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Producers: Eddie Crook and Dave Wilcox
Label: Morningstar Records
Website: [url=http://www.dotsons.com]http://www.dotsons.com[/url]
Song Titles: “Born Again,” “It All Began With You,” “Lost And Found,” “Until I Understood The Cross,” “I Turned To You,” “No One Expected Me,” “Lord, Help Me To Stand,” “In The Twinkling Of An Eye,” “Thank You, Lord, For Your Blessings On Me,” and “I’ve Never Been This Homesick Before”

The Dotsons are a husband/wife (John and Yavonna) vocal duo from Indiana. Their CD titled Lost And Found was released in 2003, with John Dotson writing seven of the ten tunes. A third uncredited vocalist sings the melody on “I Turn To You.” I’m guessing it’s probably one of their two sons pictured on the tray card . . . the vocal is off pitch in a few spots, but it sounds OK when the background vocals join him.

John is a very competant songwriter. I particularly liked “Lord, Help Me To Stand.” The line comparing Peter to a bending reed that later became a solid rock made the lyric more interesting. “Lost And Found” speaks of not being the type of person who’d ever make the front page of a newspaper, but one who could be spotted under “Lost and Found.” That’s creative imagery as well.

This couple does an adequate job on vocals. John has a lead singer’s range and Yavonna is an alto. I think they could do more with expression in their vocals to emphasize key phrases in songs better. They do vary notes some to make a cover song like “I’ve Never Been This Homesick Before” their own, but I believe they could do even more.

The production team of Eddie Crook and Dave Wilcox has created a good quality music bed for Lost And Found. It’s pretty basic. I heard no mistakes in their tracks, but I did feel like they were plowing the same “safe” musical fields we’ve heard many times before . . . standard drum, bass, guitar, and keyboard patterns. Consequently, you get a sound that’s very much like a lot of other recordings.

John Dotson’s songwriting skills can take him far if other artists start using his material. He has the advantage of being a songwriter with enough vocal ability to sing on his own demos. I don’t think we’ll see The Dotsons flying to the top of the charts as performers themselves until they start taking more musical risks . . . both vocally and with their music tracks. However, I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see John Dotson’s name listed as writer on another artist’s hit recording sometime soon. This project shows great potential for future Dotsons recordings, and therefore deserves 3 Stars.

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