Earlier this year when Kiefer Sutherland announced he was working on releasing a country album, the question arose as to what the result would be. Then he released a lead single called “Not Enough Whiskey” and it was surprisingly strong. Granted it was difficult to imagine this as anything other than Jack Bauer singing, but once you looked past that, it was definitely 100 times better than most of what populates mainstream country radio.
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There’s always a suspicion when an actor turns to music that they are trying to capitalize on a popularity that they have achieved and channel it into a new medium. Sometimes it turns out well, like with Billy Bob Thornton or Hugh Laurie (who has put out two fantastic Blues albums). Other times, not so much, like with Don Johnson and David Hasselhoff.
Earlier this year when Kiefer Sutherland announced he was working on releasing a country album, the question arose as to what the result would be. Then he released a lead single called “Not Enough Whiskey” and it was surprisingly strong. Granted it was difficult to imagine this as anything other than Jack Bauer singing, but once you looked past that, it was definitely 100 times better than most of what populates mainstream country radio.
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In 2014, Cody Johnson released Cowboy Like Me, his fourth album. While I quite enjoyed the album, I felt that some of the songs fell into some of the lyrical traps that are often criticized in modern country music: songs like “Give a Cowboy a Kiss,” “Bottle It Up,” and “Proud” seemed to be songs that would get lost in the shuffle of many songs of the same ilk. Others however were much stronger offerings, like “Me and My Kind,” “Holes,” and the title track. And of course the album was true country music through and through, so it’s an album I’ve still enjoyed even with a few flaws. Still, I never felt it measured up to A Different Day or Six Strings, One Dream.
But I had high hopes coming into his latest album, Gotta Be Me. |
LINKS
Here are some links to other pop culture websites and blogs worth checking out:
- Saving Country Music - Country Perspective - Farce the Music - Country Exclusive - This Is Country Music - Country Music Minds - Matt Lynn Digital Pop Culture Potpourri Writers
Cobra is a Human Resources professional from the Greater Cleveland Area with a love of good country music and a disdain for pop, rock, and rap mislabeled as country music. His favorite artists include (but are not limited to) Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Turnpike Troubadours, Hayes Carll, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Trisha Yearwood, Dwight Yoakam, and Johnny Cash Archives
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