Have You Forgotten? (CD - 2003)

Personnel includes: Darryl Worley (vocals); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin); Biff Watson, Larry Beaird (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric, baritone & gut-string guitar, 6 string bass); Frank Rogers, Brent Rowan, J.T. Corenflos (electric guitar); Paul Franklin, Mike Johnson (steel guitar); Glen Duncan, Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson (harmonica); Steve Nathan (piano, Wurlitzer piano, keyboards); Jim "Moose" Brown, Matt Rollings (Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards); Frank Rogers (keyboards); Kevin "Swine" Grant, Michael Brignardello, Glen Worf (bass); Eddie Bayers, Randy Hardison, James Stroud (drums); Wes Hightower, Curtis Wright, Melodie Crittenden (background vocals).

Includes liner notes by Darryl Worley.

All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.

The shot of young Darryl Worley standing before a flag on the cover of HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?, is but one clue to the patriotic manna contained within that's struck a chord with the conservative contingency that makes up so much of mainstream country music's fan base. The cornerstone of Worley's third album is the title track, an unabashedly patriotic anthem invoking images of 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden, inspired by a USO tour of Afghanistan that the Tennessee native made over the 2002 Christmas holidays. With an overwhelmingly positive public clamoring for more, Dreamworks wasted no time cobbling together this collection of 16 songs, 12 of them coming from Worley's first two records.

Not surprisingly, a number of other songs feature varying degrees of pro-war sentiment ranging from new material like the Civil War ode "Shiloh" and the line-in-the-sand ditty "I Will Hold My Ground" to the Steven Dale Jones-penned "POW 369" from I MISS MY FRIEND. However, Worley balances out all the rally-round-the-flag boosterism with lighter fare like the breezy "I Need a Breather" and the neo-honky-tonkin' "Tennessee River Run." Should Lee Greenwood ever retire, Darryl Worley stands poised to pick up his patriotic baton. minimize