Gretchen Peters is widely known in America as a composer of various hits for country artists such as Randy Travis, Pam Tillis, Barbara Mandrell and Trisha Yearwood. For Independence Day, sung by Martina McBride, she was nominated for a Grammy in 1995 and won the prestigious CMA Award. Her debut as a singer may also be there. If I Will Always Love You written and sung by Dolly Parton is the most
… beautiful country song of all time, the bloodcurdlingly beautiful When You Are Old is a close second. Furthermore, this varied album contains strong uptempo songs like Waiting For The Light (with backing vocals by Emmylou Harris), I Ain't Never Satisfied and The Secret Of Life. Raul Malo (The Mavericks) can be heard as a backing vocalist for the ballad Border Town. (CK)more