Edito de A Forgotten Disasterthis is my attempt to produce my own music by writing most of the songs i do on my last album i wrote all the songs , this time i only wrote 11 songs and i added 4 cover songs that people wanted me to do i love to write stories in my songs and most of my songs are from true stories i have heard or people i know _---- real country people love real country stories and this is what i write ((Keepin It Country )) BIg AL Traynor i love to sing and i love to write........some of my customers wanted to know where i got my ideas for songs i,ll try to explain on my newest album (keepin it country )the first song ( Of the shores of Labrador ) this is a song about my friends in the east coast of Canada these people just as the song says are greate people and love to have fun ////(Remember Mothers Day ) is a song i wrote for my good friend RANDY MORRISON a greate fiddle player and guitar player he wrote the music and i wrote the words he wanted to do a song about the South and this is what came to my mind/// Homer Watsons Farm is a true story of my self and my brothers growing up and the song says the rest// Grandpas Old Guitar is also true and wrote for my friend RANDY MORRISON //Jusus At The Wreck ))) was vary special to me as i got the idea from my good friend MONA DIBOISE she wrote the poem and i wrote a song about it she is a good friend and an excellent writer//THe Ghost Train From Buckins is a folk lore from down east and is a story told around the camp fires in N.F.L.D. i got the story from the Downhomer magazine //Gold Wrapping Paper ) this i did for my grandaughter Phoenix Traynor as she wanted to sing a song with her grandpa so with some things i heard and some stories i read i wrote her this song , it is a favourite for me//Dust on THe Saddle is my attempt to write a cowboy song for my kids YIPPI YI YA YI YO //A forgotten Disaster is a true story of a ship sinking on the ST. Lawrance river in Canada and the song tell most of it /((I Am A Drifter Lord is my Attemp at a gospel song i just started to write and thats what the LOrd put in my head and i really like the song //(KING OF THE FLAT TOP is also a true story of my goog friend SMILEY BATES, my self And Shell Dalton played with him for 25 years now i hope my friends this will give you some idea of where my songs come from thank you BIG AL TRAYNOR my publisher is MISS ANN MUSIC Spacial thanks to my good friend LYNDA SALISBURY for her job in takeing the pictures for my cd covers///Big Al Now has new web page (((((altraynor.com))))check it out