Shenandoah - Mama Knows - 1988 - (Album - The Road Not Taken)
These guys had a nice run of very popular songs during an era where country bands were starting to get a foot hold. The first few songs they had were not so successful, but then there was this. I don't know the actual story, but to my ear this is how it may have played out. First, this is a very nice song, and these are talented guys. It's almost like someone suggested, "Hey, why don't we get a song out there where a bunch of really nice country boys are singing about how great mom is, and how much they love her, sound good?" Now whether that happened or not is debatable, but this song worked. This wonderfully traditional, very easy to listen to song went top 5 and set the stage for them to have a long line of hit songs. And that includes the next 3 songs from this album going #1. And to my ear again, this is the best song on this album, and is one of their very best songs ever. It's great to hear this again. Take a listen.
