Warwick, Ricky When Patsy Cline Was Crazy/Hearts On Trees

2016, The first of these two albums is entitled WHEN PATSY CLINE WAS CRAZY. The second is an acoustic album called HEARTS ON TREES. Both albums will be bundled together in a special package and released as a double CD. Ricky co-wrote almost all of the songs on this double album with his friend Sam Robinson and there's a very personal feel to both albums. Black Star Riders fans may notice an immediate connection with the catchy hooks on the more hard-rock centered WHEN PATSY CLINE WAS CRAZY but the more stripped back acoustic album HEARTS ON TREES shows a more tender side to Ricky's abilities and the powerful lyrics really hold their own. Lyrical themes on this record range from war to religion to relationship regrets with many of the tracks about Northern Ireland where he was born and raised. The acoustic tracks are by no means simplistic musically however with guitar melodies ranging from Celtic folk sounds to broody blues riffs and even more psychedelic fuzzy styles, there's lots of diversity.