The Bon Jovi ‘feel’ comes across deep and wide on the timeless ‘anthemic’ rockers It’s About to Get Dirty and Way Back with guitar licks that Ritchie Sambora would be proud of. The stifling mood on Smokin’ Gun and the acoustic Outlaw in Me are great songs in any genre and if Sturgill Simpson covered the latter song the Americana press would wet their pants with excitement. Or….and this is when I started to like The Devil Don’t Sleep…….forget the ‘Country’ tag and think of Brantley Gilbert as the new Bon Jovi rather than Tim McGraw! The power-ballad You Could Be That Girl also starts with some slide and goes into crashing guitars but like Tried To Tell Ya too just because there aren’t many banjos or a pedal-steel they can all still be ‘Blue Collar Country’ if you stretch your mind. Played LOUD on the open road……I get IT now!įirst song in Rockin’ Chairs actually opens with some delightful slide guitar before the big guns pile in and the song itself about ‘making memories’ that you can look back on is really quite good, and perfect for FM radio. Apart from his breathy and grizzled voice, the music just isn’t Country as I understand it and memories of the last 4 or 5 disappointing CMA Award ceremonies sprang to mind.īut there was still ‘something’ about it that I thought deserved a second chance and with a long car journey in the itinerary I decided to give it a second chance and listen with a more ‘open mind.’ The first day I played this I was seriously underwhelmed….sorry guys….but I was. Big Machine and receiving lots of very high praise from the national press and Maverick magazine in particular. I’m a bit ‘late to the party’ here mostly because I think I like this album for all of the wrong reasons.Īt first I got excited because Gilbert is on the hottest label in Country Music…. It does not store any personal data.Nu-Country That Rocks Like an 80’s Chevy on Methanol. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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