Watch out, Lee Ann, he's right behind you!!!
Jamey Johnson's new album is great; forget what I said about it here. I was foolish then. It's two discs of great songs, mostly originals, that are mostly straight-up honkytonk stuff, but that also touch on rock, soul, folk, scary threats toward rich people, and this atypically massive power ballad:
...which was apparently released as a single last year, though I sure never heard it on the radio. (Never heard "High Cost of Living" either, an even better single from his last album.) The recording is great -- every instrument is clear and occupies its own space, which is good since they take some pretty fine solos. "My Way To You" is atypical precisely because most of the other songs are so loose-limbed and spacious, they rarely coalesce into the magisterial radio power you get here. It's a great capper to a LONG (25 song) album. Don't try to take it in all at once -- unless, you know, that's the sort of thing you like to do.
Here's a good ilx thread that I haven't formed cogent thoughts for.
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