too; got it when it came out. It remains, as a whole, my favorite K.T. album. I especially love “Momma Was a Dancer”.

I also love “A Moment of Forever” from “Live Close By, Visit Often”; absolutely beautiful.

Hell, all of K.T.’s music is great! Not a clunker to be found.

It’s so sad her health problems essentially interrupted her music career in the ’90s. She was interviewed by Larry King in the mid-’90s and she hadn’t written a song for around five years. That’s what I recall.

I personally feel that if she had been living in Los Angeles, as opposed to New York City, she would have been able to capitalize on her many talents much sooner. New York City may have been a good fit friend-wise, but I don’t think it was a good fit career-wise.

Oslin is very unique and distinctive. I love her songs and voice. ‘Money’ is a great song. “A dollar bill won’t give me a kiss when a kiss is all I need.” That’s a great song lyric.

Kevin already mentioned “If I Know Me” being similar to “Hold Me” and the carbon copy of “Mud on the Tires” with “Hey Bobby” some other examples which arent as obvious as Mud on the Tires but similar for sure I found

“Is there Life Out There”/”Didnt Expect It To Go Down This Way”-McEntire sings her tune of missed oppurtunities in 3rd person while Oslin sang her’s in 1st person. They both stand on their own but the subject matter is the same concept. Middle aged women, living their lives that havent quite met up to the standard they had set in the younger years. McEntire sings “She thought she done some living, now she’s just wondering what she’s living for” and Oslin “Im overworked, and im over weight, cant remember when I last had a date/ Oh I didnt expect it to go down this way”

Oslin’s “Money”-It wasnt the first song, and hasnt been the last song to praise the non-materalistic items in life. Similar to that of “Satin Sheets” and Yearwood’s “Bring Me All Your Lovin” off her 1998 album.

“New Way Home”-I find this song similar to Rhett Atkins “That Aint My Truck” to a certain degree. Oslin’s is more of finding a new way home to prevent the erruption of painful memories and the protection of “Seeing something I dont wanna see that will only break my heart all over again” where as Atkins is just a fool and goes and does it anyway. As similar as I find the two I find Atkins song even more similar to Toby Keith’s “Who’s That Man”

And on the concept of traveling through the decades of times gone by, is Mark Wills “19 something” and Oslin’s anthem “80′s Ladies” but Oslin’s song captures more the individual travels through the years where Wills looks more at the subject as a society and pop culture.

KT Oslin really changed the face of country music. If only her moment at the top could have lasted a little longer.

“Mary and Willie”-I like the pop production that accompanies this song. The opening pop production is perfect for the feel of the lyrics. And I have been in both Mary and Willie’s position before, either they are not good enough or just not what I have pre planned and in the end it hurts you alot more than the other person.

“Do Ya”-So often now country women are singing of how good looking they are and how any man would be crazy to dump them. Well here K.T. is worried over a husband, someone she has been with a long time and is worried they dont find her attractive anymore because she is older, losing her looks, and has put on weight probally…..when has that vantage point been tackled since this 1987 #1??

“I’ll Always Come Back”-a relationship song that can be taken anyway, husband/wife….mother/son its about the union not the lust. Genius on her part and another master video.

Razor, “Old Pictures” is great and you can find it also on Oslin’s 1987 release “80′s Ladies”
Again, THANKYOU KEVIN and the rest of the staff here for this amazing oppurtunity to share some of my favorite music! You are all the best and run and AMAZING site!