I come across this record in Central California record shops sometimes and I always pick up a copy to share with a friend or anyone in my orbit who enjoys off-the-beaten path sounds and quality song-writing. Instrumentation is lovely accompaniment to thoughtful lyrics on this sometimes spacy, other times more straightforward folk record. I understand it was written while traveling across the country (hence the title) and it does have, influenced by the land or not, a wide open, unhurried feel to it. Word has it one of the songs (Retreat Suite?) was written in hasty retreat from an angry bartender father and his flirtatious, anxious-to-leave town daughter in Rock Springs, WY.

REVIEWS: (Modern Recording Magazine) From the opening chords of "Retreat Suite" to the whimsical "Oh Boy! I've Won The Contest At Last", Whynott and his colleagues, including oboist Michael Kaman, create a fine musical package... (Billboard Magazine) A magical record from a sensitive, yet streetwise, troubadour & poet. This is a special album for special people. It is folk & rock ballads. All are lovingly composed, simple yet complex, and above all, it is beautiful in both conception and presentation. Stephen Whynott is not well known, but one listen to this album will bring him into your life. His music is magic; his words are poetry, and his voice & guitar create lovingly tender stories, orchestrated with great sensitivity. If you let him in, he will reach out and touch you... (The Gazette Journal, Reno) Outside stuff; out of the ordinary folk music with rock thrown in here & there. I like it...