"IF HONKY-TONK HAS A FUTURE, HOPEFULLY IT WILL SOUND A LOT LIKE [ARTY HILL’S] ’DRIFTIN’ IN’ OR ’BRING OUT THE BIBLE (WE AIN’T GOT A PRAYER)’" - WILLIAM SMITH, HOUSTON PRESS. Make room in the Honky Tonk for ol’ Arty Hill, driving high lonesome country into the 21st century and down the new lost highway. Like Dale Watson, Redd Volkaert, and others carrying the cross for traditional country, Arty Hill remains faithful to country’s roots while forging his own distinct songs that blend the old and new. Arty’s first CD with the Long Gone Daddys, "BACK ON THE RAIL," included all original songs, "SALTED WITH TEARS AND STEEPED IN THE RICH BREW OF CLASSIC COUNTRY AND WESTERN THAT, IN THE RIGHT HANDS, NEVER LOSES IT POWER." (John Lewis, Baltimore Magazine). 

Three of Arty’s songs ("Driftin In," "Nashville Moon," and "Bring out the Bible, We Ain’t Got a Prayer") have been covered by Austin’s TEXAS SAPPHIRES, and one of his bluegrass tunes ("Drive That Fast") was recently recorded by the Grammy-nominated KENNY AND AMANDA SMITH BAND. "BAR OF GOLD" the new CD of all original tunes on Cow Island Music, has spent TWO CONSECUTIVE MONTHS AT NO. 1 ON THE FREEFORM AMERICAN ROOTS (FAR) CHART, and continues to set the standard for Americana. As Jason Ringenberg says in the liner notes "I DOUBT THERE IS A BETTER COUNTRY RECORD PUT OUT THIS YEAR...THE GHOST OF BUCK IS TRULY HONORED.
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