Jimmie Allen, and His #1 Country Song “Best Shot”
The reason that colleges and universities began taking into account ethnicity in enrollment practices years ago was under the idea that more diversity within a student body would lead to more exposure to differing perspectives and backgrounds, breeding a healthier experience for students and the learning environment overall. Of course race doesn’t always denote a difference in perspective, so it’s not a perfect system. But this same idea is what has many now insisting on diversity throughout all institutions, whether it’s a corporate environment, or the commercial music realm.
Now more than ever, the media and others are demanding more diversity in country music during a politically-charged moment in history that often focuses on the identity of entertainers just as much as the value of the entertainment they produce. For an African American artist such as Jimmie Allen, this can be advantageous. But unfortunately for country music, Jimmie Allen and his #1 single called “Best Shot” is just the same generic song we’ve heard time and time again from countless white dudes, just now it’s emanating from an African American.
The revolving carousel of the Music Row assembly line is like an endless parade of the same guy with many faces, and Jimmie Allen just happens to be the next one down the conveyor belt. One guy may have a beard. The next may wear his baseball cap with the bill pointed in the right direction for once. Now it’s a black dude. But the song remains the same, and so do the results. “Best Shot” is spending its second week at the #1 spot on country radio, despite offering little to anything of substance, not really resonating with listeners beyond radio, and not sounding country at all.
“Best Shot” is just another sappy and mawkish R&B-styled love song with an electronic drum beat pandering to the women who listen to radio by portraying a man as inferior to them. If it feels like we were just discussing this, that’s because we just were in the context of Kane Brown’s new record Experiment, where the majority of the songs take this same approach. And if you want to know why country radio can include so few songs from women, but still appeal to them as the majority of country radio listeners, it’s because of songs like “Best Shot.” You don’t need women when you have men willing to sing one song after another about how awesome women are. It could be any country mainstream male singing this song. It’s just part of the facade country radio has constructed to fool you into thinking it is offering the public anything resembling variety. So why not run a black guy through the hopper, and earn brownie points with the gullible media looking for political narratives, and get them off your back when it comes to the question of ethnic diversity?
If you wanted to incorporate African Americans making actual country music in to the mainstream to add some real variety, the draft class could be incredible. There’s Mickey Guyton, who’s been completely forgotten despite being signed to a major label and releasing an excellent radio-ready single in 2017 called “Nice Things.” There’s Tony Jackson, who might have one of the best voices in all of country music at the moment. There’s Rhiannon Giddens, who’s been introduced to the mainstream recently by singing with Eric Church on his hit “Kill A Word.” There’s Aaron Vance, Charley Crockett, Valerie June, AHI from Canada, and so on and so forth, and all whom that if given a chance in the genre could bring styles and perspectives inferred by their African American heritage to the country music platform, and lend to the diversity so many are calling for instead of just being the next generic dude through the pipeline with a radio hit.
In fact per capita, African Americans in the country space are better, more original, and more rootsy and respectful to the traditions of country music than Caucasian performers. There are so many bland white guys with #1’s on country radio right now, you need a cattle guard on the front of your vehicle just to get through the throngs of them lined up and down 16th Avenue in Nashville. It’s also this same male-dominated system that Jimmie Allen has benefited from that has put the women of country music at a measurable disadvantage.
It’s fair to ask if any specific musical genre needs to represent ethnic diversity within its ranks, or if it’s all genres of popular music acting together that lends to a diverse culture. What is a genre of music? It’s a distinct dialect of cultural expression, which often represents a specific regional or ethnic influence. With country music, that influence is rural whites from the American South, along with blues, string folk, and Gospel influences from former slaves who cohabited the region.
In North America, every major popular American music genre is primarily influenced and/or represented by African Americans, from hip-hop and rap, to pop, R&B, jazz, and even rock n’ roll, which was built out from the blues. Country music is the only genre that’s predominantly white. If you really want diversity throughout popular music, it’s important that genres celebrate their differences as opposed to trying to resolve them under the misguided notion of “diversity.” One of the primary things that separates country music from every other genre is that it’s humans playing actual instruments. When an artist like Jimmie Allen comes in and has a song spend two weeks at #1 radio backed by an electronic drum beat, all that accomplishes is making country music sound like everything else. It’s the death of diversity.
