John Rich - Son Of A Preacher Man
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Artist: John RichBrand: Son
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-03-24
Music Label: Warner Bros.
Soundtracks:
- Shuttin' Detroit Down
- Trucker Man
- The Good Lord And The Man
- Another You
- Preacher Man
- I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
- Everybody Wants To Be Me
- Turn A Country Boy On
- Why Does Somebody Always Have To Die
- I Thought You'd Never Ask
- Drive Myself To Drink
Music reviews of Son Of A Preacher Man
Music Review: Rich's the Prophetic "Son of a Preacher"
Rating: 4 Stars
Prime Cuts: Another You, Shutting Detroit Down, I Thought You'd Never Ask
Rich is more than the son of a preacher, he's also the son of a prophet. In such times of economic distress, Rich's prophetic voice is most audible in the album's lead single "Shutting Detroit Down." Over a melodious driving tune that somehow soothes the grimness of his incendiary indictment of corporate greed in Middle America, Rich sings, "Because in the real world they're/Shutting Detroit down/While the boss man takes his/Bonus pay and jets on outta town." It's no surprise such a populist calumniation was co-written by Rich and country veteran John Anderson. Anderson himself was a maverick in his wild and woolly days. Anderson, who was a recent inductee of Rich's Musik Mafia, also has a hand in penning "I Thought You'd Never Ask." While the remaining tracks come from Rich in partnership with his usual cohorts Vicky McGehee, Marv Green and James Otto. "Son of a Preacher Man," though a solo project from Rich without the input of Big and Rich partner Big Kenny, is still of the sonic zip code as their collaborative releases. These songs still bear the same concoction of gonzo amalgams of country, arena rock and big pop ballads.
Other than "Shutting Detroit Down," Rich continues to rattle from his prophetic soapbox on "The Good Lord and the Man." A somehow idiosyncratic assault on Middle America's ingratitude towards religion and veterans, Rich asserts that "we'd all be speaking German, living under the flag of Japan" if we have lost World War II. Despite its lyrical gibberish and whether one would agree or disagree with Rich's jingoism, it's still a compelling song that draws you in to every syllable. Religion gets another helping with the title track "Son of a Preacher Man," an autobiographical entry that deals with the struggles of balancing words and deeds in Christian living that has a personal quality that often is missing in their Big and Rich records. Though "Everybody Wants to be Me" falls into the same personal stream, it is essentially a braggadocio of self egotism that is beneath Rich's calibre and talent.
Nevertheless, not every song deals with politics and religion. While Rich has carved for himself a reputation of weird and funky rousers, "Another You" comes as a surprise. This is Rich at his romantic best where he croons with assertion and conviction; a ballad that would make his lady friend swoon with delight. John Anderson's other input "I Thought You'd Never Ask" is a fiddle and steel old-fashioned country ballad of unrequited love finding a happy resolution. Rich's delivery hereis beautiful and heart warming. Just when you expect things to be normal again, we get a surprise at the album's tail end. "Drive Myself to Drink," a James Otto, Rich and Vicky McGehee composition, has a stone country lyrics set to a big band production. Such a genre bending exercise can only come from a musical genius such as Rich.
In short, "Son of a Preacher Man" is not only an enjoyable sonic adventure, but the songs have a timely quality in them. Despite the various blemishes mentioned above, they are not enough to mar the messages these songs address. They speak to our times whether they make one cringe or nod with agreements; this reveals not only a part of Rich, but each of us in telling ways.
Description of Son Of A Preacher Man
John Rich, half of the multiplatinum duo Big & Rich, makes his major-label solo debut with Son Of A Preacher Man. An artist, award-winning song writer, and producer in his own right, the Texas-born Rich picks up a solo career he began in the late 1990s before teaming up with Big Kenny. Now that he's helped launch numerous other stars, including Gretchen Wilson, and even as he continues with Big, the spotlight finally sets on John Rich.Country CDs
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