This is one of the BEST cds I've ever heard. Why this guy does'nt get more air play is sad. Wing Tip Shoes smokes. Wish I Had A Girl Who Walked Like , HOT. There is so much talent. More people need to hear this guy. This is a cd that is just straight fun to listen to. BUY IT!!!!!!!

This is a fantastic cd. He should have gotten more play time in the 80s.

My good buddy BP sent me this little jewel on cassette back in '88, telling me that the promo for this album stated,". . .not just another skinny, longhaired kid with a guitar!" I think he also told me that Henry was J.C. Mellencamp's cousin. With that hype aside, I found this album to be a great collection of what I would refer to as garage style rock with Henry's killer "whiskey soaked" vocals. I loved his vocal banter on "Wish I Had a Girl," and thought the crunchy guitar chords and background babe vocals made it the perfect car cruisin' hit. I loved "Hands On the Radio" as an example of how those of us who grew up in the 70's got all of our new music from Casey Casem's Top 40. All of the other songs on this album are solid, if not as spectacular as the first three cuts. This is a perfect album to crank up while cruising with friends or cranking things up at a backyard BBQ. "Check it out, Leroy!"

Henry Lee Summer's debut album is great. The opening song, "Wish I Had A Girl", was the big hit single, but there's plenty more where that one came from. When this album came out, Summer was often compared by critics to John "Cougar" Mellencamp, but a good listen reveals that anyone who compares the two belongs in a mental institute. In fact, their voices are totally different. Summer uses much less folk instrumentation than Mellencamp was using at the time, so the rights of people who compare the two are not automatically coextensive with those of people who see each of them as unique. Check this one out and hear it for yourself.

There isn't a song on this album that I don't like! Hands on the Radio sums about a whole lot of my life. Three of the songs (Danielle Don't, I'll Wait for You, and oh, geez, I can't recall the name of the other one) are some of the greatest break-up songs of all time. I remember when I Wish I Had A Girl was on continuous play on MTV. But that's not even the best song on the album. They're all great. Wing Tip Shoes? My theme song for every job I ever had! It's like this guy crawled inside my head and wrote songs for every emotion! Great artist. Great album. Must have!