From a social standpoint, it is a positive that an African American like Jimmie Allen can have the #1 song on country radio, because it symbolizes that the barriers of opportunity for black performers have fallen, and least partially. But country music is not a predominately white form of music because there’s been a decades-long, deep-seeded effort to exclude black performers and fans. It’s simply that black performers and fans prefer different music than country. The ideal in country music shouldn’t be that a certain number of black performers are successful in the genre, it should be that any artist can find success in the genre regardless of their race, and that race becomes a non factor.
“Best Shot” is not a bad song, for pop. And it’s a sum positive that a man of African American descent can earn a #1 song in country music in 2018. But it would mean so much more if the song was actually country. Only then would it be an noteworthy accomplishment. Because as the success of Jimmie Allen and Kane Brown have illustrated, it’s not being black that puts a song or an artist at a severe disadvantage to success in country music. It’s being country.
scott
November 29, 2018 @ 11:25 am
I fail to see the “country” in it. Another bland pop song.
Lil Dale savin cuntry music hall of fame member class of 2015
November 29, 2018 @ 4:00 pm
there yall go again carryin on I did not gratchuate from bellmont or grow up in a down town hi rize in new york austin or la like sum of us a round here but I was the key grip on the set of the film six pack starin Kenny Rogers so I think im kwalified to comment here scott u are a tru scm hall of famer and Im tryin to call that in to kwesten but dad gum boy thats favorett songs out on the radio rite now a side from the haven brakefest with obama take back home gurl song and Luke commes and luke brians new wun
Bama -13
Oklahoma -8
Ohio State -14
JD
January 31, 2019 @ 5:11 am
Totally agree! Nashville needs to stop trying to crossover R&B into Country! Kaine Brown isn’t Country either – get real. Enough if the “Bro-Country” too. Real Country – Cody Johnson, Toby Keith, Cody Jinks, to name a few…
albert
November 29, 2018 @ 11:52 am
An absolutely SUPERB review riddled with SUPERB observations , Trigger . One of your best , IMHO . You walk a tightrope trying to review this ‘ circumstance’ …and you’ve done it very successfully .
This is a shit song that has the vocalist gasping for air just to fit in the deluge of unnecessary lyric . It never gets off the ground dynamically …it never challenges or showcases this ‘artist’s ‘ strong points ( are there any ..? ) . The title is weak , the imagery nearly non-existent , it does nothing musically or melodically to engage a listener , to give us this artist’s unique perspective ,..it never hits its stride and has a long way to go just to be CONSIDERED musical wallpaper , elevator music , on-hold -with- the – dentist’s -receptionist music …not to mention having no character , no vibe or uniqueness sonically .
It is a clinic in musical cliche and generic fare ….a CLINIC …forgettable . Ultimately ,the fact that this kind of crap is sung by an Asian , an Afro-American , an Italian or a fucking muskrat doesn’t mean a thing ….and shouldn’t . All that matters and the only question is whether or not this is a ‘ song’ that should have seen the light of day at all . Everyone knows the answer to that question except music row and its bitch …radio !
Jesus …….
Fat Freddy's Cat
November 29, 2018 @ 12:14 pm
It’s funny that those demanding “diversity” in country music don’t seem interested in including women.
albert
November 29, 2018 @ 12:35 pm
No one wants diversity in country music , FFC , contrary to what the industry may want us to believe. What they want is same ol same ol don’t-rock-the-money-boat , safe , lowest common denominator, sing-what-we-tell-you-to-sing fare.
DJ’s up our way wouldn’t know a real country song from a Hungarian folk tune …they are so brainwashed by pop , r & b and classic rock and have no heart when it comes to talking about , reflecting on or displaying any knowledge or sense of country music history and tradition it would be comical if it weren’t so frightening . Tow the line , cash the cheque and shut- up .That’s the mantra they subscribe to .
albert
November 29, 2018 @ 12:48 pm
Ironically enough , Canadian ‘ country’ radio does play a few women artists . And again , ironically enough , they all sound like VOICE contestants trying to emulate American contemporary ‘ country ‘ music artists …same pointless songs , same generic arrangements , same voice , different faces , as Trigger points out …..no point of view , no character , no statement ….no SOUND that reflects any uniqueness or anything Canadian .
