Ready and Willing

Ready and Willing was the debut CD of the sisters Jenni and Debbi Lonmon from South Africa. This CD clearly saw them searching for the right style. In a lot of ways this CD sounds similar to the debut records of bands like BIG TROUBLE and BURNS SISTERS BAND. Especially opener “Little Sister” has the same melodic poprock sound as BURNS SISTERS created on their debut album. This song is a very cool uptempo rocker. Next track “Young Hearts” is nice calmer AOR. Pretty good is the title song of the CD, this is a good midtempo AOR tune a la HEART. The epic ballad “No Man Shall Fall” follows. Then we get to hear the best song of the whole CD, namely “You Got My Heart”. This is a very catchy cheerful 80s typed uptempo AOR rocker a la PAUL GODFREY BAND/TONE NORUM (first two). The simple poprocker “Action” is up next. The following two songs are a bit weak. These are “Lovesick” (groovier rocker) and “Dear Abbie” (soft popballad which became a very big hit in South-Africa). Happily, the next track “Watch My Lips” is much better and AOR oriented. This song is a wonderful HEART styled AOR rocker with very melodic harmony vocals of the two sisters. The final two songs are not so interesting. “Daddy Was a Rocker” is a very simple poprocker and the CD closes with a remix of the opening song. Concluded, I have to clear up that this debut CD of LITTLE SISTER is not their best effort and they were really looking for a good style.