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Josh Turner seems to belong to a generation of country singers debuting in the late-1990s/early 2000s who were influenced by the middlebrow New Traditionalism of artists like Randy Travis and George Strait in the '80s. Accordingly, Turner's first offering, LONG BLACK TRAIN, strikes an uneasy bargain with Nashville commerciality, while making strides for the sound of "hard" country in the mainstream arena. It's no accident that some of the most successful songs here are the ones Turner wrote on his own, particularly the Johnny Cash-like title track where he gets to show off his resonant baritone. Even the most sentimental ballads never descend into treacly overproduction though, and Turner's honest, straightforward approach carries him through his debut with graceful aplomb.
Recorded at The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, Tennessee; Thelma's East and Ocean Way Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee.
Personnel includes: Josh Turner (vocals); Bryan Sutton (acoustic & baritone guitar, banjo); Brent Rowan (guitar); Steve Hinson (steel guitar); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Charlie McCoy (harmonica); Steve Nathan (piano); Eric Darken (vibraphone, percussion); Kevin Grant (upright bass); Shannon Forrest (drums); Wes Hightower, Russell Terrell, Lisa Cochran (background vocals); The Nashville String Machine.
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I would highly recommend this CD to anyone who likes or loves country music.
Everyone who likes gospel music needs to hear Josh Turner's Long Black Train.
I love this CD.
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If the music doesn't grab you the beat will. Excellent CD!
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Great new voice in country music
I listened to this CD from beginning to end. There wasn't a bad song on it. Long Black Train makes me want to stand up and sing! If you like Randy Travis, you'll love Josh Turner. The best songs on the CD are the ones Josh wrote or co-wrote. I hope there will be more of his music out soon!
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If you think that photogenic young country singer Joe Nichols looks more like a Calvin Klein model than a honky-tonk warrior, just count your blessings that he doesn't feel bound to don an ill-fitting cowboy hat in the vain quest for the kind of phony image purveyed by far too many of his peers. Similarly, MAN WITH A MEMORY finds Nichols unafraid of sounding contemporary without completely abandoning his country roots. There's no hokey, half-assed western swing number tossed in here for "authenticity;" instead, the songs seamlessly blend rock, pop, and country in a manner that finds ...
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If Brad Paisley did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. He stands at the crossroads between the hipster realms of alt-country and the proletarian climes of mainstream Nashville. He's too close to the middle of the road to ever be drawn to the No Depression crowd's collective bosom, but he's miles ahead of the country assembly line. On his third album he continues to do things nobody else in the Nashville hierarchy does; play a number of his own instruments, write almost all his own songs, use his own band instead of the same studio vets that occupy the credits of seemingly every other contemporary country record.
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