“Texas Music” and the ensuing music scene that springs from its tentacles and ensares everything from Red Dirt to folk to Americana has suffered from few credibility crises over the years. However, it has been inundated over the years by an ongoing originality crisis. With each original act, artist, songwriter, idea there are scores of copycats. It becomes tiresome. It also causes fans to seek something fresh. Today’s modern streaming listening options provide ample opportunities for folks to sample those fresh sounds. Sometimes they find them from within our genre’s borders…other times it is found far beyond. I’ve experienced this
This album has really grown on me. Theres a couple of misses but the good stuff makes up for it.
I agree Stoneykelly. There are a couple songs I’m not feeling, nor will never feel…the above video being one of them. However, there are some instant classics on here as well. Let the haters hate.
That’s been my standpoint all along. It’s not a great album from top to bottom. But, it doesn’t “suck”. I think the first 3 singles are the weakest tracks on the record (Fuzzy, Trouble Knows My Name, and One More Sad Song). Songs like Flash Flood, Speak of the Devil, If I Had Another Heart, Had To Give That Up Too etc are classic RRB songs in the vein of what’s come before.