Steve Hummm, getting kinda dark here, ain’t she! The caddy’s are in a funeral procession, one containing the wife, the other the mistress. To the surprise of both, they discovered the other existed. So they decided to kill the philanderer. Patreaus should feel lucky.
First impression: Ho-hum. There is nothing specifically wrong with it. Tim sounds good. Arrangement is professional, not gimmicky nor overly slick. The problem I hear is the absence of a hook to hum. There’s little of it that sticks in the head. It’ll get a lot of airplay. I’ll add it, no doubt. Two years … Read more
Wow! This is dramatic and mesmerizing. The woman’s in love with him, with a Capital L. If he goes before she does, the grave digger better dig two. And, then, if that ring gets a little too tight, if he ever cheats, well again, the undertaker better dig two ’cause her man will be goin’ … Read more
This here’s my favorite new record of the week. The kid looks like he’s still a linebacker on the high school team, but then he sounds like a player of a whole ‘nuther kind. He’s a writer with tracks on albums by Little Big Town, Luke Bryan and Eli Young Band. This is the first … Read more
As it moves on up the airplay charts, I’m liking it more. I got so wrapped up in three other tracks on his fine album, this one was always sounding like a b-side to me. (b-side, eh?! dating myself with that noun.) I hadn’t listened to it in about a month until it popped into … Read more
You’re not gonna hear it, ’cause you’re too damn young, but there’s a lot about this arrangement that reminds me of some of the great R&B records of the mid-70’s. The Isley Brothers, MFSB, The Stylistics. His voice says it’s 100% Modern Country. The groovin’ arrangement makes it something really special.
Here comes another killer radio single from the group. This jumps outta the speakers, insisting you stop whatever it is you’re doing and listen up. It opens with an acoustic guitar, a ghostly whistle and some amped up hand clapping that sounds like something or other crashing in rhythm. Then the brassy, dangerous woman begins … Read more
Just arrived in the in-box this morning and I’ve heard it but three times as I write this. First listen, struck me as a good album track, but maybe not a strong radio single. Second listen altered the first impression. Third listen, it started to sound like an instant playlist add. The last single seemed … Read more
I live for records like this; the love-it-on-first-listen wonders that come at me often enough to make me remember why I wanted to be in radio so badly when I was a kid. I wanted to hear ’em first, then I wanted to play ’em for everybody, sharing the joy. This record could’ve come out … Read more
I ought’a be a single; can’t imagine it not being. A fine hook here and what a great title. Its such an audacious, bull-shit line, how could she not fall for it?! It’s right up there with the ol’ chesnutt: who you gonna believe, me or your lyin’ eyes?