(NASHVILLE, TN - November 22, 2010) Brian Ferriman, President of Savannah Music USA and personal manager of American cowboy star R.W. Hampton, is pleased to report that the Cimarron Sounds recording artist finds himself in the midst of some extraordinary career activity these days.
Last Saturday night, November 20, at the Western Music Association's 2010 Awards ceremony held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Hampton was named Outstanding Male Vocalist, the fourth WMA award Hampton has received in his career and his thirteenth music award overall.
On Sunday afternoon, Hampton learned that Driftin' Again, the second European single from his new album, Austin To Boston, remains at #1 on the Hotdisc Top 40 Country chart for a remarkable seventh consecutive week. Driftin' Again debuted at #1 on the Hotdisc chart the week of October 10, during which time R.W. was in the United Kingdom on a whirlwind media tour to meet the press and perform at the British Country Music Awards.
This morning, November 22, R.W. celebrated today's release of Austin To Boston in the United Kingdom on his own Cimarron Sounds label, which is distributed in the UK and continental Europe by the London-based distributor Proper Music.
The United Kingdom debut of Austin To Boston comes barely a month after the release of the album in the United States. Reaction to the new Cimarron Sounds CD in America has been overwhelmingly positive. Today's email, for example, included a review from CountryChart.com (excerpted here):
The world's number one cowboy country singer is back with a new collection of songs that will thrill existing fans and bring in thousands of new ones, too. R.W. Hampton's "Austin To Boston" is a terrific example of an artist who is comfortable in his own skin and is not afraid to venture outside traditional country and western song selections...
Every fan of cowboy country already knows that an R.W. Hampton album will have top notch production and stellar vocals, so the biggest surprise is the album's uniquely wonderful song choices....
The fourteen songs on "Austin To Boston" represent a tremendous achievement for R.W. Hampton. Not content to rest on his sterling reputation, Hampton has created a remarkably diverse collection of songs that have been sequenced and performed perfectly. This is no easy feat, but we would expect no less from a hard working cowboy.
Hampton is currently in Enid, Oklahoma for tonight's premiere of his latest movie, Cactus Creek. In the film, Hampton plays the supporting role of Logan, a lone cowboy running a ranch for five sisters who own the homestead and who, when gold is discovered on their property, are threatened by the bad guys.
After tonight, Hampton returns home for a ranching respite over the Thanksgiving weekend before another round of media interviews and an early December run of dates in Arizona, Nevada and California.
More can be learned about R.W. Hampton at his website.