Its very laughable and more concerning because Canadian radio is FORCED by law to play this copy-cat generic shit . Unbelievable isn’t it ? The Canadian Govn’t , in an effort to promote CANADIAN culture ,has passed laws to ensure Canadian airplay and ends up FORCING radio to play music by Canadian artists that emulates the shittiest music coming out of America !
Wow ……THAT is one screwed up scenario isn’t it ? THIS from the country that gave the world Gordon Lightfoot , Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen …perhaps three of the greatest songwriters/artists EVER to hit the world stage —LONG before this ridiculous law was in place .
OlaR
November 29, 2018 @ 1:01 pm
Let’s not forget Anne Murray.
albert
November 29, 2018 @ 1:48 pm
absolutely ‘ our Annie ‘, Ola . ( Ian Tyson , K.D Lang , Corb Lund etc.. )
…. I was trying to focus on writer/ singers …but yes ..love Anne’s unique vocal gift and her one-of-a-kind voice . You knew it was Anne from the first note . And MELODIES ?…..she found some terrific timeless melodic music .
altaltcountry
November 29, 2018 @ 2:44 pm
Or Hank Snow, a Canadian-born Grand Ole Opry star who played Hawaiian music as well as country.
Clyde
November 29, 2018 @ 4:02 pm
Dick Nolan.
JB-Chicago
November 29, 2018 @ 12:30 pm
I gave his album one almost full listen if I can remember and I laughed to myself and said “he sounds like every other chode on Pop Country radio”…..all interchangeable songs for women. This song and album are drivel. The row spits it out on a daily basis. We file this under the category of part of the problem and nowhere near part of the solution. I would say the same thing if he was white or Asian as well.
Scotty J
November 29, 2018 @ 2:51 pm
This really fits in perfectly with a major problem with a lot of the diversity mania. Let’s get a bunch of people that look different but then have the exact same views as the people crying for diversity. Diversity of thought and opinion gets lost to superficial appearances.
And in this particular case lets get a black guy to sing the same stuff as all the white guys instead of going for a diversity of sound and style which would truly be a good thing.
But it makes them feel good about themselves and superior to the rubes out there and sometimes it seems like that’s all that matters.
JD
January 31, 2019 @ 5:14 am
It’s as bad as “Bro-Country” that Nashville shoves Down our throats. This guy and K Brown are Fake Country, get real👎.
OlaR
November 29, 2018 @ 12:39 pm
Well…nice…i mean…i try to be nice…the song is nice too…for a pop song…very good sleeping pill…after the 3minutes…i’m so tired now…oh…the guy is black…black or white or red…boring music is boring music…have to listen to some new albums now…much better (?) music.
John Berry – Thomas Road – EP – 6 Tracks – Released (11/28)
24 years ago John Bery reached the #1 with “Your Love Amazes Me” (his only #1 single). After a couple of gold & platinum albums his chart-career was over in the early 2000s.
The new EP is pure John Berry pop-country carried by his unique voice. Highlights: the single “Beautifully Broken”, the ballad “The Richest Man” & “Don’t Think I Ain’t Country”
Baillie & The Boys – I Will Run – Album – 10 Tracks – Released
31 years ago the original trio (Kathie Baillie, her husband Michael Bonagura & Alan LeBoeuf who left after two albums) had a Top 10 hit with the first single “Oh Heart”. After a couple of more Top 10 hits & 3 albums the duo was dropped by RCA Nashville. Still making music the duo released a new album in early 2018. The voice of Kathie Baillie & the harmony vocals are the trademark of the Baillie & The Boys sound…30 years ago & now.
Highlights: the ballad “Been Lovin’ You Too Long”, “The Portrait”, the titletrack “I Will Run” & “The House My Daddy Built”.
Are Baillie & The Boys or John Berry country-pop? Yes. 100%. But there is a little difference to the current chart acts…Baillie & The Boys or John Berry produce good country-pop.
Corncaster
November 29, 2018 @ 12:40 pm
I like it. Could the #1 be driven by the video? It’s a positive thing, showing that Jimmie Allen is another Nice Guy with Guitar. But it’s easy listening soul music, not country music.
“Country radio” is meaningless.
Trigger
November 29, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
Aside from being #1 on radio, “Best Shot” is underperforming otherwise, including the video which was released 6 months ago, and doesn’t even have 800k views. Usually a #1 radio song would have at least 3-4 million views on the video, if not more. And it’s a good video, really showing the human side of Jimmie Allen. Jimmie’s got a good story, and is someone who is easy to root for. But this song is just bland. Just like so many other #1’s from country males, it’s being propped up by radio.
