Comedian GOES OFF About the Genius of Colter Wall
Nail. On. Head.
If you frequent this dark, moldy corner of the internet, you don’t need anyone to clue you into who Colter Wall is, or convince you of his genius. The reigning Saving Country Music Artist of the Year reigns supreme in your musical ethos already. But despite all the high-profile endorsements Colter Wall has enjoyed over the years and the enthusiasm his fans have for him, the Saskatchewan-native is still a relative unknown.
Even though that’s a shame due to Colter’s superb musical talent, it also presents a possibility. All folks have to do is hear him, and they’re hooked. Hearing Colter Wall for the first time is such a life changing experience, it’s something that you wish you could go back and experience again. Watching people’s reactions to hearing Colter Wall for the first time is it’s own spectator sport.
The gymnastics and frenetic gesticulations your brain goes through when it first hears Colter Wall was illustrated perfectly recently by comedian, actor, and motivational speaker Josh Pray, who went off on Colter Wall’s genius in a 3+-minute video.
“I’m convinced y’all just don’t want to enlighten me on what’s going on in the country music scene,” Josh Pray starts off, and in some respects, that’s true. You won’t hear Colter Wall on mainstream radio, or see him on the CMA Awards. He’s not included in mainstream playlists, even though he’s arguably one of the best country singers of this generation, if not the best.
“You know the sound when a woman arches her back and says yes she’s ready? That’s Colter Wall’s voice,” Josh Prays says. “When the microwave go ‘boop boop’ and your food just hot enough, that’s Colter Wall’s voice. When you go to the ATM and you stick your card in there, and that money start going ‘drrrrrrrr,’ cause you know that money coming out and your card didn’t get declined, that’s Colter Wall’s voice.”
Josh Pray says everything we all feel about Colter Wall, but struggle to put into words. He even picks up on the recent change in Colter’s voice to a more normalized tone, and the falsetto Colter uses on the song “Cowpoke” from his most recent album Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs.
“This is country music,” Josh Pray concludes. “He is a genre of music by himself. You’ve got soft country, you’ve got hard country, you’ve got original country, and then you’ve got Colter Wall country. People just need to follow the leader. He is the line leader … Colter Wall, you got no choice but to lead lines, because you’re gonna be a leader your whole life.”
Josh Pray also has videos on Cody Jinks, Aaron Watson and Cody Johnson, and other country acts.
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February 21, 2021 @ 11:28 am
He fits well in my live show western segment.
February 21, 2021 @ 12:38 pm
It’s like Colter says, “I live and work out here, and I’m going to sing about it and work on my craft.” Totally country western and simple, but it’s radical in our age of confection, fantasy, and illusion.
It would be a shame if Colter led a line of imitators. What would be great is if people followed his example.
February 21, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
When did paying someone to hype you become cool?
February 21, 2021 @ 1:36 pm
Who’s paying who?
February 21, 2021 @ 2:26 pm
I wonder who’s payin’ who, and who’s payin’ true, and who don’t even care anymore…
February 21, 2021 @ 4:14 pm
Well that makes sense, Colter turns down Joe Rogan but pays someone no one has ever heard of for publicity.
…That’s if I understand what you are trying to say.
February 21, 2021 @ 6:54 pm
He’s done them for other artists, it’s a service like Cameo
February 21, 2021 @ 12:50 pm
I saw his video on Aaron Watson and Cody Johnson a bit ago. Great stuff!
February 21, 2021 @ 5:02 pm
His red dirt video is pretty good also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzXxEUwoo-s
February 21, 2021 @ 10:43 pm
What the fuck kind of headline is this. Get it together, man.
February 21, 2021 @ 10:46 pm
What’s wrong with my headline?
February 24, 2021 @ 9:09 am
Just my guess, but it could be the GOES OFF portion; I don’t personally care, seems like an over reaction though.
In regards to Colter still being a relative unknown,somet the most true and authentic things are too authentic. I.e. when you see honkies down in in Mexico scarfing down Taco Bell instead of the local cuisine. The real deal stuff has too much depth and complexity or nuance and is just too much for some folks.
February 24, 2021 @ 10:03 am
Eh, I think it pretty much describes Josh Pray’s reaction. It’s a dumb headline for a dumb article. I just thought this dude’s reaction was funny, and wanted to share it.
February 22, 2021 @ 6:44 am
Taking a page out of Chis Ledoux’s book. Colters not the first to do this folks.
February 22, 2021 @ 1:07 pm
No Cosmic Charlie, Colter hasnt invented anything that Marty Robbins, Michael Murphy , Riders in the Sky and Ledoux havent done before him, but hes doing it now and for the next generation.
February 22, 2021 @ 6:49 am
Not long ago I watched a number of different “vocalist” teachers? reaction to Colter Wall’s voice- they were hilarious-
February 22, 2021 @ 7:30 am
Hah, I love Josh Pray – his videos about hurling crack me up
February 22, 2021 @ 11:03 am
I like to read all these praising comments and pretend they’re about me
April 9, 2022 @ 11:57 am
Why is Colter Wall not on the radio?
January 7, 2023 @ 4:18 pm
He is not on the radio because what he does is so much better than mainstream country music. It reveals the state of county music to be a shallow and plastic world of over produced and over fed city boys playing at country music for cash.