The Time Still Project was inspired by the strange but true facts surrounding mortuary owner, Ray Brent March in Wlaker County Gerogia, who had omproperly disposed of bodies, which were supposed to be cremated. I could only think about these ghost's spirits which must be roaming those woods in a despeerate need of a funeral service to set their souls free. May those souls rest in peace.

The DEAD Wall - DEEP ELLUM inspiration for the CD cover

TIME STOOD STILL was Produced by Billy Rawlett for Bullydog Music © 2003 All songs Written and Performed by Billy Rawlett except for Prodigal Son which was written by Rev. Robert Wilkins appears here courtesy of Wynwood Music Co. Inc. From the Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet album - No Expectations was written by M. Jagger and K. Richards appears here courtesy of ABKCO Publishing Death Is Not the End which was written by Bob Dylan appears here courtesy of Special Rider Music

Recorded at Dorchester Studios in Dallas Texas, USA ( a la THE PAPER HOUSE) Engineered by John Congleton. Mixed by John Congleton and Billy Rawlett at Last Beat Studios in the heart Deep Ellum, in Dallas Texas, USA. Mastered by Rob Wechsler at West Trax Mastering Labs ( Home of the infamous Ghost TRACK generator Gus-who-fussed-too-much) in Mckinney TEXAS, USA. All Photos for this prject were taken by Miss Debbie.

--------------------------------------------------------- Information from the WHAT"S A POOR BOY TO DO project Sept. 2000

My son, Owen, provided the inspiration for this album and I would like to dedicate the song "What's A Poor Boy To Do" to him. Even though we've all stood before the mountain of life and wondered how we would make it through another day. Somehow we all manage o push on and bring our own contributions to mankind no matter how small or great. The challenges of life are immense and the rewards are the loves and relationships that pass through each of our lives. Cherish each experience today for tomorrow may never come. Additionally the making of this album is also dedicated to my loving soulmate, Miss Debbie, whose patience and understanding helped make this album a success. She gets the Rawlett Achievement Award for being THE BEST - Sound Tech, Lighting person, Roadie, Critic, Accountant, Photographer, Manager, Cook, Confident, work out partner (when we get our lazy butts to the gym), Sales clerk, Editor, Organizer and of course, Lover. Thank you Debbie!

Jimmy Dee Wallace, David Mills and David Morgan
(left to right)

This past year has been a very trying year deciding whether or not to work on this project or just push the "Can't Get Your Money Back" CD. We decided out of frustration that the "Can't Get Your Money Back" CD only confused people. The country folk, most of which, thought it was a rock album, and the rockers thought it was too country and Raspberry Records in Europe has it listed in their POP genre catalog and all of my close fans who really loved it said I should make another record soon. I personally felt I hadn't really made the type of Hillbilly statement I was trying to make in the first place, so here it is - Billy Rawlett - "What's A Poor Boy To Do". This collection of songs are some of my favorite tunes most of which we do in our live show. I have brought together on this album several of Dallas' finest Folk and Hillbilly pickers, Dan Hodan and Ric Phiffer of the Tornado Brothers and David Mills, as well as renown B3 keyboard player Wayne Tibbet, blues guitar giant Scott "Choo Choo" Folger, Jimmy Dee Wallace played drums, Tom Hoover played bass, and of course Rick Stevens and Bryan LaCombe of Rebel's Secret. David Morgan from Alexandria, La, played the great twin guitars on Country Girl and added some excellent blues riffs on Love Is Blind. The obvious absence of electric guitar was done purposely to bring this recording into perspective and produce a sound more reminiscent of some other period. Although on a few tunes we did get carried away with the Electric guitar despite my intent. I hope you enjoy this CD and spread the word to your friends and log on to my web site and click the BUY button. I have already started working on the next CD project, which will be called "Latent Treasures". Enjoy and happiness to all.

Bryan Lancombe, David Morgan, Rick Stevens & Jimmy Dee Wallace at Nomad Recording Studios(left to right)

I would like to begin now to thank all the people who we encountered this past year who impacted our mountain of life. So thank you: Jo Nicodemus and all our friends at The Sons of Hermann Hall, Rick and Susan Soch and Toby and Ellen, our faithful fans, all of Miss Debbie's crew at Presbyterian Hospital who occasionally show up in force, Rick Stevens' clan, Jack & The Bass Club, Catfish Charlie from The Sawmill Club in Azle, TX., all the drummers we went through this year: Jim Gomez, Chuck Cummings, James Perkins, Don West, David Pence and Larry Buran, Audio Electronics in Dallas for fixing my Trace Elliot, Larivee Guitars for mailing some Fishman parts, Western Warehouse in Dallas for ordering those special Lucchese boots I wear, Budget Truck rentals, Jon R. Rush at CD Universe, Rob Spray at Tower Records in Dallas, Kenny at CD World, Bill's Records and Tapes, Norman Stoner at the The Color Place in Plano, TX, Alan with AR Pool Service, Jeff at EBTECH in Calif., R. D. and Trina Foster, Ronny Spears, Wade at the Top Rail, Randy Hopper and his 4th of July clan, Mark Kunz for this support and friendship, all my friends at Dr. Pepper/7 Up, Network Cybernetics for hosting my web site, Brad Rickberg at Channel Three productions, Mike at the Dallas Observer, Ron at Buddy Magazine, Bruce Kidder at KHYI for letting me participate at the pickin' party at the Lone Star Cafe, Nena at the Lone Star Cafe, Troy James and Love & War in Texas in Plano, TX, Dino at The Broken Spoke in Frisco, TX, Mike and Sue at Local Flavor in Austin, TX, all the A/R folks at Raspberry Records Intl, Travis at Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas, TX, Clay at Midwest Records in Dallas, TX, Musicians.net, James Buck of J & B Productions, Larry at the Iron Horse in Arlington, TX, Mary Standfield at 93.5 KIK*FM in Greenville, TX, Dewight at The Six Pack Express in Plano, TX, PJ at the Rock-N-Kountry in Azle, TX, Tow Jam Wrecker Services, Davidson's Car Care in Allen, TX, Gary Long at Nomad Studios in Carrolton, TX, Doug Gattuso at CSC for helping me finance this project, VISA & Discover cards, and finally my special friend Ben Sears who is like the brother I never had.

Sincerely,
Billy Rawlett

The Tornado Brothers - Dan Hodan & Rick Phiffer (left)
Rick Stevens (right)