Corncaster
November 29, 2018 @ 7:11 pm
Thanks Trig, good info. So propped up means payola, right? I’m surprised the money laid down was for a relative unproven unknown. We’re they betting a sporty or milspec guy like him would capitalize on middle America values and justify the outlay? I wouldn’t have taken that bet, no matter how sweet a guy he is. The song is nice, but that’s all you can say for it. Jimmie is unremarkable. Seems an awful lot of money for a little fizz. Maybe it was just to spite the boogeyman.
Wild Billy
November 29, 2018 @ 12:46 pm
I think it’s a pretty decent song… And he seems like a good guy… (But sorry, STILL NOT COUNTRY) – This deserves to be on those shitty “Hot Hits 103.7 / Soft rock of yesterday and today” stations. – I am sure it wasn’t an accident that he was a presenter on the big stage a few weeks back on the CMA awards.
Benny Lee
November 29, 2018 @ 12:49 pm
This is about as country, and as good, as Ed Sheeran.
So, yeah…
Corncaster
November 29, 2018 @ 3:17 pm
Jimmie Allen sings blue-eyed soul? Why not, in this topsy turvy world.
A Country-Pop Fan
November 29, 2018 @ 8:43 pm
I can imagine him singing blue-eyed soul, and oh man I’ll definitely gonna buy it. Fits his voice so much
the realist
November 29, 2018 @ 1:29 pm
I’m offended. There are not any pacific islanders, American eskimos, Arabs, Orthodox Jews, Armenians, Balinese, East Indians, Egyptians, or Asians signed by any Nashville recording group. Because…..diversity is soooooooooo important, not the actual music.
Convict charlie
November 29, 2018 @ 1:42 pm
Not on a major label but doing his thing in Japan is Charlie nagatoni. He runs the country gold festival. It’s in October and it’s usually a traditional lineup. It’s supposed to be the largest outdoor concert venue in the world and takes place on an active volcano. Japan loves it’s traditional country music.
Trigger
November 29, 2018 @ 2:14 pm
Yes, Japan has a huge traditional country following, and really supports artists who make the effort to get over there. Sunny Sweeney was just touring over there.
altaltcountry
November 29, 2018 @ 2:28 pm
The protagonist of the New Zealand cop show “The Brokenwood Mysteries” is a country fan and plays a lot of local country music in his car. Okay, so he’s not a Maori, but still….
https://thebrokenwoodmysteries.com/the-soundtrack
Scotty J
November 29, 2018 @ 2:46 pm
Yes, they have featured Tami Neilson a bunch on that show.
Happy Dan
November 29, 2018 @ 4:29 pm
This is a fun BBC radio story that explores Nigeria’s enduring love of Jim Reeves and country and western music, including Nigerians playing it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09cz0zs
altaltcountry
November 29, 2018 @ 2:37 pm
Nothing (as far as I know) from the standard music press when the Carolina Chocolate Drops cover J. E. Mainer’s “Run Mountain” side by side with songs from historic African-American string bands. Nothing when Rhiannon Giddens performs a Hank Cochran (Patsy Cline) song or a Dolly Parton number on “Tomorrow Is My Turn. Giddens’ recent album chronicles the African-American experience from slavery to the present. Although it lacks the country homages of her previous works, its honest portrayal of the human spirit makes it closer to the SPIRIT of country music than either “Experiment” or the forthcoming anthology “Greatest Bro Country Songs About Pickup Trucks.”
Jack Williams
November 30, 2018 @ 7:47 am
The late Solomon Burke’s album “Nashville” is another good example. Here’s his version of Millionnaire, which of course Stapleton covered on his last album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jczjUbgqmOg
Eclectic bluesmen Taj Mahal and Alvin Youngblood Hart have both done a nice job on some country songs in the past.
Mary Hayden
November 29, 2018 @ 2:59 pm
Jimmie Allen was on American Idol the same season as Scotty. He auditioned as an R & B singer.
Trigger
November 29, 2018 @ 4:28 pm
Mainstream country music has become nothing more than an alternative lane for people who want to make popular music, but probably can’t make it through established pop avenues.
