Frank Trainor
DNA Chains Of A Rogue’s Reputation
Produced by Cory Bitner and Frank Trainor
In Depth Records [8 Selections – Playing time 33:06]
If
you were listening to Canadian country music in the mid-1980’s
you might recall the string of radio hits [You Sure Didn’t
Waste Any Time / The Ring I Gave You / Hard Drivin’
Hana, Everybody Wants To Dance With You, from then Toronto
based singer/songwriter Frank Trainor, whose first recognition
came a decade earlier in 1973 when The Mercey Brothers recorded
his song, Our Lovin’ Times. Trainor has since relocated
to Calgary, Alberta, where he has continued to pursue his
recording career with a series of ‘Musical Chapters’
covering all stages of his music catalog. One of the latest
in the series is this DNA Chains Of A Rogue’s Reputation,
featuring 8 new songs. Frank Trainor has always been a crafty
songwriter, and has delivered his homegrown material with
a crisp, heartfelt vocal style. Those attributes are still
part of Trainor’s work, although his writing now seems
a little more introspective and cerebral. The selections
here are highlighted by the gritty country lament, County
Line Signs; and a powerful country hurtin’ ballad
in A Trail That Leads You Home; while the peculiar title
to the album is found in the lyrics of the song, Long Gone
Glory Bound Son. The album also features some variety in
the bluesy numbers California and Where’d You Leave
Your Heart, some folk-tinged sound in This Mighty Ragin’
River Of Love, and a soft ballad album closer in Love Is.
DNA
Chains Of A Rogue’s Reputation was co-produced by
Frank Trainor with Cory Bitner, and recorded at Trainor’s
studios in Calgary.
Record
Reviews by Larry Delaney [May 2011]
Editor/Publisher Country Music News – Canada
