Track Listing
1. Drinkin' Dark Whiskey
2. Can't Do It Today
3. Tough Little Boys
4. See If I Care
5. Songs About Rain
6. I Can Love You
7. Don't Look Away
8. Guys Like Me
9. Nothing on But the Radio
10. You Don't Know a Thing About Me
11. Showman's Life, A - (with Willie Nelson)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Stuart Duncan, Willie Nelson | | Producer: | Gary Allan, Mark Wright | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Multi | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Gary Allan (vocals); John Willis, Jake Kelly, Willie Nelson (acoustic guitar); Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Mike Henderson, Richard Bennett (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore, Robby Turner (steel guitar); Hank Singer (mandolin, fiddle); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Jim Hoke (harmonica, accordion); Steve Nathan (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Michael Rhodes (bass); Chad Cromwell (drums); Eric Darken (percussion).
Recorded at Sound Kitchen, Nashville, Tennessee.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Personnel: Gary Allan (vocals, guitar); John Willis, Willie Nelson, Jake Kelly (acoustic guitar); Mike Henderson , Richard Bennett, Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore, Robby Turner (steel guitar); Hank Singer (mandolin, fiddle); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Jim Hoke (harmonica, accordion); Steve Nathan (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Michael Rhodes (bass instrument); Chad Cromwell (drums); Eric Darken (percussion).
Recording information: The Sound Kitchen, Nashville, Tennessee; Paragon Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
On his first couple of albums for Decca, Gary Allan's talent was somewhat submerged in assembly-line Nashville production. After a label change, his third disc, 1999's SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK found him fulfilling his potential with a rootsy, accessible New Traditionalist sound. A few years down the line, he continues to progress, bucking the Nashville Nazis along the way.
The album opener "Drinkin' Dark Whiskey," co-written by hard-country rebel Mike Henderson, is so full of fierce electric guitar and tough singing, it might have fallen off a Steve Earle record. The terse, tortured "See If I Care" sounds like a cross between Dwight Yoakam and TUNNEL OF LOVE-era Springsteen. "Songs About Rain," penned by another country upstart, Pat McLaughlin, cleverly skewers overused song metaphors. There are no charging power ballads on SEE IF I CARE and no hokey, cheap-shot lyrics, just tasteful production, thoughtful songwriting, and solid singing--fairly novel concepts for a 21st-century country star.
Editorial Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5 - ...A gifted, versatile singer...a rare find...
Rolling Stone (01/22/2004)
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