Ray
November 29, 2018 @ 3:09 pm
I like this song, although it has been played to death. The first time I heard it, I thought it was Thomas Rhett. It reminded me of “Die a Happy Man.”
Kevin Davis
November 29, 2018 @ 3:36 pm
I was just about to make this comment. “Die a Happy Man” was what immediately came to mind. And since that was a huge multi-week #1 hit for Rhett, Music Row was definitely going to make future iterations of it for money. I haven’t heard anything else from this guy, but I fully expect him to follow in Rhett’s path of Southern pop-r&b. “Die a Happy Man” at least had some nice dobro.
Trigger
November 29, 2018 @ 4:43 pm
“Die a Happy Man” is another song singing fawningly over a woman. It’s the same formula. If you want to know why women are disappearing from radio, this is one of the fundamental reasons. Men are singing songs that men want to listen to, and men are singing the songs that women want to listen to. This leaves no room for the women.
Corncaster
November 29, 2018 @ 7:14 pm
Bingo.
If men were to sing songs for men again, that’d open a big ole space for women to fill. That’s why country music had (past tense) such great artists who were women.
altaltcountry
November 30, 2018 @ 8:32 am
I just watched the Vevo video for “Die a Happy Man.” The lyrics state “I don’t need no vacation, no fancy destination,” while Rhett and his beloved frolic at an exotic tropical ocean-front villa, surf, and go deep sea fishing. Not just the video but the song itself (the melody, the performance) is pure wish-fulfillment escapism. It makes Jimmy Buffett sound like death metal. If Rhett is the modern embodiment of country music, then “Debbie Does Dallas” follows in the footsteps of John Ford’s classic westerns.
ScottG
November 29, 2018 @ 3:10 pm
Speaking of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and being ignored….I love Dom Flemons as well. His Black Cowboy record is super cool. Not only is the guy an amazing musician, but he seems to be a walking encyclopedia of folk music of all types, but has also talked a lot about the African American contribution to cowboy culture. His enthusiasm is contagious. Maybe it’s pretty niche, in fairness, but I feel like that record didn’t get the attention it deserved.
ScottG
November 29, 2018 @ 3:13 pm
Once again I prove I can’t post things correctly, meant to be a reply to altaltcountry.
Derek Sullivan
November 29, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
This just proves I never listen to the radio anymore. Today was the first time I’ve heard this song and it’s the No. 1 song.
albert
November 29, 2018 @ 6:19 pm
that’s funny …i ve never heard it before trigger’s review either …….number 1 ? …….that says a TON about how songs are getting played /rated doesn’t it ? can you say “P_________” ?
You read where the industry claims it cost nearly a million bucks to break a song and get it to # 1 …..You can bet they aren’t gonna leave THAT to fate and a finicky public . This song is just one more illustration of that fact, IMO .
Clyde
November 29, 2018 @ 4:23 pm
Milquetoast.
DJ
November 29, 2018 @ 5:10 pm
25 seconds- no thanks.
Mike Honcho
November 29, 2018 @ 5:43 pm
If I think this song sucks, it means I’m a racist, right? Good song.
NCW
November 29, 2018 @ 5:56 pm
I don’t mind this song. It’s not bad. It’s not outstanding. I feel like it’s one of those song that you know the words to through passive listening. I did listen to the rest of his album and I can save everyone time: this is by far the best and most country song on the album.
King Honky Of Crackershire
November 29, 2018 @ 7:38 pm
“From a social standpoint, it is a positive that an African American like Jimmie Allen can have the #1 song on country radio, because it symbolizes that the barriers of opportunity for black performers have fallen”
What barriers?
Wasn’t there some black dude in the 60’s and 70’s who had upwards of 25 number 1 hits on Country radio, and is in the hall of fame?
And wasn’t there some black “Country” interloper who had a half a dozen number 1’s during the last 10 years?
Clyde
December 1, 2018 @ 8:16 pm
This is a good point about Charlie Pride. I’ve got to believe the doors were wide open for other black artists to enter Country Music back then based on his success. I can only imagine they weren’t interested.
King Honky Of Crackershire
November 29, 2018 @ 7:46 pm
“The reason that colleges and universities began taking into account ethnicity in enrollment practices years ago was under the idea that more diversity within a student body would lead to more exposure to differing perspectives and backgrounds, breeding a healthier experience for students and the learning environment overall.”
