I know that it was a great shock to come home and find out that I’d packed up and left. I’ve gone in search of Stealin Horses, the hottest rock & roll outfit to ever hail from Lexington, Kentucky. Ya’see, ever since I heard Stealin Horses’ self-titled Arista Records debut, I’ve been deeply and hopelessly in love. Stealin Horses, as you should know, are basically Kiya Heartwood and Kopana Terry, two gorgeous and veeerrryyy talented women who write such bittersweet songs of love and betrayal, fear and endless dreams that from the opening chords of “Turnaround,” the album’s first single, through the power-pop melody of “Gotta Get A Letter” to the anthemic “Ballad of the Pralltown Café,” I knew that these were the girls for me!
So I’m going to roam the dusty, hot blacktop of America ‘til I find them. I know that they’ve got to be playing somewhere, touring this great land, bringing their energetic, hard-driving brand of rock & roll; well-written, Dylanesque lyrics and beautiful, near-flawless harmonies to the hundreds of small towns that dot the landscape. I’m sure that they wouldn’t mind having a world-renown rock critic such as myself documenting their career (after all, look what Dave Marsh did for Bruce Springteen). I’m going to give my heart to Stealin Horses.
It’s time for my bootheels to be wandering…
Your son, Keith
Dear Son:
Good riddance! After thirty years, we thought you’d never leave!
Mom & Dad
Review originally published by Metro Magazine, 1988
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