Review - Josh Turner - Your Man
| Josh Turner
- Your Man |
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CD available at: www.cede.ch |
1. Would You Go With Me Produced by Frank Rodgers |
Long Black Train brought Josh Turner his first big success and earned several nominations for CMA and ACM awards. His outstanding low voice gives him a uniqueness, which he even expliots further on his new album. Sometimes it is not easy to follow-up on a successful album but with Your Man Josh Turner managed to do it. The new album starts with the song Would You Go With Me. A fast paced love song with a banjo and a mandoline demonstrates the affection for country and bluegrass. No 2 on the CD, the twostepper Babys Gone Home To Mama, is not very exciting number. She left him but he seems rather relaxed about it. At least he is happy that she took the stupid little dog. Your Man is the name of the CD but also the name of the 4th song on it. A fine melody with ear-candy potential. The pleasing text is a perfect love song to be played on the radio around midnight. Dancers watch out: this is a wonderful slow Cha Cha. |
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Loretta Lynn's Lincoln is a funny story about a country singer, who needs a new car. Without verse and chorus Josh tells us the story of the possibility to purchase Loretta Lynns old Cadillac. Even Dolly Parton recognises it straight away. The bad thing is that it was only a dream. This, and three other songs on the CD, was co-written by Shawn Camp. Together with John Anderson Josh wrote White Noise and they also sing it together on the CD. A straight forward honky tonk rock'n'roll song of a kind that every country fan needs from time to time. By the way, to be correct, the song tells us that it is also suitable for blacks. Even the beautiful fiddle, steel guitar and dobro parts on Angels Fall Somtimes don't raise this song above the sob-stuff level. Certainly not the strongest song on the CD. |
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Pleasing is certainly the Don Williams' hit Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy. Just great country music. A further co-operation, this time with the bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley is Me And God. Ralph Stanley's voice is a bit shaky but the melody is very empathetic. It shows Josh's respect for his idols even when they are getting older. Countrier than country is the song Way Down South, which was written by the South Carolinien Josh Turner himself. This is probalby the song that most tries to follow the success of Long Black Train, without saying that is something bad. Here his voice gets the opportunity again to show us how low it can go. The song (unfortunately) ends with an undefinable tingle-tangle of the musicians. |
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Josh with his warm voice and his traditional music makes a refreshing differentiation to most of the modern Nashville-Rock-Pop. Country fans are fond of country music and that's what they are getting with this CD. Let us hope Josh can remain on top and will continue producing this kind of music. |
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