Complete and utter, unadulterated, Grade A bullfeces, but whatever. You do you.
This dude can’t even sing good enough to stand out from a crowd. Aren’t there any black dudes they could’ve trotted out who could actually sing?
Trigger
November 29, 2018 @ 9:07 pm
What’s bullfeces, affirmative action, or my explanation of it? These are two different things.
King Honky Of Crackershire
November 30, 2018 @ 11:47 am
Both, since you asked, but your explanation is what I was referring to here.
Affirmative Action was driven by politics. There was never any misguided virtuous motives behind it. Your explanation implies that the folks pushing it were well-meaning.
Todd Villars
November 29, 2018 @ 8:29 pm
Typical Nashville bullshit, I’m so sick of political correctness, there are some real black folks out there making real country music and they choose to promote the pop act. He definitely isn’t Stoney Edwards, check out Hank and Lefty Raised My Country Soul. That’s real country music.
Bill
November 29, 2018 @ 9:32 pm
I don’t mind the song but one thing that gets me with Jimmie Allen is apparently one of his influences is Keith Whitley. It said so on his ‘About’ page on his official website as of six months ago (it’s now been updated since this song went number one). It baffles me how you can be influenced by some of the greats but then when I tune into your music and expect to hear some homage there’s nothing. Mercury Lane is nothing but a R&B/pop album.
Garrett Roe
November 29, 2018 @ 9:46 pm
Jimmie Allen, I have met. My girlfriend is a big fan. He’s a good dude, down to Earth. BUT…having said that, I took one listen to this album, and it. Was. Terrible. Definitely not a country album
JB-Chicago
November 29, 2018 @ 11:15 pm
Of course your girlfriend is “a big fan” because Mom/daughter combos are “big fans” of whatever the radio tells them to be big fans of. They think those songs must be the BEST songs or the only songs (god forbid) Why? Cause they’re on the radio!!! Weeeee …… and he’s “CUTE”……. He’s sooo HOT….weeeeee let’s go see him……
Your girlfriend would be a big fan of Cody Jinks if he was played on the radio as much as _________ (fill in the blank with FGL, Goofball Rhett, Urban…..Yadda Yadda Yadda……. I’m not blaming you Garrett, 99% of women just are the way they are and they control the Country music industry right now. There’s no successful artists that are aimed at Father/son combo’s….LOL…..Pardi?…maybe Combs?….closer. Stapleton?……..Yawn …..Sturgill? Who?
Garrett Roe
November 29, 2018 @ 11:22 pm
Part of the reason she is a fan is because they’re both from Delaware
Kross
November 30, 2018 @ 5:02 am
another “artist” propped up by activist journalism to cancel out a perceived lack diversity and to undermine and institution that is considered too white by social justice warriors. this guy sucks, next.
Barstool Hero
November 30, 2018 @ 7:13 am
I found it funny that there is no mention of Darius Rucker or Charlie Pride.
Charley Crockett is awesome!
TwangBob
December 3, 2018 @ 7:00 am
Honky mentioned both artists, Pride and Rucker, in another post but not by name.
Daniele
November 30, 2018 @ 9:09 am
another genre that really needs more black people is classical music, doesn’t it??
Country Music Fan
December 1, 2018 @ 3:04 pm
Taken by itself “Best Shot” is another pop song masquerading as “country” on the radio (but it’s miles ahead of Kane Brown, Sam Hunt or FGL). Knew that the first time I heard it but was still into it because my wife is from California and as you said in your review of Dierk’s latest album “people want to like music.” “Best Shot” made me curious so I bought the album and when “Best Shot” is followed by “Warrior” and “All Tractors Ain’t Green” on the album it sounds much less shallow and makes me root for the guy. Maybe this is me echoing that stupid “big umbrella” argument, but to me I’ll take 5 Jimmie Allens on “country radio” over every Kane Brown or FGL.
Charlie
December 3, 2018 @ 10:58 am
I thought I turned off the transmitter when I was done with country radio? Was someone still in there? Sorry ’bout that.
Just put out some good music, Jimmie. Trigger will find it for us–like a shark finding lunch in a leper colony swimming pool.
Dirt Road Derek
December 5, 2018 @ 7:02 am
What a shame. Vocally, he can run circles around Brown, but it’s a talent wasted on a song like this, even though it’s still more country than anything Brown has released.