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Am I late to the Zac Brown & Jamey Johnson party?


Having recently discovered a few ‘new to me’ performers, I thought to enter them here and see of these if anyone can suggest other similarly related musicians, song writers, or bands, performing now.

Those I have run across and liked enough to buy a few of their individual CDs are Jamey Johnson “That Lonesome Song”… Zac Brown Band “The Foundation” & “You Get What You Give”… Reina Collins “Austin to Boston” & “Saltwater Soul”.

Each of these are IMHO related and separate. Gems in their own rights. All completely enjoyable and satisfying.

I’m most curious to find out other bands akin to the Zac Brown, ‘roadhouse’ genre, that are as accomplished and as tight a sound as ZBB has to offer…. ZBB is definitely on time and unquestionably professional with their sound and abilities..

Thanks

Suggestions…???
blindjim
blindjim OP
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Previewing the Guitar Song online, I'm not a lot impressed... though it may grow on me still. Music can do that with me... hear it at first and not care a lot for it, then hear it some more and then get interested in it. Not usually but sometimes.

Some of Jamey's tunes makes me feel he's over embelishing things and 'trying to be too too country' with his phrasing.

I do like most of his lyrics though.

I like Steve Earl as well. Is his Jeursalem album his latest bestest? I have Guitar Town, and one with Del McCory..
hotmailjbc
571 posts
 
i think his latest is townes. tribute to townes van zant, his mentor. if you like tvz it;s good. different than his rocking hardcore troubador stuff. s.e. became popular with copperhead road too. but that was a long time ago. it is really good. but i like everything he's ever done.
swanny76109
382 posts
 
Jamey Johnson's Guitar Song on vinyl is a pretty impressive package--the first album is black vinyl, the middle is half black, half white, and the third LP is all white vinyl. However, the sound quality is not great, vocals distort and seems overly compressed. Haven't heard the CD version. Classic outlaw songwriting--very wry observations, good hooks, attitude, and twang. He definitely flips the bird to the Nashville establishment.
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
I listened to Jamey Johnson's album a few times and saw him perform on Imus twice.

There's not much going on in all honesty.

It's been done many times before.

IMO
chadnliz
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Zacs been so overexposed its pathetic. I have albums from both and Zacs guitar playing live is something you should go see if you have a chance but his POP stardom is just too much too quick and its turning off many people (Imus included).
Johnson however is IMO the real deal and worth the price of admission, his songs for the most part have a heart and soul that is for the most part sincere and his style of country would serve us much better than the bubblegum water dilluted crap that fills the country airwaves.
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